Bose appears to be discontinuing its on-ear wireless headphone, the SoundLink On-Ear Bluetooth, and is selling the white version at a “last chance” price of $150 in its online store. It carries a list price of $250. Except for that clearance listing, the headphone has disappeared from Bose’s online store. The black version is still …
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A lot of people who own Bose‘s popular QuietComfort 35 noise-canceling headphones never bother to update the firmware. But plenty do and some aren’t happy with the latest update, complaining it’s been detrimental to their headphones’ performance — the noise canceling in particular. Jason, a CNET reader, recently sent me an email pointing me to an online thread discussing the …
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Now playing: Watch this: Apple’s BeatsX headphones are just the right fit 2:32 Headphones are a popular product category on CNET, and sometimes people ask me for a simple list of the most popular models. I can’t tell you what people are actually buying — that’s up to folks like NPD Group, which tracks online and brick-and-mortar sales everywhere, not …
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More and more people are turning to wireless headphones, but some people aren’t ready to let go of the headphone cable yet. If you’re in the market for a comfortable, good-sounding full-size wired headphone, Amazon has Bose’s SoundTrue Around-ear II headphone on sale for $100. Its list price is $180, but we’ve seen it discounted frequently, though rarely by this …
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Are Apple‘s AirPods already taking down the market share of Beats headphones, their corporate siblings? That was the implication of recent stories — including this one on CNET — that cited data from online shopping analyst Slice Intelligence. The numbers showed that Apple had taken a 26 percent share of wireless headphone sales in December 2016 with its AirPods. The …
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A few years back Plantronics pioneered the wireless headphone charging case with an optional battery case for its BackBeat Go 2 in-ear headphones. Now more companies are looking to capitalize on the hot Bluetooth sports headphone market and and coming out with standalone charging cases designed to protect and juice up your wireless headphones on the go. Best Buy has …
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Jagdish Chandra Bose was by all accounts a modern-day renaissance man. Born in what is now known as Bangladesh in 1858, Bose was chiefly a scientist who made several contributions to various fields, including physics, biology and archaeology. But Bose is perhaps best known for his pioneering work in biophysics. To honor Bose’s achievements on his 158th birthday, Google published …
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Most people won’t start thinking about fitness until the new year, but you can score some serious savings this weekend on a number of the hottest running watches and fitness trackers. These are the deals fitness fanatics need to check out: Note that a majority of these deals begin either on Thursday or Friday and run through to Monday. You …
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“Everyone told me I was crazy.” This is a pretty standard line from entrepreneurs and founders in the tech industry. But when Judd Armstrong, founder of wireless headphone company Jaybird, says it I believe him more than most. He’s Australian, from the Gold Coast, and has a casual, no nonsense attitude that frames him as not being too worried about …
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As Bose phases products out, you typically see deals on them — especially heading into the holiday season — and today Best Buy has the company’s well-liked SoundSport in-ear headphone on sale for $40 (in charcoal color). There’s a small catch, however. This model doesn’t feature an inline remote with microphone for making calls. And for some people that will …
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