Sat 16 Jun 2007
Keep an eye out for a new stereo Bluetooth headset from Ubixon in their Lubix series. The new headset will sport a Qualcomm MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical System) display that does not use a back-light lamp and yet still remains highly contrasted indoors and outdoors.
Fri 15 Jun 2007
The Gadgeteer has posted a very thorough Plantronics 665 Bluetooth headset review. The reviewer includes samples of the Plantronics 665’s voice quality and lots of closeup pictures for those of you who like to visualize things before you buy them.
Although the noise filtering features were not quite as good as the Aliph Jawbone, the much smaller size of the Plantronics 665 Bluetooth headset made up for that fact. At the same time, battery life is also decreased with size, allowing for only 3.5 hours of talk.
Tue 29 May 2007
The new Oticon Epoq hearing aids can communicate wirelessly via a handheld streamer with any Bluetooth device. This means that the Epoq hearing aids will “ring” in your ear and allow you to use your cell phone without any of the special devices usually needed for this purpose. Because sound information is being continuously exchanged between the two ears, Oticon says that this will keep the two in sync and, when it comes to outside sounds, help localize where a sound is coming from.
Tue 29 May 2007
Digital Trends has reviewed the Aliph Jawbone, finding it to be an excellent headset. The reviewer found it stylish, but at the same time a perfect fit with all the included ear gels and earhooks. Voice quality was crystal clear, but the reviewer found that improper placement of the headset could result in inconsistencies in sound quality. However, when fit properly the Aliph Jawbone was a clear winner.
Fri 25 May 2007
Treonauts has posted a Motorola H9 Miniblue review and is decidedly unimpressed with the headset’s performance. Though the Motorola H9 seemed to have pretty good quality for calls when in quiet environments, the reviewer not a fan of pretty much everything else.
Fri 25 May 2007
Legit Reviews has their Plantronics Pulsar 260 review posted and ready for your perusal. Sound quality was good, although not the best they had hear, but it did reproduce frequencies quite well. There were no problems with syncing, and video files played without losing audio sync.
Wed 23 May 2007
Much like another such review, DigitalTrend’s Plantronics Pulsar 260 review gives the inexpensive stereo Bluetooth headset an 8 out of 10 rating. The reviewer was impressed with the sound quality of the headset, and found that the earbuds isolated sound very well. Battery life was also very good, giving 7 hours of listening time and 9 hours of talk time. The only real negative the reviewer found was that the Pulsar 260 was problematic when working with Skype, although Plantronics does not specify that the headset is compatible. This definitely seems like a good stereo Bluetooth headset for the money.
Tue 22 May 2007
MobilitySite reviews yet another BlueAnt Bluetooth headset, and this time it is a BlueAnt T8 Micro review. For a $50 (or less) Bluetooth headset, the T8 Micro doesn’t seem like a bad choice. The sound quality was good, although there is no noise canceling technology to help with ambient noise. One weird feature is that you cannot give voice commands through the headset, but must have your cell phone nearby. Battery life was excellent, though, and the reviewer gives the T8 Micro a 4 out of 5 rating.
Mon 21 May 2007
The Blueant V12 is packed with features including vibrating call alert and a status LCD display. MobileBurn has posted their Blueant V12 review and gives it their recommendation, although with a few caveats as you will see.
The reviewer found that the LCD screen came in quite handy, but that the overall design of the Blueant V12 was quite boring. In terms of comfort, the V12 was fine for casual use, but over long periods of time became less enjoyable to wear.
Audio quality was so-so, not bad or good, but definitely usable. However, battery talk time stood out at an impressive 11 hours.
For the price, this doesn’t look like such a bad headset. Take a look at the full review for more info.
Fri 18 May 2007
Kyocera’s Bluetooth Stereo Headset with Pendant Controller (model TXCKT10162) gets reviewed at CNET, garnering a 7 out of 10 rating. The audio quality on the Kyocera stereo Bluetooth headset is described as “quite spectacular.” However, some discomforts could occur since the earpieces do not come in multiple sizes. Also, the pendant piece was a bit awkward, swinging too much to be much use for running. Other than that, the controls were very versatile and overall this seems to be a good choice for a stereo Bluetooth headset if you aren’t doing any extreme physical activities.