• Apple discontinues Bluetooth headset, the world mourns

    Monday, March 23rd, 2009

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    Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to mourn the passing of the Apple Bluetooth Headset. After a valiant struggled against cheaper Bluetooth headsets – this one was $99 – it succumbed to relative disinterest and malaise.

    Perhaps comments like this:

    avoid like the plague
    Written by BW from Keller
    Jul 13, 2008
    Yes, the plague.

    The apple bluetooth headset is the biggest piece of junk I’ve ever purchased from apple.

    and this:

    Waste of Money, Super Disappointed
    Written by AB from Gonzales
    Jul 12, 2008
    Too light, doesn’t fit the ear well at all, falls out really easily, and after a 3 foot fall, broke and gave constant heavy static…

    Placed the final nail in the headset’s coffin. Or perhaps the accessory was ahead of its time. Let’s pour a little out for the departed, friends. Good-bye, little dongle.

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