[nzlug] Bluetooth headsets

[Robin Sheat]

On Wednesday 14 February 2007 15:20, Daniel Pittman wrote:
> In general they vary pretty wildly in quality and performance; search
> for general reviews -- but the difference in quality and range is huge.
> The comfort of the device over the longer term is also pretty varied.
Good advice there :) Ascent has 3 models 
(http://ascent.co.nz/Category.aspx?majorcatID=23, filter by 
connection->bluetooth, ignore the headphones), of which I could only find 
reviews for the logitech one. The reviews were consistently bad, but they're 
all in the price range I'd be willing to pay (that is, <~$80 or so).

> When I did my research, about a year ago, Platronics headsets were
> consistently reviewed better than the competition.  They were reasonably
I might have a look, although I don't want to pay too much, it won't be 
getting huge amounts of use.

> I have an Explorist 510, and I am very satisfied with the audio quality,
> comfort for extended wear, battery life and range.
Cool, will see if I can find one of them.

> As to Linux: at a BlueTooth level they /mostly/ just work.  The
I thought as much. I guess if they want to work with phones, they're going to 
have to be fairly standard.

Cheers, Robin.