Are you a crazy music lover who tends to sneak the headphones in all the time? And if you are one, you must have felt the problems with charging up and lesser battery lives unless ofcourse you can flex your biceps to charge your iPod.

LHitachi Maxwell has come up with an HP (Could have opted for a better group brand, lol) earbud that will solve the issue, but not fully. The battery life is a concern.

HP-NC20.IP earbuds offer active noise cancellation from 50-700Hz and noise suppression up to 20dB.

Battery Life ?

Since they rely on the iPod dock for audio and power, you’re stuck using the volume control on the headphones themselves, and battery life is significantly reduced — anywhere from one half to two-thirds.

Price

Will be about $83 when it hits the stores of Japan in the second week of December.

Can you please do something about this battery issue. Its one of the most major concerns for us. How can Hitachi just leave it unattended and then talk of coming out with bla bla bla?!