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2 Replies Last post: Aug 14, 2007 10:12 AM by Walt_Basil  
Click to view Tewsley's profile New Member 4 posts since
Aug 3, 2005
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Aug 13, 2007 5:33 PM

iPhone Bluetooth Headset for CHEAP!

MacWorld keeps recommending Apple's Bluetooth headset for $129.00 and I guess that is what they get paid to do. BUT, the Motorola HS-850 is only $39.95 at Costco and works GREAT! Makes the iPhone a little cheaper!
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Click to view Dan Frakes's profile Macworld Editorial 3,347 posts since
Apr 14, 2003
1. Aug 13, 2007 5:52 PM in response to: Tewsley
Re: iPhone Bluetooth Headset for CHEAP!
Where is Macworld recommending Apple's Bluetooth headset? The only place we've actually covered it is in our review, which gave it a very conditional recommendation:

http://iphone.macworld.com/2007/08/review_apple_iphone_bluetooth.php


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I guess that is what they get paid to do

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If we're getting paid to recommend products, the people doing the paying must have the wrong address for me...


Dan Frakes | Senior Editor, Macworld
Click to view Walt_Basil's profile Member 315 posts since
Sep 26, 2004
2. Aug 14, 2007 10:12 AM in response to: Tewsley
Re: iPhone Bluetooth Headset for CHEAP!
Costco has had them for about 6 months now like that. I've gone through 2 of them with the same problem - the bottom to answer is too sensitive resulting in many calls being ended unintentionally. It's not just these new cheaper ones either. I've had both the original $69 one and the one from Costco.

If you live with your headset glued to tour head like some mutant species, then the apple one is probably not for you, as your type probably requires more control of your phone that what Apple is offering.

As a casual user of the 'tooth, I can recommend it if you've got the cash to burn. I only use it during driving and when on extended calls while at home.