Photos: 10 useful earbuds and headphones for the workplace
ROAM Ropes wireless earbuds
ROAM Ropes are new wireless earbuds developed by the co-creator of Beats by Dr. Dre. These earbuds have a sleek design that employees can wear around their necks when not using them and with Bluetooth capabilities.
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Jabra Evolve 40 headphones
The Jabra Evolve 40 has an integrated busy light that automatically turns on during a call, so that co-workers can see that the headphones are in use and their colleague is unavailable.
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Jabra Evolve 80 headphones
The Jabra Evolve 80 has a switch that activates noise cancellation to virtually eliminate low-frequency sounds in any environment.
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ASOME earbuds
Visionscape has created ASOME, which is a wearable Bluetooth audio device designed to be worn on a necklace, hook, or clip.
ASOME uses Bluetooth V4.0 to process data at a low energy rate enabling music streaming for up to 10 hours at a distance of up to 50 feet. It also uses aptX compression technology for audio fidelity.
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AfterShokz bone conduction headphones
AfterShokz’s bone conduction technology headphones are going pink. The company’s popular Trekz Titanium bone conduction headphones are now available in a limited-edition hot pink through the end of October. AfterShokz will donate 25% of Trekz Titanium Pink sales to Bright Pink, an inspiring national organization whose mission is to save women’s lives from breast cancer and ovarian cancer.
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Bose SoundTrue Ultra in-ear headphones
Bose SoundTrue Ultra in-ear buds deliver great sound and are comfortable to wear.
Teena Maddox is a VP at Brodeur Partners. She is a former Associate Managing Editor at TechRepublic. Teena's lifelong journalism career has included writing on staff for publications including People magazine, W magazine and Women's Wear Daily.