From the Mercury News...
Bluetooth-enabled motorcycle helmet is revving up
We're not sure how we feel about motorcyclists yakking on their mobile phones while weaving in and out of rush-hour traffic.
But if you can't resist the urge to reach out and touch someone while you're two-wheeling, you may as well do it in style. Toward that end, Motorola and helmet-maker Momodesign will soon release the first Bluetooth-enabled motorcycle helmet.
The HS830 Bluetooth Helmet Headset will allow riders to leave their mobile phones in their coat pockets or backpacks and still make and receive phone calls. Most of the important functions -- answering and ending calls, redialing, voice dialing and setting the volume -- can be done from the cover of the helmet through the Bluetooth wireless connection.
A noise-reducing microphone minimizes traffic and wind noise.
Talk time is as much as five hours with 100 hours of standby time.
Best of all, bikers don't need to break off their conversations when they hop off their choppers. The headset module can be quickly detached from the helmet and hung around a person's neck without interrupting the call.
Motorola also plans to sell the headset as an aftermarket kit. So if Momo helmets don't get your engines racing, you can attach the headset to your own helmet.
The Momo helmet is expected to be available sometime in early 2005.
For more information, go to www.
momodesign.com.
Bluetooth-enabled motorcycle helmet is revving up
We're not sure how we feel about motorcyclists yakking on their mobile phones while weaving in and out of rush-hour traffic.
But if you can't resist the urge to reach out and touch someone while you're two-wheeling, you may as well do it in style. Toward that end, Motorola and helmet-maker Momodesign will soon release the first Bluetooth-enabled motorcycle helmet.
The HS830 Bluetooth Helmet Headset will allow riders to leave their mobile phones in their coat pockets or backpacks and still make and receive phone calls. Most of the important functions -- answering and ending calls, redialing, voice dialing and setting the volume -- can be done from the cover of the helmet through the Bluetooth wireless connection.
A noise-reducing microphone minimizes traffic and wind noise.
Talk time is as much as five hours with 100 hours of standby time.
Best of all, bikers don't need to break off their conversations when they hop off their choppers. The headset module can be quickly detached from the helmet and hung around a person's neck without interrupting the call.
Motorola also plans to sell the headset as an aftermarket kit. So if Momo helmets don't get your engines racing, you can attach the headset to your own helmet.
The Momo helmet is expected to be available sometime in early 2005.
For more information, go to www.
momodesign.com.
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