You slide a personal listening device into your ear, press a button, and it expands and locks into the ear canal.

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The phone included other sensors that let you flip from horizontal to vertical view, find Wifi and connect to a Bluetooth listening device.

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On inheriting my old portable listening device, my seven-year-old son asked me to teach him the words to Safe European Home by The Clash.

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In water, as well, we look at these Draconian solutions rather than seeing where there might be opportunities for the market as a listening device but recognize the need for patient capital.

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The doctor also defended Moussaoui's view, raised in numerous court pleadings when he was acting as his own lawyer, that the FBI might have placed a listening device on an electric fan in his Oklahoma apartment.

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At that point, the device can be used to skip and select, but also throws up autobiographical information, discographies and further recommended listening on the device screen.

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This video shows even more: Commanding the headset is as easy as uttering the words "OK, Glass, " a clever use of real-world speech to engage the device's listening mode.

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Also equipped with an iPhone and iPod dock, Parrot Zikmu Solo enables listening to music while charging the device.

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When compared with dialing, talking, listening or reaching for an electronic device, texting posed the greatest accident risk, the study found.

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The latest edition to the company's line of solar powered speakers, Rukus XL features eight full-range speaker drivers that produce stereo-quality sound and one-touch device pairing, providing the ultimate music-listening experience.

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Users can stream music to them from any compatible mobile device such as an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad for casual listening.

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