Hey all. After many hours of doing research on the net, reading reviews
on Amazon, and reading messages on this list, I ended up purchasing
something totally different. In short, I was out with my family because
my wife and daughter were shopping for a dress because she's going to
her first school dance next week. *my life is over*. Oh, I'm getting off
track... Seriously, so we went to Best Buy because I wanted to see if
they have any of the headphones I've been reading about, but also
because I'm a geek and just like going to Best Buy even though I
normally don't buy from there.
In short, after asking about various headsets and all that, the rep told
me about the new ones they just got in from Motorola. The S11-HD. I had
read on Amazon the reviews of the S8 and S10 and they seemed ok, but
hadn't jumped out at me. However upon doing a quick web check while I
was there, I saw they were supposed to retail for $129. Best buy had
them for $59. I figured that since I'd be paying around $40 or $50 from
Amazon to get the others I was looking for, I might as well snag myself
one of these since they seemed to be half off. Later the rep confirmed
that they had the wrong price, but since she said $59, and since that's
what was shown on the display, she got the manager to override the price
and sold it to me for that plus tax. So, $64 later I walked out with my
new Bluetooth headphones. These are awesome. For starters they come with
extra ear buds so in case the default attached ones are not to your
ear's liking, you can switch them out. The specs claim a range of up to
150 feet. Although I'm a bit skeptical of that, I can confirm that
walking around my house while the iPhone was charging in my bedroom
didn't cause the music to drop out, turn into static or anything like
that. The phone call I was on also stayed clear. I was able to cause
interference by closing the doors to my bedroom and walking into the
garage across the house and also closing the door behind me. Still
though, that is awesome! Pairing them was a snap, when you power them
on, a pleasant female voice walks you through the steps and the pairing
mode was automagically enabled. So all I did was go into the iPhone's
Bluetooth device section and they were there. I connected them and
wasn't asked for a pin, but the nice girl inside the headphones informed
me that if a pin was asked of me, the code is 0000. Once paired, she
informed me that the pairing was successful and then told me how much
talk time I had. The iPhone shows the battery status of the headphones
as well, so that's a neat little feature. While the girls went for more
shopping and later when we ate dinner at the mall, visited more clothing
stores, and played at the AT&T store, I wore them and didn't feel
uncomfortable. I can push the ear bud tips all the way in my ear to seal
off outside noise, or I can leave them just outside my ear and that way
I can hear people and things around me. Even if the phone locked and
went to sleep, I was still able to hear the occasional sounds my phone
makes if I get a push notification. I was able to easily receive and
make calls, and I was easily able to start and stop the music. There is
more I can write about this new purchase, but these are the basics.
Cheers.
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Raul A. Gallegos
My mother always said that I could be anybody I wanted to be... the
police however call it Identity Theft.
Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com
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