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That 'cool shades' Bluetooth from Motorola goes stereo at CES

It's not a crab or lobster. It's a fashionable Bluetooth headset, with stereo. Motorola rolled it out at this week's CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, in conjunction with Oakley.

"The new wireless innovation has unmatched optics, stereo sound, style, says the company press release. I can't attempt to speak for the style brigade, but it does look marginally more cool than the original mono-sound design which Motorola announced early last year, [see picture, right] and started shipping around October.

Where the old one was just a module which clipped onto a standard Oakley frame, the new one looks far more integrated as a unit.

Branding? It seems Motorola is using the ROKR brand: "Motorola and Oakley are showcasing O ROKR as part of Motorola?s rapidly evolving vision of Seamless Mobility at CES, where visitors can experience innovations that enable enriched wireless communications, home entertainment, and on-the-go productivity," says the official line.

O ROKR uses the Bluetooth Stereo Music Profile (A2DP), which enables music to stream wirelessly from compatible products to the eyewear. At the touch of a button, a user can play or pause music and answer an incoming call. From the Motorola mobile handset line-up, O ROKR works with the newly unveiled Motorola ROKR E2 and the Motorola E680i (available only in Asia).Tags: razr, Bluetooth, RAZRWire, O ROKR, CES, fashion victim