Jabra's wireless earbuds double as heart rate monitors

BERLIN — How much tech can you stuff into tiny, wireless earbuds? Turns out, quite a lot. At the Showstoppers event that's accompanying the IFA show in Berlin, Jabra announced the Elite Sport, a pair of wireless earbuds that can also monitor your heart rate. 

The data is transferred to Jabra's smartphone app, which is available for both Android and iOS, but a Jabra rep tells me it can also be used with other sport-tracking apps. 

The buds are quite big for earbuds but they fit in my ear well; each one comes with two hardware buttons, for controlling the volume and answering calls (yes, there are built-in mics in both buds).  Read more...