Monster & Beats End Their Expensive Relationship

Monster has officially announced the end of its partnership with Beats audio. Until today, Monster has been manufacturing Beats audio products and has had a hand in the design under a licence agreement with Beats, but due to disputes over financial terms and credit, will no longer manufacture Beats products. The Beats brand is part owned by Dr. Dre and Interscope Geffen records Chairman Jimmy Lavine, and only last year acquired by HTC to be put into good use in their smartphones and other gadgets. Monster already has a strong presence in the headphone market with its own gear and will continue to build the Monster brand with newly released offerings that have been revealed at CES 2012, and at more affordable price points than its now rival, Beats audio.

Beats Wireless, First Beats By Dr. Dre Wireless Headphones

Looks like Monster finally decided to out some wireless headphones after all. The FCC just approved what will be the newest addition to the Beats By Dr. Dre lineup called the Beats Wireless. The Beats Wireless headphones look like they are a mix of the Studio and the Solo HD mixed into one. They'll be Bluetooth enabled and have features such as headset capabilities with side controls to let you answer calls and control your music playback. Gone are the replaceable batteries that were used to power up the active noise-cancellation, the Beats Wireless will have a built-in rechargeable battery. Will we see these being bundled up with some HTC handsets in the future? After all, HTC didn't purchase the Beats By Dr. Dre brand for no reason. We're expecting to see these being released very soon for a heft price tag as usual.