This past weekend, I received my Blackberry HS-655+ Bluetooth Wireless Headset that I purchased from 1 Sale A Day for a total of $4.95 including shipping (after rebate)...
It appears to be a Blackberry branded version of the Plantronics Discovery 655 Bluetooth wireless headset.
So far, I am quite pleased with it. It is light weight and very comfortable. I choose to also install the ear hook, just to be safe, but I am not sure it is absolutely required, although I find no discomfort in using it. One complaint I have heard in general about Bluetooth headsets, and which I experienced the last time I purchased one, is a lack of sufficient volume. I find I have to turn the volume up all the way both on the Blackberry and on the headset, but when I do this, I find the volume is adequate - at least as long as I am not in a very noisy environment. Charge time is very reasonable at 3 hours, and use and standby times appear to be reasonable - at least on paper. I haven't tried pairing it with my laptop yet, but the pairing with the Blackberry was quick and painless.
It has an Interesting charging pod. The version I received included the charging pod with a mini-USB female jack, A/C adapter with male mini-USB jack, ear loop and three ear pieces of varying sizes. I found the smallest of the three to be most comfortable. It appears that I can also purchase a cigarette lighter adapter for the charging pod or even an adapter that allows me to charge the headset using a AA battery. For the time being, I'll just stick with what I have, since I believe I could also use the Blackberry USB cable to charge the headset from my laptop.
The user manual that came in the box was less than stellar, but I was able to find a vastly superior Plantronics version of the manual here.
The charging pod has a pocket clip, so I guess I could just use that on my pocket or belt to carry the headset, but it doesn't securely hold the ear piece, and I am afraid I would lose the ear piece, so I think I will carry it in a small ziplock bag in my pocket. The down side of this is that it will be harder to get to quickly, and I won't be able to use the cool feature that automatically answers the call when you remove the headset from the pod, but the up side will be that I will be less likely to lose the earpiece and potentially even the entire headset.
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Posted by David at July 14, 2009 10:05 PM | Categorized under: Reference