Motorola's cable-free earbuds fall short of the great wireless promise

What a time to be alive! Hot on the heels of Apple banishing the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, wireless headphones and earbuds are sure to garner a lot of attention. 

For the past two weeks, I’ve been using the $250 Motorola VerveOnes+ wireless earbuds. There’s no cord to be found on the two orange buds. To be clear, the VerveOnes+ aren’t from the Lenovo owned Motorola. They are from the other Motorola that makes stuff like baby monitors and, through a licensing deal with Binatone, headphones. 

During that time, I’ve thought I lost one or both earbuds, I’ve jammed to the new Vince Staples album, and I’ve grown increasingly frustrated with managing the VerveOnes+ connection between multiple devices.  Read more...