I saw it at CES nearly 7 months ago.
I lusted. I wanted. I craved.
I waited.
I saw it.
I bought it.
I reviewed it.

That would be SEXY combined with the N800. Really.

That is pretty cool. That is exactly what I have been looking for ... thanks for the pointer.

How consistently compatible are BT headsets across devices? Do you have to be careful to pick a set that has been "certified" with a particular device or are the BT standards followed and implimented well?

The minute that my N800 supports BT headsets I am buying one.

Thats a cool looking headset but what is the point of an oled display on my ear. Last time I tried I can't see my ear that well.

I guess if someone else wants to see what you are listening to that would work but I think I would find it annoying to have people staring at my ear trying to read the little text.

PeteB

The OLED display allows you to go through your small phone book or see incoming calls without digging out your phone. It also is pretty good for checking on pairing, adjusting settings, etc. So few headsets have as many setting options as this so it makes sense to give it a display.

The phone display is device dependent, so it will only show caller ID or other status if the paired device supports it. Neither my UMPC nor my Q send this data to the headset.

It times out after a few seconds so your neighbors can't see it.

Excellent question. The answer is "bad"

For example: Bluetooth call quality on my Q is great, but music quality is poor. Bluetooth music quality from my UMPC is great, but the same device doesn't do well with Skype - probably for CPU overhead. My Mac takes it pretty well with Skype, but there are at least 7 bluetooth devices on that desk at any given time plus a big honkin WiFi router and two machines (my N800 and my UMPC) connected over WiFi, so it gets a lot of radio interference and cuts in and out.

I have owned a number of bluetooth headsets over the years and haven't been satisfied with any of them. The one which came closest was the BT800, Jabra's previous BT headset with a LCD screen on it. I really liked it, but had two issues with it. The first was that the loop which slipped over your ear was very flimsy and broke. Jabra sent me a replacement loop free in the mail, but it was annoying to deal with in the first place. The second issue was that within a few months of purchase the battery had degraded to less than a 1/3rd of original talk time. The battery is non user replaceable and Jabra's response was that it was time to buy a new one. At $250, I wasn't exactly happy with that response. In the past few years I have spent more money of BT headsets than I have on cell phones, and I have owned more phones than headsets (and I buy my phones direct, bot subsidized). I have no desire to own another headset unless the battery is user replaceable, preferably by a single AA.

I would love to see wireless headphone support on the N800, but have had such a consistently crappy experience with BT headphones/headsets that I am not willing to just throw more money down that hole.

I wish Nokia could hurry up and add A2DP support to the N800, it's the only thing missing that is keeping me from ditching some of my other handhelds and iPods. I use BT to connect to my home stereos, work stereo, headphones, and car audio. I have been using Rhapsody on the N800 and have both card slots filled to 8GB each. The large touch screen, paired with something like Canola - this thing is begging for proper Bluetooth audio.

One thing though - using all of my WinMo devices, there is a *horrible* A2DP stuttering problem when using WiFi AND BT at the same time, I guess because of the shared antenna and increased processor usage. If I use EVDO and BT streaming on my phones, there is no problem, it works great...the problem is using WiFi.

I wonder if the N800 can even handle simultaneous WiFi and BT streaming?