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Shure debuts MPA-3c Music Phone Adapter
By Charles Starrett
Senior Editor, iLounge
Published: Tuesday, June 26, 2007
News Category: iPhone Accessories
Shure has unveiled its Music Phone Adapter, a modular accessory that converts the company’s earphones into a stereo headset, and allows iPhone users to switch between listening and communicating. The device features a low-profile VoicePort microphone tuned to enhance intelligibility regardless of background noise, a control button for answering and ending calls, and a detachable modular design. “The release of the iPhone promises to change the face of the music phone industry by getting serious music lovers to make the leap to a converged device,” said Mark Karnes, Executive Director of Marketing, Shure Incorporated. “The Shure MPA combined with our award-winning earphones provides the missing piece of the convergence puzzle: one convenient accessory that seamlessly delivers premium audio for all portable listening activities.” The Shure MPA-3c Music Phone Adapter is compatible with both the iPhone and the Motorola RAZR V3i, and will sell for $40 when it is released in August.
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1
It seems like Shure is way ahead of the curve first with PTH and now this in-cord microphone. Will it work with any earphones?
Posted by technolawyer on June 26, 2007 at 11:12 PM (PDT)
2
No, Shure is not ahead of the curve. Look at Seidio Online at http://www.seidioonline.com . They’ve had these for a long time for other phones
. See here: http://www.seidioonline.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=256
Posted by shadowcat on June 27, 2007 at 11:49 AM (PDT)