Sadly they’re unavailable, but I want one of these so badly. I promise to only be minimally obnoxious with it.
Edit: Here’s the product page if anyone’s interested.
If anyone knows of a similar functional Bluetooth option like this, pleas share.
Maybe I’m missing something here, but it says right at the top of the listing in bright red text “This item will be back in stock in November 2025 (New Version)”.
So don’t you just have to wait a little while?
I saw that, but it’s November 19 already. So they’ve either not restocked or have sold out already.
I clicked a few of the “Where to buy” links from the bottom, but only the non-Bluetooth ones were available.
I just happened to check back on this, and noticed the com badges are in stock now. You probably already know this / have bought one by now, but figured I’d mention just in case.
I have one. I want to say ThinkGeek used to sell them, but I definitely recognize that backing as being from the same device I have.
It’s cool and fun to wear, but not amazing as a Bluetooth device. Microphone didn’t pick up super-well, which isn’t too surprising when it’s clipped on your shirt. Magnet would sometimes slip off if the shirt bunched up or something too. (I haven’t used it in a few years, so I’m a little hazy on some of this.)
A Bluetooth version of the TMP communicators might have better success, albeit at the cost of having to hold your arm up for the whole conversation.
ThinkGeek
Now that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long, long time.
not amazing as a Bluetooth device. Microphone didn’t pick up super-well
That’s disappointing. Seemed to work well in that video, though it was quiet; I did wonder how it would fare in the real world, though.
A Bluetooth version of the TMP communicators might have better success albeit at the cost of having to hold your arm up for the whole conversation.
I’ve used smart watches for phone calls like that, and it was pretty annoying after not very long at all.
I could probably easily make a Bluetooth TOS communicator, but that would be two roughly phone-sized things to carry around, so not really practical.
OTOH:
I could probably easily make a Bluetooth TOS communicator
You’ve been beaten to it, though they’re not making it any more.
