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leojab 2010-08-12 22:22

Re: What is the best Bluetooth headset for the Nokia N900?
 
My vote for Nokia BH-214.. best sound and best use of charger
I can use any of my headphone as well which is a big plus

igorlt 2010-08-12 22:34

Re: What is the best Bluetooth headset for the Nokia N900?
 
I bought the headset BH-505 and it works fine.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/master78/4839046235/

Maharadja 2010-08-12 22:43

Re: What is the best Bluetooth headset for the Nokia N900?
 
I have an Logitech Freepulse. No fancy playbackcontrols, only an internal volume changer. Works great and isn't that expensive.

jalyst 2010-08-13 16:24

Re: What is the best Bluetooth headset for the Nokia N900?
 
Thanks but I'm more interested in the best monoaural headsets around (convert to stereo option might be handy, but not imperative).
The best I've found so far seems to be discovery 975 or voyager pro*, still comparing though, any favourites?

I'll get a BT stereo headset later that'll need to be rugged enough for jogging etc, but it's not a priority now.
BH-214 is a candidate, but I don't like the fact that it re-injects wires into the equation.
I don't need optimal listening quality when I'm jogging etc.

*Which by many accts is better than 975!
Aside from being bulkier, less stylish, & not having the gimmicky battery extender case.
(I'd rather just have a headset with longer talk/idle time).

les_garten 2010-08-13 16:54

Re: What is the best Bluetooth headset for the Nokia N900?
 
I have a Jawbone ICON and it is Killer. You can get a custom molded earpiece made FTW!

jalyst 2010-08-13 17:48

Re: What is the best Bluetooth headset for the Nokia N900?
 
I saw this review which puts the 975 ahead in areas I'm most interested in (jawbone won overall but).
http://cnettv.cnet.com/aliph-jawbone...-50084363.html
I don't care about the extra "apps" ecosystem the Icon purportedly brings.
But as mentioned in my earlier post, Voyager Pro may be even better for me.
Because I'm not particularly interested in the advantages the 975 brings over the Pro.
Icon's def. on my short-list but, anyone else have a fav. monoaural?

Thanks/Night!

jalyst 2010-08-15 19:13

Re: What is the best Bluetooth headset for the Nokia N900?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by oldnetdog (Post 710596)
i'am using Plantronics Discovery 975, it is ok.

Is there anything not working as you'd expect it to?
Are their functions that work on other phones, that don't on the Discovery 975 + N900?

I'm interested in a decent monoaural headset like this.

jalyst 2010-08-16 17:57

Re: What is the best Bluetooth headset for the Nokia N900?
 
So I've narrowed the best monaurals down to these 7:

http://www.bluetomorrow.com/bluetoot...ew/part-3.html
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1032/1/
http://www.slashgear.com/plantronics...eview-1084626/

http://thenokiaguide.com/2010/02/15/...bh-904-review/
http://www.wmexperts.com/review-blue...rugged-headset
http://the-gadgeteer.com/2010/08/03/...eadset-review/
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358184,00.asp

Which ones do ya'll prefer and why exactly?
Not interested in comparing any other models, just gets too complicated.
I've already done extensive reading and these are def. stand outs!
(may shove the endeavor hx1 in-place of one of them)

Will start a dedicated thread soon...

les_garten 2010-08-16 18:10

Re: What is the best Bluetooth headset for the Nokia N900?
 
I've had all the Jawbones as well as the Blueant Q1. As before, I like the Jawbones, the Icon is the best of the Jawbones, by far. All the earlier ones had a quirky switch arrangement, that was way too cool and way less functional. The Blueant has nice sound, but short Batt life, and an easily damaged "stem" on the earpiece where the rubber gelpad attaches. That makes the Q1 very prone to damage. Another advantage of the JB Icon is it uses Micro USB, same as N900. Blueant's connector is proprietary, you must use expensive blueant PSUs.

Ignore Jawbone's "Software" appz, pretty useless. They do have one great feature though. You click the button and it gives you estimated Battery life left in hours. I like that a lot.

jalyst 2010-08-16 18:19

Re: What is the best Bluetooth headset for the Nokia N900?
 
Yeah stylish & tiny (at the expense of battery life) isn't a big priority for me.
For e.g. the vpro is quite humongous, but i couldn't care less that it looks dorky, look at it's battery life compared to other models etc.

Thanks for adding your thoughts, i will set-up a dedicated "monoaural headset" thread tomm, 4am here, bed time.


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