{"id":2749,"date":"2010-01-03T01:53:23","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T09:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=2749"},"modified":"2015-09-26T11:11:03","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T18:11:03","slug":"3-bluetooth-headset-on-woot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/3-bluetooth-headset-on-woot\/","title":{"rendered":"$3 Bluetooth Headset on Woot"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Woot<\/a> is selling a Samsung Bluetooth headset<\/a> for $17.99 + $5 S\/H – $20 MIR = $3 after rebate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For that price this headset could be a great candidate to use for a DIY Retro Bluetooth Handset<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The catch is that I can’t guarantee this headset is actually hackable until someone buys one and reports back here.<\/p>\n

Who will be the first?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Woot is selling a Samsung Bluetooth headset for $17.99 + $5 S\/H – $20 MIR = $3 after rebate. For that price this headset could be a great candidate to use for a DIY Retro Bluetooth Handset. The catch is that I can’t guarantee this headset is actually hackable until someone buys one and reports … Continue reading $3 Bluetooth Headset on Woot<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[443],"tags":[101,36,19,294],"class_list":["post-2749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-projects-2","tag-bluetooth","tag-diy","tag-make","tag-makezine"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-Il","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2794,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/samsung-wep470-bluetooth-headset-pics\/","url_meta":{"origin":2749,"position":0},"title":"Samsung WEP470 Bluetooth Headset Pics","author":"Jeff","date":"January 28, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Bill Owens recently shot a couple photos of the Samsung WEP470 Bluetooth headset, aka the $3 Woot Headset. 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