Our Bluetooth headset is better than theirs

FORGET THE DSP-based headsets you saw last week at CES, Las Vegas - Brit supplier, Qstik, says its EVOQ Bluetooth DSP headset is much better. So there.

The headset is particularly suited to hands-free driving, listening to music in stereo and for VoIP calls on a PC.

"On features, technical performance, quality and price, the Qstik EVOQ wins hands down," says Amir Nooral, md with Qstik.

Well he would, wouldn't he? The significant claim Qstik makes, however, is that it has now built sophisticated technology - such as adaptive bi-directional noise cancellation into a consumer product.

The noise cancellation was originally developed for military applications; its echo cancellation, is taken from telecoms infrastructure applications; and its auto volume control, acoustic shock protection and speech enhancement facilities were developed for call centre usage.

For listening to music streamed from a handset, the EVOQ supports two crucial Bluetooth profiles - Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) and Audio Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP).

Better still both of those profiles are built into a Bluetooth dongle which Qstik sells for laptops and PCs. That should greatly improve the quality of VoIP calls - including Skype if you so choose.

The Qstik EVOQ DSP Bluetooth headset is priced at £59.99 but Qstik is currently doing a deal where it's bundled with the Bluetooth USB dongle for £69.99. On its own the dongle costs £17.99. µ

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