Wireless headsets (was Re: FW: The FP Room: Meeting withKenandLaura Brody)

[Brian K. White]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Esak" <john at valar.com>
To: "Fplist (E-mail)" <filepro-list at seaslug.org>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 8:16 AM
Subject: RE: Wireless headsets (was Re: FW: The FP Room: Meeting 
withKenandLaura Brody)


>
>> > Yeow!  The first few I pulled up were quite pricy.  The GN Netcom
>> > 9120 was the cheapest one, at $400.00!
>>
>> whoa whoa whoa, they are usually between $50 and $150, most
>> common about $60
>> to $90.
>
> Brian,
> I'm sorry, but I believe you are talking about "headphones" _not_
> "headsets"...  almost every wireless headphone device I've seen is between
> $60 to $90... you can get them anywhere from Radio Shack to Best Buy.
> Please show me some "headsets", i.e., with a microphone (for computer use
> specifically) that are anywhere _near_ that price range.  I haven't been
> able to find a one. In fact, the Plantronics offering is the first really
> good set at over $250. I think they sound great and work great.... but I 
> am
> partial to Plantronics, since I have so much other stuff from them.
>
> Okay, waiting for the "whoa, whoa, whoa" list of $60-$90 wireless
> headsets... If there is such, I would like to publish it in the Room...
> people always want to know about these things.

I included 2 examples that I actually bought myself right in that post.
Jabra BT250 - $70
Motorola HS-820 - $60
(I couldn't get either of those to work, but then again, others have.)
http://forums.mobileburn.com/archive/index.php/t-6342.html

The list of similar devices in this price range is at least in the tens.
The list of manufacturers, who each have at least 2 or 3 models by now is at 
least in the tens.

They are not specifically for use with a computer, they are for use with 
anything that can use a bluetooth headset. Which is generally phones, pdas, 
& computers. Yes, they have microphones of course! :)

http://www.jabra.com/JabraCMS/NA/EN/MainMenu/Products/WirelessHeadsets/JabraBT250/JabraBT250
http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wireless/store/accessorydetail.asp?id=19986
http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wireless/store/accessorydetail.asp?id=20245
http://reviews.designtechnica.com/review1539.html
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/x-micro/
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=31434&CatId=906
http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wireless/store/accessorydetail.asp?id=20228
http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wireless/store/accessorydetail.asp?id=19681
http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wireless/store/accessorydetail.asp?id=20090
http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wireless/store/accessorydetail.asp?id=19643
http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wireless/store/accessorydetail.asp?id=20148
http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wireless/store/accessorydetail.asp?id=19893
http://www.blueunplugged.com/Products/Xtreme_Bluetooth_Headset_ABH_204.aspx
Google "bluetooth headsets" and see that these things are all over the 
place.

And the tranceivers to plug into your pc...
There are TONS of these things and they rarely go as high as $50
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=474238&CatId=906
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=765139&CatId=906
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1104137&CatId=906


If I was getting a new tranceiver & headset today I'd probably get these:
http://iogear.com/main.php?loc=product&Item=GBU311
http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=819

They are both Bluetooth 1.2 which means they channel hop over something like 
70 or 80 channels at 1600 hops per second. (security and interference 
avoidance) and another part of 1.2 is better audio quality due to better 
codec and error correction.

And the iogear adapter for the pc is class 1 so it's radio can reach 100 
meters. I don't know of any class 1 headsets but what the heck.

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