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Bluetooth headsets provide both style and utility and are increasingly becoming popular due to bans on handheld calls in cars. Today’s headsets are better than ever, with improved designs, stronger performance, and more compelling features than ever before. Here is a list of the best Bluetooth headsets available out there.

Samsung HM3600

Price: $59.99

This headset from Samsung comes with an attractive design, comfortable fit, clear voice quality and a voice prompt-based interface. Its battery lasted for 11 hours 18 minutes in the tests. T

LG HBS-700

Price: $52.99

This unusual-looking stereo Bluetooth headset has good sound quality and is a viable option for frequent travelers. The HBS-700 measures 0.7 by 5.3 by 6.6 inches and weighs 1.1 ounces. It has an impressive continuous talk time of 11 hours 28 minutes.

Novero Tour

Price: $79.00

The Tour is a great choice and easy to recommend because it offers clear, balanced sound quality with comfortable and attractive design which feels quite durable. 2 hours of battery charge with the Tour gives you 6 hours of talk time or 5 hours of music playback.

SuperTooth HD

Price: $79.99

This speakerphone is comfortably loud and has a solid voice recognition system. It supports texting, email, Facebook, and Twitter updates via voice too apart from some nifty extras. It weigh under 5 ounces and is neatly designed.

Motorola CommandOne

Price: $48.99

The CommandOne measures 2.1 by 0.7 by 0.4 inches and offers great voice quality. It is comfortable enough for all-day use. It supports A2DP streaming and comes with a companion Android app for text message dictation. It also has a battery life indicator when used with iPhone. Although its noise cancellation is subpar, overall, the Motorola CommandOne is a super-comfortable, solid Bluetooth headset with excellent sound quality.

Samsung Modus HM6450

Price: $59.99

This is a convertible mono/stereo headset which you can wear as a standard mono headset, or dangle it around your neck and attach a pair of earbuds to listen to music. It is quite comfortable and produces clear stereo sound over Bluetooth. It comes with an Android app for SMS dictation. But its noise suppression in mono mode is very poor.

Jawbone Icon HD + The Nerd

Price: $107.85

This supremely capable, high quality Bluetooth headset, comes with the Nerd which is a companion USB dongle for instantaneous, wire-free audio on any PC or Mac. The sound quality is great with this headset, especially for A2DP and it can also run apps. This is a stylish headset that can be used anywhere with the greatest ease.

Blueant Q2

Price: $64.99

This neatly designed headset has clear sound quality and effective voice control. The design is pretty comfortable for long uses. It also announces the name of contacts calling you. Although it is expensive, it does justice to its price tag. It comes with apps for both Android and Blackberry.

The iPod has changed the way we all listen to music and with more than 300 million iPods sold all over the world, the iPod speaks volumes of Apple whose ‘revolutionary’ products are paving way for it to becoming ‘the’ biggest company in history. Coming back to iPod, here are the ten best-looking cases to protect your precious little iPod.

Emerge 032 – iPod Touch (4th Gen)

Price: $24.99

Available in Blacktop, Paparazzi Pink and Fountain Blue colors, this case features textured surface pattern with raised “pebbles” making it easy to grip your iPod. It comes with one-year limited warranty.

Survivor – iPod touch (4th Gen)

Price: $39.99

This case from Griffin is touted as the most protective case the company has ever built. For the sake of more details, it has been tested and certified for “US Department of Defense Standard 810F and UK Department of Defense Standard 00-35.” It is pretty durable in protecting your iPod touch from extreme conditions such as dirt, sand, rain, shock, vibration and a host of other environmental factors.

Courier Clip – iPod nano (6th Gen)

Price: $24.99

This tough little silicone case for your iPod nano comes with a built-in metal carabiner, ready to clip onto your belt, backpack, handlebars, hatband, tentpole or even your climbing rig. It is quick and offers secure attachment to clothing or equipment.

Ergonomic Hard Case – iPod Touch (4th Gen)

Price: $29.99

This case from Built is available in Fireball, Raspberry, Graphite Grid, White, and Rain Drop Mini colors. It is made of ultra-lightweight polycarbonate, the primary material in bullet-resistant glasses and features rigid molded back and double-reinforced corners to protect your iPod from shocks and impacts.

Dotties Silicone Case – iPod touch (4th Gen)

Price: $19.99

Available in Black, Gray, Neon Pink, Turquoise, White and Navy Blue, this case comes with 45 dots in total; over a dozen can fit in the case at one time allowing you to place multicolored silicone dots around the silicone core. This is protection plus style in a unique way.

Chrome Slider Case – iPod touch (4th Gen)

Price: $34.95

This stylish case for you iPod features durable hardshell construction with a gloss mirror finish and a fluorescent pop color lining. Its interior rubber guardrails provide additional shock absorption to guard against impacts. Stand is also included with the case.

Monochrome Slider Case – iPod touch (4th Gen)

Price: $34.95

This sleek-looking case from Incase yet again, is made of lightweight durable hard-shell plastic with a minimal wall thickness of 1 mm. It too has interior rubber guardrails to provide shock absorption in addition to impact and scratch protection.

Waddler Case – iPod Touch (4th Gen)

Price: $25.00

Case-Mate’s Waddler Case features a combination of textured silicone with modular sections of smooth plastic colors. Available in Black, Blue or Brown it has a raised flipper and attached webbed feet charm in its penguin-inspired design

Technology rears its ugly head or rather, its kooky head again. This time it isn’t a new iPad or iPhone. There’s a whole new gadget world that’s built up around all the latest technology according to smartphone reviews and mobile newswebsites. Bizarre items that are seemingly impractical are taking over technically clever souls, who many would think should know the difference between practical and nonsensical. Many feel that these “thingamajigs are the coolest devices going.” Here’s a peek at a few of the latest Smartphone accessories that may seem quite unusual, but fun nonetheless.

1. Black Pepper Cell Phone Strap

Something happened along the way to the market, and it was the Black Pepper Cell Phone Strap. There’s absolutely no reason for anyone to carry around their own personal black pepper, no less strapped to their cell phone, unless they need it as a weapon. The victim could easily throw the pepper into the perpetrator’s face causing them to go into a “sneezing fit” while they get away with everything in tact. Unless of course, the attacker happens to have a delicious club sandwich, then they may simply sit down to enjoy a good meal with a dash of pepper.

2. TextTees

In the USA alone, over one trillion text messages were sent in one year, almost double that of cell phone calls. Luckily, there’s finally hope for the text-crazed generation. TextTees, are little rubber gadgets that fit snuggly over the texter’s thumbs. They’re shaped somewhat like pencil eraser tops, but look sleek and high-tech. This device is somewhat practical. It makes texting more accurate and faster. However, the question is “should texting fanatics wear them all day long?” Goodness knows they’re small enough to easily get lost in someone’s pocket, or their younger sibling could easily mistake them for erasers. Texting extremist may very well bypass this useful device for the mere fact that in the end, it’s faster and more practical to just use their naked thumbs.

3. iMeshi Japanese Food

There’s no doubting that mobile phones can be life savers. However, being stranded in a remote location without food or water with an iPhone all dressed up in sushi, bacon and eggs or chocolate cake that can’t be eaten, is downright cruel. This iPhone gadget is strictly for laughs and serves no other purpose than to make their owners hungry. On the other hand, it may be worth a bite if the rescue team takes too long.

4. TV Hat

Human civilization at one time was well on its way to evolving, until the TV Hat was invented. The TV Hat advertisement states that “it’s great for those who want to catch up on their favorite TV shows, use it for entertainment on trips, catching-up at the gym or while waiting at the airport.” Speaking of airports, there’s no better time to alert airport security then when someone’s wearing this oddly shaped gadget on their head. It is compatible with MP3 players, iPod and iPhones though. But unfortunately, it isn’t compatible with civilization.

5. Dokkiri Hand Case for iPhone 4

This accessory is a bit creepy to say the least. Who wants a severed hand lying around? Then again, regardless of its absurdity, it could really come in, well, “handy.” For example, gripping the hand will secure the iPhone so there’s less chance of dropping it, in addition, it’ll win the owner plenty of attention, if only out of curiosity. There’s no sense in trying to turn water into wine here, this accessory is downright peculiar.