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Sony Ericsson Develops Contact Headphones

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the sounds-like-another-point-of-failure dept.

TechnologyResource writes "Sony Ericsson has just introduced the MH907 headphones. The headphones will pause or play your music based on contact; eliminating the use of a pause or stop button. Removing one ear bud will pause the music. Removing both ear buds will stop the music. Both ear buds have to be in your ear to play the music. According to Sony Ericsson, this will allow you to 'play your music and answer phone calls just by inserting the buds into your ear or taking them out.'"

12 of 173 comments (clear)

  1. Van Gogh. . . by JSBiff · · Score: 4, Funny

    What if you're missing one ear?

    1. Re:Van Gogh. . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm sure you can stick the second ear bud somewhere else. ...perhaps in the ear of your scantily clad model?

    2. Re:Van Gogh. . . by Jurily · · Score: 5, Insightful

      This is a better question than the mods seem to appreciate. They deny you the ability to listen with only one ear, while keeping in touch with the outside world with the other.

    3. Re:Van Gogh. . . by dbet · · Score: 5, Funny

      I tried your suggestion, but the rat kept running away, pausing the music.

    4. Re:Van Gogh. . . by DigitalPasture · · Score: 5, Insightful

      If that's the case then these probably aren't the headphones for you.

  2. Re:What if...? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How about you and Van Gogh buy some other earphones? Or do they have to get your personal approval on this one?

  3. Re:What if...? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I realize this is a tough one to figure out, but the solution is to not buy these headphones.

  4. weak sauce. by superdana · · Score: 5, Informative

    The MH907 is only compatible with Sony Ericsson's own Fast Port-equipped phones -- Fast Port is SE's proprietary connector on the bottom of its phones.

    Fail.

    1. Re:weak sauce. by fulldecent · · Score: 4, Interesting

      with a 4-port 1/4" jack... like the ipod

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      -- I was raised on the command line, bitch

  5. Re:A lot of technology for a simple thing? by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...but if you're driving...

    You shouldn't have plugs in both ears. Illegal in most places. Dangerous in all places.

    Oh, and put the phone down. You're driving.

  6. iPod elimated the difference between pause/stop by sandymac · · Score: 4, Insightful

    My first iPod showed me that there is no reason to distinguish between the concept of pause or the concept of stop. For some type of media devices it makes sense to have an off button but for many devices even that can be combined in with the pause button.

  7. Re:Good Idea... by fulldecent · · Score: 5, Funny

    but considering this is Sony, it is very likely that the headphones will overheat and explode in your ear, cause a commotion at a UN meeting, install a rootkit on anything you insert it in, and lose a format war with something else on the market.

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    -- I was raised on the command line, bitch