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Title: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: Jimbob on 24 October 2006, 14:44:32
The Mrs has just got a new phone, now she wants a bluetooth headset to go with it.
Anyone had any good / bad experiences with them.
Makes models to recommend or not?
May also look at the car kit route.

Cheers
Title: Re: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: Del Boy on 24 October 2006, 14:54:00
Sony erricson's are good
Title: Re: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: Big Rod on 24 October 2006, 15:36:44
I'd go with that. I've got the bluetooth car kit which interogates the phone book etc. It's great.
Title: Re: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: supermop on 24 October 2006, 15:50:36
I dono about good ones, but I do know cheap ones are bad mmkay?

Very bad.
Title: Re: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 24 October 2006, 17:25:38
Id go for a headset thats the same make of the phone......ie Nokia phone....get a nokia headset.....carnt go much wrong then.

Ive seen other peeps with probs mixing headsets and phones........bluetooth is suppose to be a standard, but i reckon some manufactures have slight variations and sometimes slightly uncompatable
Title: Re: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: mijfife on 24 October 2006, 17:29:49
I've used a Jabra for a couple of years now with both Nokia and Sony Errikson phones and it's been quite good. The person at the other end can even hear me quite clearly in the Imp with it's loud exhaust  ;D

Cheers Jim
Title: Re: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: Markie on 24 October 2006, 18:06:43
or just use the phone in the omega ccrt700 hands free.....

Personally dont care much for mobiles and bluetooth ( who by the way was a Druid in civil-war torn Norway, many many moons ago,  he brought all the warring factions together via word of mouth to chill and be friends.... :y )

hence bluetooth  ::)

...or was it Denmark :-?
Title: Re: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: Martin_1962 on 24 October 2006, 19:38:44
Are these the Borg thingies you are on about.

You will have to dress in black and say WE ARE BORG!!!!
Title: Re: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: peterjohn36 on 24 October 2006, 20:58:51
I use the Jabra at work and in the car, the unit is smaller than some others fits behind the ear and after a while you forget the units is there, the mike only extends just past the ear, so if your other half has longish hair the unit will not  be seen.
Title: Re: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: RobC_NE on 24 October 2006, 20:59:08
i have been using a Jabra 250 for the last few months, brilliant headset but just started to notice a fault with my phone it seems to keep dropping the bluetooth as if its out of range. (fone is a ROKR from moto)starting to get on my nerves a bit  >:(
Title: Re: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: Tony H on 24 October 2006, 21:56:58
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or just use the phone in the omega ccrt700 hands free.....

Personally dont care much for mobiles and bluetooth ( who by the way was a Druid in civil-war torn Norway, many many moons ago,  he brought all the warring factions together via word of mouth to chill and be friends.... :y )

hence bluetooth  ::)

...or was it Denmark :-?
I seem to remember the word nokia had a similar explanation for the oridginal name can anyone enlighten?
Title: Re: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: MartinP on 24 October 2006, 23:10:00
I've used a Motorola as hands free with both my Sony Ericssons without many issues, voice dialling worked really well  :)
Title: Re: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: Jimbob on 26 October 2006, 11:59:39
Picked up a Jabra BT135 for £19.99 at carphonewarehouse.
very small and light, will see how she gets on with it.
will let you know how it goes.
Title: Re: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: Ghosts in my machine on 26 October 2006, 12:43:26
I got a dirt cheapo Plantronics headset from ASDA. Used it with two Nokia phones and a Motorola. Works a treat. Only problem is the charger has a different connector to the phones (although Nokia's would charge from headset charger, other way round wouldn't work)

My best advice from experience of this and a Nokia headset (Mrs Ghost has one, and won't let me use it!) is to get the same make as your phone and make sure the charger is the same and if you have a car charger for the phone, that it charges the headset also.

OEM Phone branded ones are much more expensive though!

I did have a Nokia CARK91 car kit in the car, you could buy a bluetooth adapter cradle for it to work with other phones, but when you add up the cost of this and the leads you need to get it to work in an Omega, its much better to get a headset that you can transfer between cars. Or buy a TomTom with BT handsfree.
Title: Re: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: theolodian on 26 October 2006, 22:03:31
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or just use the phone in the omega ccrt700 hands free.....

Personally dont care much for mobiles and bluetooth ( who by the way was a Druid in civil-war torn Norway, many many moons ago,  he brought all the warring factions together via word of mouth to chill and be friends.... :y )

hence bluetooth  ::)

...or was it Denmark :-?
I seem to remember the word nokia had a similar explanation for the oridginal name can anyone enlighten?
I don't know about that, but they used to make tires, wellies too I think.  Sold that off as Nokian, turned their warehouse radio network into Nokia.  No BS.
Title: Re: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: TheBoy on 26 October 2006, 22:28:16
pretty much any branded headset will working well with modern phones.

Of course, you do look a bit gay with one of those things stuck on your ear though....
Title: Re: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: theolodian on 26 October 2006, 22:32:41
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pretty much any branded headset will working well with modern phones.

Of course, you do look a bit gay with one of those things stuck on your ear though....
It cracks me up seeing people wear them like fashion accessories.  Then there's the guys wearing mobiles on lanyards around their necks penduluming back and forth in a 'manly' way as they walk.  Still better than the early days when some people had 2 phones and 2 beepers in belt holsters and thought they looked cool!   ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: Timbuk on 26 October 2006, 22:37:33
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pretty much any branded headset will working well with modern phones.

Of course, you do look a bit gay with one of those things stuck on your ear though....
It cracks me up seeing people wear them like fashion accessories.  Then there's the guys wearing mobiles on lanyards around their necks penduluming back and forth in a 'manly' way as they walk.  Still better than the early days when some people had 2 phones and 2 beepers in belt holsters and thought they looked cool!   ;D ;D ;D

Oi, I had 2 phones in ' The early days ' :D
Title: Re: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: Elite Pete on 26 October 2006, 22:53:52
My future son in law was walking arond B&Q with one in his ear and I did my best to lose him, he thought he was the dogs bo**ocks :-[
Title: Re: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: CaptainZok on 26 October 2006, 22:57:44
These have become such a fashion statement these days.
Couple of guys at work wear em constantly for some reason.
Personally I only wear mine when I'm doing a long drive. Short trips just ignore the phone and call back when I stop.
Title: Re: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: Timbuk on 26 October 2006, 22:58:15
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My future son in law was walking arond B&Q with one in his ear and I did my best to lose him, he thought he was the dogs bo**ocks :-[

Next time , hide round a corner, phone him up, when he says hello, jump out and shout ' YOUR BARRED ' ;)
Title: Re: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: Elite Pete on 26 October 2006, 22:59:36
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My future son in law was walking arond B&Q with one in his ear and I did my best to lose him, he thought he was the dogs bo**ocks :-[

Next time , hide round a corner, phone him up, when he says hello, jump out and shout ' YOUR BARRED ' ;)
;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Bluetooth Headsets
Post by: Jimbob on 27 October 2006, 08:05:56
I dont like em either, but serve a purpose, Work provide me with a properly installed Car Kit anyway.
To me a headset should be small, hair coloured and not have huge great blue lights winking at everyone.

This little one seems to work well from a quick play last night.