Our tipster also said that the headset fits directly into the charger, and when docked, the two look like a stone. Hence, Jabra Stone. The ultimate test, of course, is how well the Stone fits onto your ear, since that's where it counts. [Thanks tipster!]

Update: Here's a second pic from another tipster. Thanks guys!

Electric Pig says that the headset will have noise cancellation (as does many of the headsets out now), and it won't need a boom mic (again, same as a bunch of other Bluetooth units you can buy now). So what's special? Besides the "soft rubber padding", we have no idea until the 20th. [Jabra Stone via Electric Pig]

Yes, Kopin has decided the best place to put its latest .44-inch SVGA resolution LCD microdisplay (or CyberDisplay as they call it) is in front of your face. No really, you will see the 15-inch virtual display right in front of you with it positioned on the headset's arm.

The headset, or more like wearable computer, runs Windows CE and has a speedy ARM Cortex-A8 processor. You control the interface with the microphone and speech recognition from Nuance that has advanced speech-to-text capabilities. Now the headset has Motorola branding on it, but there is no mention of a real partnership as far as we can see.

Beyond it having its own interface based on Windows CE, it could pair with your Bluetooth smartphone. Ideally it would display your phone's operating system in front of your face. Take that Redfly!

And if all that wasn't futuristic enough for you it will have a head tracking and body gesture sensor that will adjust the device to body movements. Its high end Lithium Ion batter promises eight hours of juice. I don't see why they couldn't just fit in wireless charging while they are at it.

Now this is clearly a render, but the company will be showing prototypes this week at the Embedded Systems Conference. Kopin plans to begin shipping a Gen 3 Golden-i Eval SDK in December and actually expects to ship the product in 2010. The future of wearable computing is upon us and I'm totally fine looking like a douchebag. [Kopin]

Crunchgear got their hands on it in June, but this version, closer to release, seems like it's been refined and cleaned up for a Christmas-time launch.

The docking mechanism works by first latching another iPhone back onto your 3G or 3GS. There's a hole in the back for the Bluetooth unit, as is the thought process for other Mogo units. To remove the headset, push down on the left side and it pops out. To charge, pop up the charging port on the bottom and plug in a microUSB charger.

This is one thing we'd like to see changed so that the headset can charge directly from the iPhone's power supply so that it's always juiced up. It would reduce battery life, but if you're always on your Bluetooth headset anyway, it'd be super useful. And, if they could build a battery pack into the unit, that would solve two problems at once.

As for the performance, it's actually surprisingly good. The wife said I sounded as good on this tiny sliver of a headset as I did on larger ones, and I could hear her just fine as well, even though she was at a gas station. One tricky part was to make sure the ear padding is oriented the correct direction. If you flip it around, the headset falls off easily.

Whether or not the Mogo Talk for iPhone is worth $130 is up to how much you talk on your phone. I, for one, love the fact that I can now always have a Bluetooth headset with me, but the problem of always keeping it charged (especially with the need for separate microUSB charging) still remains. As much as having to use a Bluetooth headset is a hassle, I don't want to get ticketed for talking on the phone while driving, so using the Mogo Talk would make the whole thing less of a pain. [Newton Peripherals]

There will be three models of the class 2 Bluetooth Orb: A $130 basic model—coming in January—a $175 Deluxe edition with a minuscule FOLED display, and a limited edition with actual precious gems on it, both coming in April 2010. [Gizmag]

The 6400 has a standard Bluetooth range and looks exactly like a Bluetooth headset from Jabra, whereas the 9400 looks like a receptionist's headset that you can take around your house at up to a 450-foot range.

They both have dual-microphones for noise cancelation and both have the touchscreen to quickly switch between a cellphone, VoIP or landline connections. Both will be available later in the year for $200 each. [Slashgear]

They say this means you will get the clear sound without any background noise, not that anyone else is trying to do something similar... Jawbone anyone?

In "stealth" mode the HX1 uses an ear sensor to to convert your vocal vibrations into speech rather than using the external microphone. Moto claim that because their sensor is on the ear rather than the side of the skull you get a better quality sound.

No details of a US release yet but the HX1 will be available in Asia in July. [Motorola]

There are four fashion colors—red, yellow, orange and purple—for people who would rather accessorize than try to hide the fact that they're using a Bluetooth headset. (Their names, "Frankly Scarlet", "Yello!", "Drop Me a Lime" and "LILAC You Mean It" are at the very least, clever.) Of course, there's also the obligatory black, brown and platinum colors for people who take themselves seriously.

On the other hand, there are the voice quality improvements. The NoiseAssassin's Voice Activity Sensor is still there, providing great noise elimination as long as it's touching your face. But in the case that the little white nub slides off your cheek, their new Acoustic Voice Activity Detector supposedly provides as good a noise cancellation algorithm as other headsets on the market. Overall, the Jawbone Prime gives better noise suppression than the Jawbone 2 by about 3x (give or take, depending on the situation) as well as wind noise suppression.

Rounding out the features, there is Bluetooth 1.1, 1.2, 2.0 and 2.1 + EDR support, 10 meter range, 4.5 hours talk time, 8 days standby time, two simultaneous device connections and a price of $130. We'll let you know how it performs once we test it. [Jawbone]

If these showed up on my doorstep, I would thank whoever sent me the French intergalactic trumpets from space. Then I would take them out, pair 'em up with Bluetooth and stream my iTunes from my computer over wi-fi. They're $1,500, and available this spring.

The Price: $99

The Verdict: Much improved on the technical front, but the ear loop bugs us to no end. We loved the old version, with a loop that was locked in one position and gave us a tight fit and secured the headset no matter how wildly we were moving around. The V2 has a rotating scheme that makes it fit better for people with weirdly sized ears, but until there's a way to lock the position in, we still prefer the old one.

On the other hand, both incoming and outgoing call quality has been improved. It's got the dual-mic, which Wired says is great only when you perfectly line it up with your mouth, but we had no problems no matter how we adjusted the headset. Old features like walkie-talkie mode (pair this headset with another Dragon and you can have chats sans cellphone) and a 100 meter range made it safely into the V2. The battery life is just as good, or even better, than the first—which means it's great.

The Dragon's a bit pricey at $99, but it's right up there with the Jawbone as one of our favorite Bluetooth headsets on the market today, even with the loose ear piece. [Dragon]

[IGN via Max Console]