Streamz headset

If you are in the market for a shiny new set of headphones and have some Christmas money burning a hole in your stocking, Streamz Media has launched its first set of headphones with the ability to stream audio from several sources. Simply called Streamz, this set can connect to hotspots and other mobile devices to receive audio over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 3.0.

If that isn’t enough, its onboard 4GB of storage can be extended by a 32GB microSD card so that it can hold your music without connecting to another device. These headphones feature cushioned over-ear cups and the Streamz uses two 50mm dynamic speakers with 3W vibration drivers and 160mW dynamic amps. It also sports an Android-based built-in media player with a 1.6GHz dual-core processor. There is also a 48kHz 16-bit DAC, a microphone input jack, and controls for volume, mode, and functions are adjustable on the left earset, with the right covering basic audio playback controls.
It weighs 17.5 ounces and includes a built-in lithium polymer rechargeable battery. These headphones should ship in March 2014. The Streamz headphones will be priced at $549 in the United States. They are pricey, but they offer quite a bit.

Panasonic and Sony End OLED TV Partnership

Sony and Panasonic announced that they were tying up in a partnership to develop OLED TVs in June of 2012. The goal of that partnership was to develop and sell bigger screen OLED TVs. The two companies have now announced that the partnership is being dissolved. The two firms had hoped to have OLED sets resulting from the partnership available this year, but that never happened.

OLED TVs offer better image quality and color while being greener and thinner than LCD TVs. The problem was that the OLED TVs with large screens are much more expensive than comparably sized LCD TVs. The two firms say that they will continue to develop OLED screens independently.
The two companies also noted that they might cooperate again on the production of OLED panels at some point in the future. Both Sony and Panasonic are expected to show off 56-inch OLED TVs at CES 2014 kicking off next month. Sony was the first electronics firm to market with an OLED TV back in 2001. That OLED TV was only 11-inches and cost $2500.