VoIP Headsets

The maturity of VoIP headsets can be seen in the review criteria, for example, the following are adapted from [TechMediaNetwork.com 2011 ]:

Reviewer Comments†
Lowest Price: $26.90 to $119.00
Overall Rating
Ratings: performance, functionality, features, help & support
Performance: ideal for gaming, mute, noise-canceling microphone, Laser tuned audio drivers‡, certified/optimized for XXXX (where XXXX is some specific software, standard, …)
Functionality: binaural or monaural, 3.5mm jack, headband/neckband, rechargeable batteries, USB, wireless interface, battery-operated
Features: adjustable headband, flexible boom, headset audio adjustments, peakstop/sound guard, pivoting ear cushions, voice recognition, Help & support, support community, technical support, troubleshooting, warranty, online downloads of new software or firmware
Supported Configurations: Apple Mac, PC, …

†Reviewer comments are often important in the decision to purchase a product or not, see for example Yongliang Wu’s masters's thesis [Wu 2009]

‡ For example, Logitech uses laser scanning of the moving parts of the speaker to analyze the mechanical motion

Slide Notes

VoIP Headset Review 2011 - TopTenREVIEWS, TechMediaNetwork.com, 2011, http://voip-headset-review.toptenreviews.com/ Links to an external site.

Yongliang Wu, Aggregating product reviews for the Chinese market, Masters Thesis, School of Information and Communication Technology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, TRITA-ICT-EX-2009:208, November 2009,

http://web.it.kth.se/~maguire/DEGREE-PROJECT-REPORTS/091129-Yongliang_Wu-with-cover.pdf

Transcript

[slide27] Now, you know a market is getting mature. When you start seeing a list like this: you know, reviewer comments, price ranges, lowest price, overall ratings, performance, blah, blah, features, functionality, all of those sorts of things. That's a sign of a mature market. Right? When you have market reviews. When you have new technology, do you have market reviews? Not very much because there's not really much to compare it against.