October 29, 2003
Bluetooth headsets?
Anyone out there using a BlueTooth headset with their PC? I'd like to make use of one as a wireless headset (with mic) for my PC. Not, as appears to be the common case, as a headset for a cellphone. I'm not seeing anything from the various makers that indicates whether the PC (running XP) can be told to recognize the device for this purpose.
Either that or can anyone recommend a decent wireless headset that has audio in/out capable of being used with a PC?
I've been interested in that scenario as well, allthough I haven't done much research.
It does look as if it should be possible though, if the headset supports both Bluetooth profiles.
Please keep us posted on any progress you may make.
Ditto.
I'm particularly interested in having a wireless headset for listening to music (so needs to be hi-fi and stereo), and for making phone calls (so needs to be full duplex and secure).
I suspect that bluetooth alone is not going to meet my needs.
Posted by: Gerard Thornley on November 5, 2003 05:18 PMI found a unit from Logitech that's wireless and specifically designed for PCs. It's a mono headset but that's fine for my application.
http://hardware.earthweb.com/peripherals/article.php/948851
In my searching I saw /nothing/ that was stereo and microphone capable. Not even any of the plantronics ($$$) units. All were single audio channel.
I'm not surprised. It seeems most of the time you'd want a headset mic you'd also want to be able to hear /some/ of the ambient noise. Thus having one ear free is useful. I can understand situations that would want otherwise. I sympathize. But given the tiny percentage of the market that wants headsets /at all/ the even smaller segment wanting stereo (and it's added cost) makes it unlikely to be available anytime soon.
Posted by: Bill Kearney on November 5, 2003 05:39 PMTry bestbuy. I bought one there for my son. It works great he tells me.
Posted by: Gabriola Island on January 12, 2004 09:39 AMyeah, if you guys find any Stereo headsets for the PC that are bluetooth, please share the link... although if all 3 of us cant find one, it may not yet exist
--Ben
Posted by: Ben on January 15, 2004 08:35 PMCheck this out...
http://www.mobileburn.com/review.jsp?Id=225
Posted by: Gary on January 23, 2004 12:31 PMtry looking at the products from Micro Orange
they have the jabra ear piece and bluetooth dongle thats for the computer.
I found this news item (click on link) about blue tooth enabled headsets by Toshiba, but I think they're only found in the land of the rising sun! I'm also looking for a bluetooth headset with mic instead of the one eared wonders.
http://ne.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/2002/01/0108toshiba_ieee.html
Posted by: Claude on February 14, 2004 05:22 PMMorality by consensus is frequently morality by convenience.
