The earbuds have what the company calls a contrasting jewel accent in the center, along with a fabric cable, which includes the hands-free microphone and call/music controls.
Accessories included with the earbuds are four sizes of black and clear medical-grade silicone fittings for proper fitting in your ear and detachable sport earhooks, which include a unique feature called Active Flex. This allows the headphones to adjust to the ear, regardless of the earhooks' position. A designer carrying pouch is included and comes in handy to carry this all together.
Val Kolton, founder and CEO of VMODA, shared his excitement at introducing the Vibe II in a recent press release: "We believe the headphone is the first to bring together the finest elements of design, music, fashion and world-renowned audio all of which epitomize the V-MODA brand."
After using the headphones, I can vouch that this has all been achieved.
Information: www.v-moda.com, MSRP $128
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The Epson Workforce 600 is a great addition to Epson's lineup of all-in-one desktop units designed for a small business or home office.
I was impressed with the look of the unit right out of the box. It is loaded with functions including copying, fax, printing and scanning in the single desktop device. It's got some fantastic features: printing as many as 38 pages per minute, WiFi, USB 2.0 and Ethernet built in, built-in memory card slots and a 2.5-inch LCD.
The display screen containing all LCD and controls flips out on an angle, which is a great feature _ makes it much easier to see and control the printer's features.
Wi-Fi was easy to set up, but the Workforce can also be connected directly to a computer. It also uses Epson's high-capacity ink, which gives the user many more prints at a better cost per page than do standard ink cartridges.
In an afternoon of testing the device, it scanned and copied just fine. It's not going to give you scans with the quality of Epson's top-of-the-line scanners, but it does the job for home office use very well.
I was extremely impressed by how quickly it printed. For printing contact sheets or even color documents, it was great. You'll get more than you pay for with the Workforce 600, which extends Epson's great reputation.
Information: www.epson.com, $149.99 after an instant $50 rebate.
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Contact Gregg Ellman at greggellman@mac.com.
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(c) 2008, Gregg Ellman.
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