The only problem with being connected to more than one device at a time, with all models I’ve tested (such as to listen to an MP3 player with BT, while also being connected to your phone), is the the resources of the headset are a little “taxed”, and you get more cutting out as it polls each device. Add a third device (such as a computer) and it starts really cutting out.

As for setting it up, any phone with BT and Voice Commands should automatically take priority, and if you are listening to MP3’s on a different device, you’ll hear your music fade and beeping when you get a call, and have a call button on the GG BLU that when pressed, will fade out whatever other device and allow you to make your voice command (or dial a number). If your phone does’t automatically take priority, there is a way to set priority of connected devices ussing th 6 buttons and many features of the headset.

I don’t think I can still find the old model I have, which sucks because my left earpiece has a short and cuts in and out, after however many years of putting it under my motorcycle helmet, and treating it like crap. Guess I’ll have to get out the needle nose pliers and the soldering iron.

The newest (I think) model headset clip-on alien machine sucking your brain out is not cheap, but I know the GG BLU comes out with features before Jabra and others ($79.95 or something). It also has the text to speech stuff for caller ID, so it tells you who is calling, rather than you having to fumble around and get to your phone. It can be found for sale at(note, they’ve cut down to two devices simultanious connected due to the cutting out issue): http://www.1800mobiles.com/jawbone-killer-bluetooth-headset.html

GG BLU hasn’t come out with their new stereo/earphones/hang around the neck or clip on clothing with the text to speech caller ID function, so The Jabra 3030 (alot of Jabra fans here) or really any well researched model will do. DON’T buy a Jabra BT320, they really suck in design, and I don’t think they connect to more than one device at a time, but I’m not certain. I think I’m just going to repair mine until a caller ID text to speech one comes out.

A helpful hint about mobile phones and “stuff”: I spend most of the year in Malaysia or some other part of south east Asia. I write for a couple of motorcycle magazines there. Phone stuff comes out a couple of years ahead there, and you can look there to see what will be coming to the USA in 2 or 3 years. An example would be looking at http://www.nokia.com.my or putting an asian country extension on the web page and look “over there”. Models of Phones/PDA Phones/Bluetooth are released there first (and some models that will not make the test market and make it to the west)
and you can read the reviews there and see the product coming to the US. An example, I carry a DOPOD phone from Taiwan, It is far beyond what Apple offers with I phones and Blackberry can release. Another example is that 3G was released in Asia in 2005, along with video phone calls as a part of 3G, My Pocket PC phone has the Camera on the back for taking pictures and a camera on the front for video calls. My wife’s Nokia N-75 never released in the US) also has the front camera for Vid/phone. However, I am in the US of A for 6 months, and only AT&T’s true GSM network will allow me to use the vid/phone function to talk to my wife. But, AT&T phones don’t offer the service yet, even though their network supports it. Weird… It never hurts to be informed. You can also go to US websites that sell unlocked GSM phones and see whats coming “down the pike”.

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Joel Goodman

I don’t mess around with this technology because my success depends on my phone technology being on-point.

My girlfriend has the Jawbone 2 Gold and we did a comparison. Hers blocked sound better by a bit in front of the loud television with voices and with chainsaws, and mine blocked out a bit more wind on my bicycle (I ride to work every day). Mine had way superior voice quality all the time and better volume. They are both clearly the two best headsets on the market but obviously the Jawbone is not multipoint.

Check out the demo: http://uswww03.gnnetcom.com/jabra/JX20Pura/JX20%20US%20final%20E-learning/PublishContent/Jx20_Main.html

I am EXTREMELY Happy.

“Headset” profile is the old one that the first headsets supported – it basically allowed you to answer, hang up, and change volume. In contrast, “Handsfree” allows much more, such as sending the calling number to your headset, even sending over the phone book (for a car kit).

The trouble starts here: the older “Headset” only connected for the duration of a call, and then completely disconnected and was open to any paired device after that – so if, say, your personal phone rang first time, and then your work phone rang the second time, the headset was open to be rung by any of these, because it had dropped the previous connection completely.

In contrast, “Handsfree” automatically connects to the last paired device as soon as its’ turned on, and holds on to that connection – probably so that it can provide all these additional services. That means that you often have to fight to get it to disconnect from one phone, so that it’ll allow incoming calls from others.

Now – ‘multipoint’ sounds like the next progression. It uses the newer “Headset” profile, so it keeps a connection open and clings to it, BUT it clings onto multiple connections simultaneously: your personal and your work phone, for example.

I have the same problem as you: my HBH-65 used to happy sit and wait for any of my three phones to ring, whereas more recent headsets have always stubbornly clung to a connection with my work phone, and ignored all others. I guess Multipoint is the answer these days, but I’d rather just have a dumb headset that waits for one of the phones to ring, rather than a ‘hyperintelligent’ one that scrambles to maintain open connections to each and every phone I’ve paired it with, all the time. Unfortunately, it seems trying to find a headset with the older “Headset” profile is a lost cause, these days.

As with many blog posts yours is pedantic to the point of being stupid.

The most obvious and logical reading of the sentence “does not pair with multiple devices” is that it doesn’t pair with multiple devices at the same time. Even if you don’t parse the sentence correctly the first time, 5 seconds of thinking would have helped you realize that not everyone writing a blog is a retard, and that they actually put together meaningful sentences, even if you don’t seem to be able to grasp them.

You’re the living embodiment of the somethingawful motto.

Cheers,

Baykus

My bluetooth issues lie with Nokia PC Suite… it only automatically syncs with the first phone it manages to connect to, even though both phones are in range. I ended up plugging in another bt dongle on another PC running pc suite to automatically sync with the second phone.