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So today I got a gift on my front porch from FedEx, it was the new Palm Series 3 Bluetooth wireless headset. I like the way it looks, and so far the way it feels.
The headset is made to rest inside your ear, but comes with an ear loop for those like myself that are prone to the loss of things held solely in place by our ears. Other than the additional ear loop, there are a total of 3 ear pads that are each a different size so you can get the best fit for your ear.
Furthermore it comes with a really nifty charging base/clip; it’s like a holster that can clip onto your clothing, just like a pen. The only thing I don’t like about the charging base is that the actual charging portion requires an AC adapter from a Treo, and that plugs into the bottom, so the base can’t sit upright, you just have to kind of lay it on its side and hope it doesn’t go anywhere. Two things that rather instantly irked me is the lack of a USB charging cable, and the lack of a power cord at all.
So basically you pay $69.95 for a Bluetooth headset, you get it in the mail, and unless you have a Treo, you have no way, whatsoever, to charge it so you can use it. How dumb is it that there isn’t a power cord with this headset?
Sure, you would have likely only ordered this headset if you were a Palm product owner, but still, that’s not the point, selling a rechargeable device without any way to charge it is dumb. Luckily I just got the Palm Centro a few weeks ago, so I had a power cable that worked with this headset, otherwise my review of this headset would have ended abruptly with the Unboxing.
Well its charging now, it has to be fully charged before you use it the first time. So, you will get an actual review of the product once its fully charged and I have had a chance to put it to use.
It sounds like they’ve read the part in other headset reviews that says “how handy that you can use your phone charger with the headset - only one to carry!” and thought “yes! cost cutting!”
That’s not a very unique headset–looks like a rebranded version of the Plantronics Discovery series. Sucks they made it a Treo-like charger–the original Plantronics Discovery and the BlackBerry version both use mini-USB charger ports.
Can’t wait to hear the review after it’s been charged and used. I had the last model and I thought it was brutal. I might try it again if it actually works this time. The old one was called the ultra light and it was ultra crappy.
I just got the blue tooth heaset its pretty nice, it works great with a good charge, but all of them are pretty much the same. The charger would piss me off but, come on if your getting it you tried others and this is the best one I found for my Treo 650.