Chappies
08-27-2003, 01:09 AM
I have tested 11 Bluetooth headsets so far on 8 different phones.
I found the following to be of use.
Motorola / Jabra BT100 longest range, battery the worst, best carry solution (MOT), easy to use but boom tends to break easily. Handy Car charger. V dial worked fine.
M1000 Plantronics good voice quality, bit lanky because of length of boom. SA has bad power supply so fluctuations in stand by were very different from plug point to plug point.
Replacement battery very good idea. V dial worked okay, in noisy environment not to good if you spoke to loud. Paired more than one phone.
HBH-15 floppy boom, to bulky, voice not great, as it seems the older software could not adjust the output strength, if your phone was close it worked well, if not then the phone would boost BT output, if you brought phone closer it would be to strong and sound deteriorated. V dial
worked okay.
HBH-20 worst design, no one still wants cables. Sound was not bad but the ear piece defeated the BT issue. V dial was accurate as there was no distance problem because of the cable.
HBH-30 sound still not to bad, Battery was not that great. Feel over the ear was nice and comfortable. Still boom was to long.V dial was not bad.
HBH-60 best size for Sony/Ericsson. Sound no great shakes. Most people I spoke to said it broke up and sounded scratchy.V Dial was okay. Battery life good.
BT 200 best styled Jabra. New advanced software allows it to work with all Nokia phone incl 3650, and the new S55.It now supports the handsfree profile.
I found the charger / holder to be a pain as the headset kept popping out of it. Sound was the loudest so far as the ear gel goes straight into you ear canal. Voice dialling a little bit iffy needs to be very quiet.
BT 300 was the longest stand by so far, sounds good but over all the voice dialling was hit and miss. I found the rubber piece around the speaker to be a pain removed it and it felt better. Headset was not secure on my ear. No holder so carring it in my pocket caused all sorts of problems, buttons kept getting pushed and eventually broken.
HDW-2 worst of the bunch I feel. No charger, they assume you have a Nokia phone. Battery terrible. A bit troublesome for the non techno boffin as they couold end up pairing the same phone more than once. Pairs up to 8 phones. Car charger and replacement battery available.
The best of the bunch so far I would have to say is the new M3000.
Looks great, silver design very elegant. Standby is exceptional, 5 days or more, 8 hours at least talk time. Supports handsfree profile,which is to say it does last no redial, call rejection and does echo cancellation and noise reduction.
On a T68i your software needs to be R5... or higher. This headset as well as the new BT200 supports audio gateway on the latest BT software for the PC or Laptop. You can now use your headset to play MP3's or any audio through the headset, only thing is it's not stereo.
Also supports the same function on the new HP IPAQ 5450 and 5550.
I found the following to be of use.
Motorola / Jabra BT100 longest range, battery the worst, best carry solution (MOT), easy to use but boom tends to break easily. Handy Car charger. V dial worked fine.
M1000 Plantronics good voice quality, bit lanky because of length of boom. SA has bad power supply so fluctuations in stand by were very different from plug point to plug point.
Replacement battery very good idea. V dial worked okay, in noisy environment not to good if you spoke to loud. Paired more than one phone.
HBH-15 floppy boom, to bulky, voice not great, as it seems the older software could not adjust the output strength, if your phone was close it worked well, if not then the phone would boost BT output, if you brought phone closer it would be to strong and sound deteriorated. V dial
worked okay.
HBH-20 worst design, no one still wants cables. Sound was not bad but the ear piece defeated the BT issue. V dial was accurate as there was no distance problem because of the cable.
HBH-30 sound still not to bad, Battery was not that great. Feel over the ear was nice and comfortable. Still boom was to long.V dial was not bad.
HBH-60 best size for Sony/Ericsson. Sound no great shakes. Most people I spoke to said it broke up and sounded scratchy.V Dial was okay. Battery life good.
BT 200 best styled Jabra. New advanced software allows it to work with all Nokia phone incl 3650, and the new S55.It now supports the handsfree profile.
I found the charger / holder to be a pain as the headset kept popping out of it. Sound was the loudest so far as the ear gel goes straight into you ear canal. Voice dialling a little bit iffy needs to be very quiet.
BT 300 was the longest stand by so far, sounds good but over all the voice dialling was hit and miss. I found the rubber piece around the speaker to be a pain removed it and it felt better. Headset was not secure on my ear. No holder so carring it in my pocket caused all sorts of problems, buttons kept getting pushed and eventually broken.
HDW-2 worst of the bunch I feel. No charger, they assume you have a Nokia phone. Battery terrible. A bit troublesome for the non techno boffin as they couold end up pairing the same phone more than once. Pairs up to 8 phones. Car charger and replacement battery available.
The best of the bunch so far I would have to say is the new M3000.
Looks great, silver design very elegant. Standby is exceptional, 5 days or more, 8 hours at least talk time. Supports handsfree profile,which is to say it does last no redial, call rejection and does echo cancellation and noise reduction.
On a T68i your software needs to be R5... or higher. This headset as well as the new BT200 supports audio gateway on the latest BT software for the PC or Laptop. You can now use your headset to play MP3's or any audio through the headset, only thing is it's not stereo.
Also supports the same function on the new HP IPAQ 5450 and 5550.