Raul; On this list i consider your reviews very highly.
Anthony Sent from my Verizon iPhone 5! On Mar 12, 2013, at 10:38 PM, "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all. Here's my personal opinion and review of the Plantronics M50 from > Amazon. First off, at the time of this writing you can get it for $29.99 > which includes free shipping from Amazon directly. Second, the link follows. > After that, I'll give my personal take on it. > > http://www.amazon.com/Plantronics-M50-Bluetooth-Headset-Packaging/dp/B005IMB5NG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363140771&sr=8-1&keywords=plantronics+m50 > > First off, this headset is black. I think there might be a white one > available, but I have the black one. It's rectangular shaped and has the ear > hook attached. The ear hook can be rotated in just about any direction so > that you can wear it comfortably on either left or right ear. As far as I > know, you cannot remove the ear hook from the unit. Newer Plantronics models > like the M155 and M165 have a removable ear hook, and are slightly smaller. > However that's a discussion for another day. The M50 has 3 buttons. One is > the power on/off slider. It's a physical switch. So, you definitely know when > the thing is on or off. Opposite the power switch is the volume button. if > you are wearing the headphone on your left ear, the power switch is on the > top toward the back, and the volume button is on the bottom toward the back. > If wearing it on the right ear, then the power switch is on the bottom toward > the back, and the volume is on the top toward the back. The third button is > the back third part of the headset. It doesn't feel like a button, but can > easily be pressed in. When wearing it, if you try to adjust the headset by > pressing it closer to your ear, you will easily press this third button. So, > don't make adjustments while on a phone call. Otherwise you risk hanging up > on the person you are talking to. The previous sentence basically means that > this third button is the hang up and answer button. When you get an incoming > call, just tap this button and your call will be answered, tap it again to > hang up. I believe that you can also use it to answer an incoming call, but I > haven't tested this as yet. Even though the headset is A2DP compliant, > meaning that it can play music, GPS directions, allow Voice Over to speak > both during a call and not on a call, it's all in one ear, meaning it's not > really stereo. Also, unlike other headsets whose answer/hang up button also > acts as a play/pause button, this one's button does nothing for music or > audio playback on the phone. This is probably one of two things which bothers > me about it. However other Plantronics headsets are similar with this design, > so maybe Plantronics doesn't feel that one would be listening to music or > audio books or podcasts with it since it's just in one ear. Powering the > headset on and off is very quick, and it immediately tells you if it's > connected with your phone. It also tells you the battery status by saying > high, medium, or low. newer models tell you how many hours left of talk time, > but this is ok. This unit boasts 11 hours of talk time, but I have yet to > test it fully. Wearing this headset is very comfortable for me. I used it all > day today on an outing, and there were a couple of times that I had to check > it to make sure it was still securely fitted in my ear. It was very > comfortable, and it didn't tire my ear or make it sore. The part which goes > into your ear is shaped like an oval with one end flattened. The rounded end > of the oval is what goes toward the back of your ear canal. The side with the > straight edge is what goes into the ridge of the front of your ear canal. I'm > probably not describing this exactly right, but it's the best I can think of > at the moment. Unlike newer models, this headset doesn't come with > differently sized rubber ends. It doesn't appear that this one can be taken > out. So, you are stuck with what you get. However others whom I've talked to > about this exact model have said that the headset fits them just right. It > doesn't shove itself into your ear canal, and so it's probably why it doesn't > matter that you can't change it's size. I haven't read the fine manual as yet > to see about how to best clean it though, but I imagine that if it doesn't go > all the way in your ear canal, it won't get as gunky. Pairing the headset > couldn't be any easier. Before I powered it on, I went into the Bluetooth > settings on my iPhone. Then I powered it on. It immediately went into pairing > mode and I was able to find it in the list of headsets in my phone's > Bluetooth section. I did a double-tap on the Plantronics M50 entry and voile, > it was paired. No pin code was necessary and VoiceOver immediately started > speaking through it. Speaking of VoiceOver and this headset. The response > time is wonderful. As I flick around or as I type on the virtual keyboard, VO > keeps up very well with only a minimal delay. I've used other Bluetooth > headsets where the delay was much more noticeable and that was annoying. > However I didn't get too upset over it since I know that there is a lot of > data traveling back and forth on a Bluetooth A2DP channel. This one manages > that connection rather well, and you will find that VO keeps up nicely when > using it. The very back of the headset is the Micro USB female port and you > simply connect the AC adapter which came with it to charge it. You can also > charge it from your PC by connecting a USB to Micro USB cable to it. Android > users will already have such cables, but as a user of the portable New Trent > batteries, I also have a few of these cables around. This way I don't really > need to use the AC charger which came with it. Now onto the other thing I > don't like about this headset. That's the call quality. I know it's just me, > and maybe when it comes to Bluetooth headsets, I'm going to get similar > results. I've tried over 10 of them and they are all about the same to me. > Sometimes I sound tinny, other times I sound like I'm in a jingly room. many > times, the caller can hear the background noises more than they can hear me. > I don't remember if the description says that it has noise canceling, but so > far, this one doesn't seem to, or if it does, then it quite frankly sucks at > it. If I'm in a relatively quiet environment, then the call quality is ok, > but I wouldn't recommend using this while on a noisy bus or at the mall like > I tried today. I can easily see why this headset is the number 1 on Amazon in > the Bluetooth headset section. Over all I give this a 4.8 out of 5 stars, but > since on Amazon I have to do whole stars, it easily gets 5 stars. I'm going > to copy much of what I'm writing here and use that as my review. > > Hope this helps someone out there. > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > Tip to lose weight: First turn your head to the left, then to the right. > Repeat this exercise every time you are offered something to eat. - Sheldon > Cooper > Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 > > On 3/3/2013 9:59 PM, Anthony Vece wrote: >> Hi Everyone; >> >> Could someone please describe the form factor of the Plantronics M50? >> >> How is it shaped? >> What buttons are on it? >> Can you charge it with any micro-usb charger? >> And, how sturdy is the ear loop! >> >> Thanks in advance. >> Anthony >> >> >> >> Sent from my Verizon iPhone 5! >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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