Wondering what to get that woman in your life– who doesn’t want to sacrifice style or ear comfort — for Christmas this year?
    How about an interchangeable headband that can double as a headset for your cell phone or a headphone for your MP3 music player?
    At the DigitalLife conference in New York on Thursday, which was crowded with tech heavyweights like Microsoft and HP, Stephanie Card had set up a small booth to show off the headbands she designed after finding that none of the headsets or headphones on the market, with their large sized earbuds, comfortably fit in her ears.
    “I could not keep those earbuds in my ear,” she said.
    So she went about looking for a way to design the perfect hands-free headset for woman — and came up with the Steffi Thomas headband.
    The headbands come in a variety of styles, ranging from solid silk colors like black and brown, to white cotton eyelet and teal pastel paisley.
    A coordinating headset or headphone can be purchased to click in to the headband - quickly transforming the band from a simple fashion accessory to a technology accessory.
    The earphone on the headsets and headphones are attached with a bendable arm — so women aren’t forced to shove the buds in their ears, but can rest them next to their ear if they want.
    “I was quite shocked that no one had come up with an idea like this before,” Card said.
    Card said the bands currently sell online at swapsets.com and in roughly 200 boutiques in the United States and Europe. While she has been getting the word out about the bands at fashion shows, the DigitalLife conference was the first “techie” show she was attending.
    Card said she was curious to see how the show’s attendees would react to the headbands. 
    The initial reaction seemed to be positive–with women walking up to the booth and immediately exclaiming what a good idea the headbands were, since earbuds never fit in their ears either.