It works like the other bluetooth earpieces I have owned. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone
On 20/04/2013, at 3:54, Traci <our4p...@gmail.com> wrote: > How does it work with Siri? Say for example, you turn off voiceover, so you > can have a interactive dialog with Siri, can the bluetooth do this? > > Thanks, > Traci > On Apr 18, 2013, at 6:22 PM, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I just received the Motorola Elite Sliver Bluetooth earpiece. I purchased it >> on sale from an eBay store. It cost me $35 USD. Shipping in the US was free. >> As I am in NZ, shipping cost me a bit more than the cost of the earpiece. >> >> The Motorola Elite Sliver is a somewhat thick round tube which circles >> around the top of the ear. The speaker rotates to stick into either ear. >> Overall it is very comfortable to wear and doesn't block sound appreciably. >> The speaker is round and sits just outside the ear canal opening. It feels >> quite stable and secure hooked over my ear. It fits like the earpiece of a >> pair of glasses. >> >> There is a small rectangular button above the earpiece that faces forward. >> This button appears to control volume. It cycles through quiet, middle, >> loud, middle, quiet, and so on. >> >> The back of the tube is a round button. This is the answer, disconnect >> button. When I hold the button in for more than a few seconds, my iPhone >> redials the last number. Pressing and releasing the button activates Siri. >> Pressing and releasing again seems to deactivate Siri. >> >> The charger is a little box that the earpiece fits into. It contains a >> battery so the earpiece can be recharged a couple times even when away from >> power. The box can easily fit in a pocket, bag, or purse. The box connects >> to power using a micro-usb connector. The unit comes with a short usb to >> micro-usb cable, and a wall plug with two USB ports on it. >> >> This earpiece shows battery status on the iPhone. >> >> When I first activated the earpiece (by removing it from the charger box), >> it started saying "Ready to pair." It also gave the pairing code if >> necessary. This announcement repeated until I paired it with my iPhone. >> After pairing, which was automatic once I selected the Motorola Elite >> Sliver, the unit told me it had five hours of talk time available. >> >> The Motorola Elite Sliver uses Motorola's Crystal Talk signal processing >> technology to block extra noise. Before I accidentally stepped on and broke >> my old Motorola H17TXT earpiece, I found the crystal talk technology worked >> quite well even when I was in noisy and windy environments. >> >> When I let the earpiece speaker go on standby, it takes between two and >> three seconds to begin speaking again. This is normal. However, it starts >> speaking the first phrase which woke it up. I haven't tested it yet with GPS >> announcements, but this behaviour is new, so I suspect I will have positive >> results with GPS announcements when I test it later. Also, the audio >> announcement of key presses appears to be shorter than with my previous >> earpieces. >> >> Of course, this unit has A2DP profile, so it works with VoiceOver. After >> about an hour's use of the device, I feel comfortable in recommending it. >> >> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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