I wear glasses too, and the Jabra BT500 fits fine with no interfence with the glasses. Try it, you'll love it. --- Roger Prokic Baltimore, Maryland USA
-=[ This email was sent from a Palm Treo 680 palm computer using SnapperMail Enterprise Edition v2.3.7.01 ]=- ...... Original Message ....... On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:35:24 -0400 Jeffrey Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:50:53 +0000 Dan said: > >> I have decided to get my first bluetooth headset for my Treo 700P, and I am looking for recommendations. >> >> Mainly I am interested in knowing what features are not really worth the money and which are. Also, I would be interested in specific experiences and recommendations, especially as they relate to convenience, reliability and audio quality. > >My experience here is limited, but here it is: > >I +love+ the Logitech Mobile Traveler/Freedom headsets. They have a >windblock microphone, site entirely on the outside of the ear with an >earloop (I wear glasses), and have plenty of volume for use in a >not-so-quiet car. The only physical problem I had with them is the >plastic on the earloop was brittle and would eventually snap in half. >Logitech is very good in their service though, my first one was >replaced at no charge with proof of original purchase date. >Unfortunately, while it worked beautifully with my Treo 650, it didn't >work so well with my 680, the headset once connected would not enter >standby mode. > >I hate the Motorola headsets and speakers. I've tried a couple of >each, and they all sucked. None of them had sufficient volume for use >in anything other than an acoustically dead room, and none of the >headsets I tried even fit very well. And I'm reasonably sure they were >genuine, not counterfeits. I don't recall the specific model numbers, >though. And the flip-boom would be better if they flipped from the >outside, not the inside, so the user could close and open the boom >while wearing the headset. > >I've used or tried a couple different Jabra sets, and for the most part >they had the volume I need, but they didn't feel secure against my ear. >One even fell off. The more expensive ones are better than the cheap >ones. But these, at least in the ones that sit against the ear rather >than behind the ear, tend to emphasize fashion rather than function, >with changeable faceplates. > >I'm currently using a Plantronics Explorer 340. It's got the volume I >need, some sound insulation for the speaker via a small in-ear tube. >But I've started to notice that when I use it, the person on the other >end has trouble understanding me about half the time, or most of the >time if I'm using it in my car. The single multifunction button also >takes a bit of getting used to, and is too easy for my belt carrier to >press and turn off. > >I might be getting a Jawbone. My contract with Cingular is up today, >and the sales rep at a local Cingular store said that they might be >able to give me a discount on that if I renew since I'm not interested >in a discount on a new phone at this time. > >Note that because I wear glasses, I cannot use any headset that is a >behind-the-ear style, nor can I use headsets that use an earbud, so >those are two entire styles I have no experience with. > >As for useless features? The only one I can think of off hand is the >caller-id display that SonyErricson puts on some of theirs. I don't >even know if that works with a Treo. > >A feature I'd like to see work is voice dialing over BT. That doesn't >work from the Treo end of things, though. > >-- >Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org >The from userid is killfiled Send personal mail to gordol > >"There's always the threat of an attack by say, a giant space Dragon, >the kind that leaves the sun once every thirty days, it's a nuisance >but what can you expect from reptiles." (Marcus Cole, B5 "Messages >From Earth") > >
