Plantronics delivers smarter, smaller headset for your smartphones

MANILA, Philippines - Your smartphone has a new best friend. Meet the Plantronics Marque M155, a smarter and smaller headset that offers voice-guided pairing for iPhone and Android smartphones, voice recognition so you can answer or ignore calls completely hands-free, and stereo Bluetooth (the A2DPstandard), which allows you to listen to music, GPS directions or your e-mail, all while providing great stereo quality in the smallest, lightest weight design yet at just seven grams.

“Smartphone users want to harness the power of their phones to complement and simplify their busy lives,” said Elizabeth Hamren, vice president for marketing of Plantronics.

“The Marque lets them take advantage of the full range of their phone’s capabilities, even while talking or listening to music or a podcast, all in a great looking, super lightweight device,” she said.  

Smartphones have seen impressive growth in the last few years and people have quickly come to depend on the all-in-one devices. Whether used as a cellphone, organizer, an e-mail device or all of the above, having a smartphone is not just smart, it’s a necessity.

In fact, IDC tracked shipments of 304.7 million smartphones in 2010, and expects that number to hit 472 million for all of 2011 — a growth rate of 55 percent over 2010.

IDC now expects the number of smartphones to grow at an annual rate of 26 percent a year through 2015. By then, IDC said 982 million smartphones will be shipped by manufacturers to retailers.

Outrageously small and light

The Marque is Plantronics’ smallest headset ever and offers excellent sound quality in an amazingly lightweight design. At seven grams, it weighs less than most ballpoint pens. It is so small you’ll hardly know you’re wearing it.

Get the most from Marque and your smartphone with the MyHeadset app, currently available in the Android Market and Apple App Store.

This app will do a sound check and familiarize you with the added functionality of your headset, such as streaming music, with much more to come. 

The Marque M155 is available for P2,950 in either jet black or arctic white, and will be available by the first quarter of 2012.