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Motorola HT820 Bluetooth Headset

Motorola HT820 Bluetooth Headset

Motorola - 98689HRelease Date: Feb 2005

Ready to move with your music? Just combine your Bluetooth Stereo Headphones with your computer, home stereo or MP3 player and either a Bluetooth Home Stereo adapter or Bluetooth PC adapter. The headphones come complete with easy-to-use controls for hours of hands-free listening. And with a Bluetoot... Read More-enabled phone added to the mix, you can answer calls right from your headphones. Minimize

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Number of Reviews: 40
Positive Reviews: 73%
Negative Reviews: 27%
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Positive Review

Reviewed by: hubmub on 11-Apr-07

Strengths: Wireless connnection is very convenient, music controls and call answering while listening to music are added benefits. Battery life is great!

Weaknesses: No size adjustment possible, "one-size-fits-all-heads", supposedly. Also, the headphones are noticeable, although not generally uncomfortable. I bought them after already seeing promotions for the S9, so the size and weight were a little disappointing

Summary: I have used these several times since receiving them. There is nothing quite like participating in a stereo phone call! Apparently, the microphone quality is quite good, since there have been no comments from those on the other end. Also, the battery life is very good, as claimed. If I could only get my KRZR to last as long while playing music!

Negative Review

Reviewed by: 14-Mar-07

Strengths: Good reception and sound with the cell phone(blackberry perl), set up very easy, my 9 year did it, simple function with the buttons to connect and call.

Weaknesses: WIIL NOT PLAY MP3 FROM THE CELL, AT LEAST WITH THE 'PERL'.

Summary: It's a Motorola, that said, you expect it to be good and does what it promised. I am very disappointed that I can not get help to connect with the Perl's Mp3. It just work with the phone part only!

Positive Review

Reviewed by: rycom7 on 09-Mar-07

Strengths: great sound

Weaknesses: geeky looking. ear pads come off too easily. a bit uncomfortable to wear all the time.

Summary: great headset, great sound. Decent microphone. I really love the ability to turn off the flashing blue lights.A bit geeky looking. The ear pads come off too easily. uncomfortable to wear all the time.

Negative Review

Reviewed by: MightyGuru on 01-Feb-07

Strengths: Good battery life, good range

Weaknesses: Uncomfortable, poor quality

Summary: Motorola ads show this headset on a teenager girl. This is what they are for. I'm a normal male adult and I find the headband to be too short for me. Unfortunately, with no length regulation it quickly becomes very uncomfortable, cutting into my ears. Also, the sound quality is rather poor, which may be a general bluetooth problem (I do not have another bluetooth set to compare to). When I noticed the distortion, I compared it to wired headphones that came with my phone, and the sound there was much clearer.

Negative Review

Reviewed by: mikehawkes1 on 01-Feb-07

Strengths: Works with skype

Weaknesses: PC Configuration doesn't work properly. You only get mono and low bit-rate mono at that.

Summary: These are really disappointing - I bought these to listen to music and switch to Skype conversations when necessary. The Bluetooth audio configuration on the PC is far from easy and I have spent hours trying to get the headset to connect to the PC in stereo. I managed it once but on reboot the settings disappeared and I had played for around 6 hours to get them to work, so had no idea what settings I'd changed to get anything in stereo. This morning they're back to mono and after another 4 hours I'm giving up. Not worth the time or the effort - real shame. I've bought a low quality wireless mono headset - there are far cheaper mono earpieces supporting bluetooth - buy one of those instead.

Negative Review

Reviewed by: gpinkas1_1064441975 on 19-Jan-07

Strengths: sound quality, when it works at all

Weaknesses: everything else. does not come with software to connect to legacy devices ie. treo 650, software that is avail. works 'spotty' at best.

Summary: If I wanted a cabled headset for music only-this would be a good choice. However, since I was looking for wireless to connect to a Treo 650, it is not a good choice. I will admit, I did not do my homework enough, however, I took at face value the abilities of this device.Using a trial version of latest 'softick Audio Gateway', I was able to connect. However, I would get resets and freezes. Contacting Softick's tech support proved fruitless. If I use the supplied cable my callers cannot hear me. so aside from being stereo headphones, this $60 item is useless, at least for a treo 650 owner. I would imagine if I had full BT capabilities ie. a Treo 700 or other device, this may work well. Although, since I do not, I am very dissatisfied.

Positive Review

Reviewed by: tbarnes120 on 09-Jan-07

Strengths: Ease of pairing, Comfortable fit, Range, Easy to operate, Fidelity

Weaknesses: They have excellent range but they are no match for HiFi headphones, My kids think I look goofy with them on as they are used to their iPod headsets.

Summary: These Bluetooth Stereo headphones are terrific! After charging I was able to pair them and get them operational in minutes. I am paired only to my LG VX8300 cell phone. If you want to pair to the LG 8300 you need to get the v.3 upgrade from your Verizon store first. I tested them for range in my home and was able to hear fairly clearly from about 45' away. The stereo sound from the MP3 player in my phone is great! I have not tested any other stereo bluetooth headsets but these are working great in my opinion. I like the full ear design as I don't want interruption from ambiant noises.

Positive Review

Reviewed by: RCheves on 04-Jan-07

Strengths: Good sound, good cell phone compatibility. Turns down music when phone rings. Volume, skip, play/pause and answer functions on headset. Easy to pair.

Weaknesses: HATE THE BLINKING BLUE LIGHT!!! Not foldable. Behind the neck design uncomfortable. Passcode not changeable.

Summary: These things are great. Sound quality is very good with both laptop (Dell D520 w/ Toshiba BT module) and cellphone (T-Mobile MDA v2.26.10.105 firmware) for MP3 and movie playback. You'll need the firmware upgrade from T-Mobile website to make 'em work (Windows Mobile 5). Comes with wall wart to recharge, but can use car charger or laptop to rejuice as well. For laptop and desktop use, be sure to set audio quality to high in the BT driver or you'll get AM radio sound. Comfort is an issue. Tight at first, bow is now relaxing, but this causes them to hang heavier on the ears. Bow projects behind neck, so uncomfortable on airlines. Wish these were over the head instead of behind the neck. Love the USB mini-B for rejuice as this is what is on the MDA and also the Motorola H700 headset I use. Major disappointment is inability to get more than one headset on the network at a time. So sharing a movie or music is NOT possible. This seems to be a generic BT problem as multicast is not supported by the Toshiba or Blue Soleil drivers I've tested. So if you're looking for the summa strat solution, these are a good start, but they need to be foldable, allow over the head as well as behind the neck support, allow user to change pass code and turn off blinking blue light, and support multicast. These are replacing my older Blutake i-Phono that are not compatible with Windows Mobile 5.

Negative Review

Reviewed by: antoniomm91 on 26-Dec-06

Strengths: Good Looking, Comfortable, Easy Operation

Weaknesses: Sound Volume, Not entirely compatible with my Nokia E62

Summary: This small and good looking headset does exactly what it says it can do, I can certainly link it with my bluetooth stereo dongle and with my bluetooth phone AT THE SAME TIME! I can answer phone calls while listening to music and can use it with regular stereo devices (no bluetooth) using optional cable. Disappointed Just a little about sound volume and because it's not completely compatible with my Nokia E62, it has an MP3 Player and the sound quality is not perfect, also I can hear a low beep while playing music (manual says it means "Voice Activation") and I thought it will turn off while listening to music -disappointed-, also I can hear a short repeated noise (like interference) even if both devices are together (discarding out of range) But I don't know if this is fixed for Motorola cell phones. Also, remote control (play, pause, stop, next, previous) buttons don't work with my cell phone's MP3 player. Maybe Motorola phones do, but not mine. However, overall performance including price makes this a nice product which lets me listen to my music and answer phone calls comfortably. Recommended? Just to link with Motorola cell phones A2DP compatible.

Positive Review

Reviewed by: deathra on 22-Nov-06

Strengths: Really Loud, good range, good battery life

Weaknesses: None that I have seen.

Summary: My only complaint isn't with this device, but if you want to use this with a Palm, you will need to purchase additional software (I wouldn't recommend Palm device to satin himself, particularly since it seems he designed it personally). This device is awesome though.

Positive Review

Reviewed by: jpoulin on 22-Nov-06

Strengths: Lightweight, nice fit, clear sound, good quality.

Weaknesses: price too high.

Summary: The headset produces good sound. With the bluetooth dongle I am using, I can walk anywhere in my house and still hear clearly. The product was easy to set up and use.

Positive Review

Reviewed by: mjpagan on 22-Nov-06

Strengths: Great audio, comfortable, good range, easy setup.

Weaknesses: Tad bulky.

Summary: I mostly play on-line games and I hate carrying around cords and what not so I thought I'd give these a try. They are made of high quality materials, the setup was easy to setup with my Dell laptop and they work well. I've even been able to get it connected with my cell phone and I've had no problems in cell calls either. I'd recommend them to everyone.

Positive Review

Reviewed by: michaelkbarnett on 16-Oct-06

Strengths: GREAT sound, people not getting good sound are using a dongle that does not support BlueTooth High Quality Audio

Weaknesses: None so far

Summary: Searching for a good bluetooth dongle took time, buying, returning, installing, uninstalling. Not the fault of the headset...but it was a pain. I wish a list of recommended dongles had come with the product. I installed first the IOGear dongle...it failed miserably, would not support even low fidelity stereo audio. MSI's BToes dongle worked for low fidelity but would not separate the stereo headset function from the phone headset funtion so I could not use my phone with the headset at the same time as the computer stereo function. Finally Belkin's class 1 hi speed dongle (same price as the others) worked for everything. v2.0 +EDR and USB 2.0. Don't give up on this headset til you try the belkin dongle.

Positive Review

Reviewed by: tiensh on 16-Oct-06

Strengths: Strong performance, good design, amazing, amazing battery life, does what it's supposed to do

Weaknesses: Blinking blue lights that may attract attention; may need to adjust when in noisy placesUncomfortable for people wearing glasses after several hours of continuous use

Summary: This headset does a fine job of switching seamlessly from audio to conversation (make sure you connect to it using the audio/phone device to ensure that there are no problems, as I did) and picks up what you're saying pretty well. The open microphone has some difficulty picking up voices in noisy environments so you might have to cup your right earpiece (a-la cyclops of x-men)to get your voice heard, especially if you don't want to raise your voice. Otherwise, a great product that does exactly what you want it to do: play music with good quality, rest comfortably on your ears (unless you wear glasses in which case it may be irritating after 4 hours of continuous use), seamlessly switch from music to phone and back, and basically make it so you never need to see your phone again. I just wish it didn't have those cool "look at me" lights on either ear.

Positive Review

Reviewed by: d2xesktm on 11-Oct-06

Strengths: nice soundmade for motorolla

Weaknesses: a bit bulky

Summary: The item is great, i can use it with my cellphone and with my laptop. I can use it too while exercising, reading, and any other stuff i could think of. Very useful, and the battery life is long.