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I recently bought the BTH-820 alone (just the remote/headphone jack thingy) to use with my TMobile MDA with the QTek test ROM and my Shure E3cs. Sounded like a great idea, but I don't know if it's just the fact that the QTek ROM is a beta, but audio sounds pretty crappy, hissy and highs are muddled like low-bitrate compressed audio. I figured that I'd notice any deficiencies over the Shures, but the (lack of) quality really surprised me. Phone headset use is so-so, I found if you clip it on a button down shirt between the first & second buttons (not including the neck button), there are no complaints from those on the other end. On the downside, you do look like a bit of a douche with a flashing plastic thing on your chest though. I want to test it with another BT device to see if the AQ problems are just the ROM on my MDA or if the device really does sound this crappy...unfortunately, the only other device with BT I have access to is a G4 Powerbook which I, too, could not get it to pair with. Guess I'll have to go out and buy a cheap USB BT adapter to test with one of my XP machines.

Oh yeah, the remote features don't fully work with WMP10 with my MDA...all controls work, but if I pause, it totally kills whatever I was listening to. I have to go back into WMP10 on the device and reload the album/playlist/whatever from my library. On the plus side, audio keeps streaming even when I standby the MDA, unlike with wired headphones...nice, total device lock/screen blanking with no 3rd party software.

Even though there are a lot of negatives with this device...I really like it. It's an ingenious invention and it was reasonably cheap from Semsons and the convenience factor of switching between calls and music is huge. Hopefully, once I test the quality with XP, it's acceptable and in that case, I'll hold out for a new ROM for my MDA with the hope that AQ will be improved.
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My earl-canal headphones provide much better isolation than behind-the-head headphones any day. This is much lighter to wear, because the weight is clipped to your shirt and not on your ears.

It also works with the Treo for streaming audio as well.]]>Apr 18th 2006 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/g-sat-bth-820-bta-830-bluetooth-audio-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/g-sat-bth-820-bta-830-bluetooth-audio-hands-on-review/http://www.flickr.com/photos/yorkie/103273889/]]>Apr 18th 2006 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/g-sat-bth-820-bta-830-bluetooth-audio-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/g-sat-bth-820-bta-830-bluetooth-audio-hands-on-review/Apr 18th 2006 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/g-sat-bth-820-bta-830-bluetooth-audio-hands-on-review/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/g-sat-bth-820-bta-830-bluetooth-audio-hands-on-review/
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