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Asono's Freebit H1 Bluetooth headset
There are plenty of small, stylish, or otherwise unique Bluetooth headsets on the market, but how many dare to claim they're "maintaining that the balance of Yin & Yang?" Enter the Freebit H1 from Asono; while it won't set any records for size, it's unusual for the way it plants to the user's head by firmly attaching to the "ear muscle." Besides the obvious benefits of a headset that's designed to stay put, it's apparently super comfortable to use on account of not blocking the ear canal -- of course, there are ambient noise disadvantages there, but Asono claims wearers have fallen asleep while still wearing the thing. If that's not worth the €84 ($105) price of admission, we don't know what is.
Asono M1
It's not quite as fly as that Mica pendant-style player they popped out back in early 2005, but a new mini media player called the M1 has turned up on Asono's website. This one has a squint-inducing 1.5-inch OLED display, up to 4GB of memory, and supports playback of AVI, DivX, and WMV video files and MP3 and WMA audio files. Battery life is listed as 3.5 hours for video and 15 hours for music. Bonus: if you order now, the M1 comes pre-loaded with Neighbours, a Scandinavian skateboard movie. Apparently "Norway and Scandinavia have had world class skateboarders for decades" and Asono would like to share this fact with the rest of the world.[Thanks, Ola Roth]
