Anyone using a Bluetooth Headset connection to their cell phone?
Recommendations?
...Jim Thompson
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Most Cells have a blue tooth link up in them now JIm.. You just mate them .. my self, I use a motorola line that just sits on my ear how ever, I can say it does not stay on there very well.
If you're referring to using the external phone jack on the Cell, then I don't know about that.
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Some think it makes one look like a tool... hence the term "Bluetool". But I have one and it seems to work okay (not that I use it much). Bluetooth is nice for moving files on and off the phone.
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Blueant gets lots of good press. I have no first hand experience with one.
The best headset I ever played with was the wired one from etymotic. I don't like ear buds in general, but the etymotic style are very comfortable. The patent must be expired given the copies that showed up about a year ago.
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I use a Plantronics and a Motorola, I used a Nokia until the battery died (nowhere retail wanted to sell me one and I couldn't wait for mail order) and found the Nokia to be best overall. The Plantronics audio is good and the Moto is frustratingly hissy but it is a cheap one.
If it's for use in one car then I've had much better results with a properly fitted car kit although colleagues have used things like
and reported good results. There are portable bluetooth car kits that you can transfer from vehicle to vehicle with their own cigar lighter powered chargers which I have heard good things about too.
-- Clint Sharp
What brand?
...Jim Thompson
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| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC\'s and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
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I have two -- an Aleph Jawbone and a recent Motorola HS*** (can't remember the exact model number).
The Jawbone has noise canceling technology on the uplink. So people that I call don't hear so much of the background clutter. Downsides to the Jawbone are that it is pricey and a bit larger than some of the others. Otherwise, it is a good choice if you want to pay for performance.
I also have a recent Motorola. I find that it works very well, although it is not as effective at canceling uplink noise as the Jawbone. It is smaller and lighter. It also can be charged using the same charger that charges my Motorola phone. Compared to the Jawbone, it seems that it interoperates with my phone a little more reliably (viz. switching between bluetooth and the phone).
I have no serious complaints against either of these. They have served me well.
You really need to consider how you will use the headset. I know people who wear one all day. I can't do that. If you have to dig for your headset when you get a call, I can't see much advantage to have the headset wireless. It's just another thing to charge. Once in a while I use a wired headset. Either a Plantronics or the kind that dangles the microphone near your mouth. I can't see how a headset where the microphone is near your ear will work well. [Yes, I understand the notion of pressure zone microphonics.]
I do use bluetooth in the car, though it's a built in system.
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