Plantronics Bluetooth Earpiece

Bluetooth blues

Let me be frank here. I have never really got the hang of the concept of Bluetooth. For the last 10 years or so, I have had various devices with Bluetooth capabilities: mobile phones, MP3 players, mice, keyboards and earpieces. But rarely has any one of them really lived up to the wonderful potential of Bluetooth that was promised to me in my youth.

Pairs well: A Plantronics BackBeat 903+ stereo Bluetooth headset.

I remember one programme with some clarity. A hyperventilating presenter bounded around a shambolic office disconnecting wires from devices and then reconnecting them via Bluetooth. Keyboards paired to computers. Computers paired to hard drives. Headphones paired to music players.

“Imagine! The wireless office of the future!”

Years later? All I can do is shrug my shoulders and say, “Meh”.

This disillusionment is not for want of trying. I like to think of myself as something of an early adopter when it comes to such wireless technologies. I’ve tried crazy things like using an infrared connection to transfer a mammoth address book from one Nokia phone to another (that took the better part of 2004).

But somehow Bluetooth never did it for me. Partly, this was because the process of pairing devices usually drove me up the wall. Sometimes passwords were involved. Sometimes not. Sometimes a default “0000” would work as a password. Sometimes not.

And when you finally got two devices paired up and running, you had to deal with some form of profile setting or device-driver thingamajig that usually took the whole weekend to sort out. It was excruciating. Not few are the laptops and desktops in my past that have “Mobile Phone Bluetooth Modem” installed 40 or 50 times each, without being used even once.

Just Another Mobile Phone Blog: Plantronics M20: Bluetooth-Headset ...

The company introduced the new Plantronics Bluetooth-Headset M20. Inexpensive and easy-to-use model was designed specifically for beginners who are buying a headset for the first time. According to the manufacturer, built-in noise reduction, echo cancellation and wind protection ensures clear sound even on busy streets and subways. Connecting the headset to a mobile phone is automatically switched on. No additional operations during installation is not required. With the Multipoint new headset can work simultaneously with two devices that support Bluetooth: for example, with two mobile phones or mobile phone and laptop. For the convenience of new users on the body of M20 is not one button on / off as usual, but two separate buttons on and off the headset - accidentally unplug the device is simply impossible. Voice Alert Plantronics M20 inform the owner about the connection status, volume level and battery level. In this case the owners of smartphones will be able to control the level of charge the headset using a special application, the installation is displayed on the desktop display. In the talk a new headset works up to 11 hours of standby time - up to 11 days. When this M20 is light enough - only 11 grams. It can be worn both on the left and the right ear. In Russia, the M20 will be available in late August. The suggested retail price of the model on the Russian market - 1200 rubles.

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