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Samsung WEP500 Quarter-Sized Bluetooth Headset Available Now

Samsung's just announced the availability of their tiny quarter-sized WEP500 Bluetooth headset for the US. It's definitely small—weighs less than 9 grams and is the size of about a quarter—but suffers in low battery life because of it. 3.5 hours talk time and 80 hours standby time isn't fantastic, but it does have 2 microphones and noise reduction, which still isn't standard in Bluetooth headsets for some reason. All this can be yours for $119, and an extra $119 when you lose the first one because it's so miniscule. [Samsung]

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Samsung WEP 420 Bluetooth Headset is B&O-Designed, Looks Square

Just testing. I know it's oblong, but it's Monday morning and I want to see if you've all recovered from St. Patrick's Day. Anyway, enough about my weekend, here's the week's first gizmo. Samsung has teamed up with Danish designmeisters Bang & Olufsen to create their new Bluetooth headset, the WEP 420. And it looks good (although personally I think there's something a bit ho-bot about Bluetooth earpieces). All buttons are hidden behind the sliding cover, which itself blocks static to give you better sound quality. More »