13 October 2011

Nokia Luna Bluetooth Headset
Daringly Different - Surprisingly Simple

Alongside the Nokia 603, Nokia also launched the Nokia Luna Bluetooth Headset. Continuing to extend Nokia's range of innovative accessories, the Nokia Luna Bluetooth Headset is a uniquely designed in-ear device with NFC pairing capabilities.

Available in a range of colours, the headset features a pop-out earpiece for up to eight hours of extended talk time and easy charging with any Nokia microUSB phone charger.

Nokia's exclusive Always Ready technology enables you to answer calls simply by popping out the earpiece, and end calls by placing the earpiece back in its cradle. At only EUR 69*, the Nokia Luna Bluetooth Headset is perfectly priced to accompany the Nokia 603, bringing NFC pairing opportunities to more people around the world.

Alongside the Nokia 603 launched today, we’re also introducing the Nokia Luna Bluetooth Headset. As you can see, it’s a brighter, poppier offering than the sober silver units you’re probably used to. The second thing that makes it a bit special is that it’s NFC enabled. Read on for the full details.

The Nokia Luna headset is a striking two-piece design. There’s the base and the part that you put in your ear. Taking the earpiece out of the base automatically fires up the Bluetooth connection to your phone and answers incoming calls. Putting it back hangs up the call and powers down the Bluetooth connection.

Like the recent Nokia J headset, there are voice prompts to assist you with pairing, and also to tell you when the battery is low. So pairing is pretty simple. It’s even simpler if you’ve got one of our phones with NFC built in (Currently, the Nokia C7, Oro, 600, 603, 700, 701 and N9). In that case, you can just bump the two things together and the job’s done.

It’s a compact little unit. The earpiece weighs a mere 5g, while the holder is 18.3g. On the technical front, it supports Bluetooth specification 2.1 + EDR, Handsfree profile 1.5 and Headset Profile 1.1 advanced multipoint. That last one is pretty important, because it means you can attach two different phones to the headset – for work and personal phones, for example. Battery life is pretty special, too: up to eight hours talktime or sixty days standby (providing you pop it back in the holder).

Coming in black, white, fuchsia, green, yellow and blue, the Nokia Luna Bluetooth Headset will be available from Q4 2011 and should cost around €69 before any local taxes. More info on the Nokia Gear site.