Bluetooth Stereo Headphones
So after seeing Colin’s post on the search for a bluetooth headset, I thought I’ll post my search.
I’ve been looking at Bluetooth Stereo Headphones for a while to go with my Nokia e61i. I previously wasn’t much of a podcasting fan, but with my phone, I can easly transfer the podcasts to it, and listen to it while driving. Sure I could do it before on my computer, but I wouldn’t be able to concentrate on the podcasts while hacking away on something else.
Good combinations:
- Podcast + Driving
- Podcast + Eating
- Podcast + LRT/Train
- Podcast + Taxi
- Podcast + Waiting for the person who should have arrived 45 minutes ago
The one problem that I’ve been having listening to Podcasts is that there is dangling wire down from my ear connecting the headphones to my phone. It increases the likelihood of accidents occurring that could be life threatening to the Nokia e61i. Damned!
While at Lowyat the other day I thought I’d press around.
Nokia has a product the BH-501. But when listening to it, the quality sucks. Songs sound like they are being played over a phone. Charges via the same adapter as my Nokia phone. 1 less charger to use. 1 extra charger to carry around. But sound quality sucked, so, no show.
Then there was the i.Tech BlueBAND R. This one came with a dongle so you could attach to to anything with an audio out. For example, your laptop, tv, anything really. Not bad I thought. It sounded great as well! Then I tried to test it on my phone. It sounded just like the Nokia one. The person said I needed “software” on my phone, so I let them load the software (MSI Player) and tried it out. Didn’t play all of my songs, except 1. But it did sound good. They said I should convert my music tracks. I said no. Then they suggested I listen to the music via the dongle if i wanted good quality. I said no, its Bluetooth for a reason, right? No wires. The dongle is nice if i want to connect it to non bluetooth devices though. Plus the mic feature wouldn’t work.
I’m sorry, I pay for convenience, not inconvenience.
It made me wonder, does the quality suck because the bandwidth between the headphone and phone is limited to Bluetooth at 40kBs?
I’ve done some Google-ing research on this topic, but the question is, do these headsets exist in Malaysia?
Any recommendations on some guys?
Being released from a dangling wire must be one of the best benefits of using bluetooth headsets. I’ve always been struggling to untangle the wire whenever I take my audio player out from my bag. Wireless headsets should also provide you something minor, but still an important benefit; free from line breakage. I guess you won’t have to purchase a headset and waste plenty of money anymore, just because its line is broken. Great
May 27th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
Yeah I agree with the fact that the bluetooth no wire thing is nice but recently heard some bad stuff about radiation from bluetooth sets and also wireless causing everything from insomnia to testicular cancer.
May 28th, 2007 at 11:40 am
Er, listening to podcasts, with headphones, while driving? Unclever mate, unclever.
i listen passively to podcasts when i’m in front of the pc most of the time… Music works too. Just concentrate, your train of thought will be there
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Jun 11th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
check that sony out. it’s really good, expensive though. not sure if it’s available in malaysia yet
Jul 16th, 2007 at 12:10 pm