Comments on: Palm Stereo Headset Pro Review

Good review....bad headphone. Too bad because it looks stylish. Palm would better not call these headphones 'Pro', amateur is more accurate.

W.r.t to Audio Gateway still being a "work in progress": it's not perfect, but a lot depends on which Bluetooth headphones you decide upon. Softick keep a list of the most compatible headsets. My experience with Nokia HS-12W earbuds has been a mostly positive one: the biggest issue now isn't the minor bugs, but the major slowdown experienced when you're running it with the top audio quality options. Softick, however, have claimed that Audio Gateway can actually sound superior to the standard built-in A2DP on WinMob phones.

Second, you may note that quality level 7 (especially with "Faster Analysis" turned on) is near performance limit of Palm device and built-in Bluetooth module. I also suppose that you SHOULD hear clicks and skips when all quality settings are set to maximum. Actually, you can read Pocket PC forums and note that such bitrates are usually unreachable for Pocket PC configurations...

(that's from their forums. Softick are very good about answering and responding to user's feedback, another point in their favour)

It's definitely a high-wire act, and probably won't ever be as stable as a pair of wired earbuds, but after having to go through the horrible process of returning my first Treo 680 due to a broken jack, I'm not sure I'm brave enough to keep using it.

Oh, and nice review, Kris. :)

Tim
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Treo 270 ---> Treo 650 ---> Crimson Treo 680

Where did u fine the open box version of these? I would be interested in a pair if the price were lower.

Is there any chance this might work with a Palm TX? Now or in the future...

Handspring Visor -> m505 -> Zire71 -> Zire72 -> Treo650

Thanks for the review. Interesting, though, that you suggest the $50 price tag is a bit much when you also say that your "favorite Shure E3C earbuds" go for a minimum of $119 at pricegrabber. hehe At that price, I'd buy the Palm headsets, first.

TBolt

So, I purchased the 2n1 'pro' headset and was also very disappointed with the sound quality. The high ranges were very 'tinny' and the bass range was almost non-existent. This is coming from someone who doesn't know the difference between E flat major and 'Major Tom'. Anyway, the sound quality of this headset was literally the WORST of all of the dozen or so I've used with my Treo and before that my iPod.

I thought about going back to my Sony Funtopia(?) in-ear headphones, that seem to be similar technology to the palm in-ear 'Pro' headset, because I remember they had great sound in a small form factor and stayed snug and comfortable in my ears. See this URL:

http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=4035113

I looked at them both side-by-side, the speaker diameter was the same and I realized that the rubber ear pieces from the Sonys would work on the Palm headset. So I switched them and VIOLA! All of the sudden, the Palm headset sounded JUST AS GOOD as the Sonys. Just for the hell of it, I put the Palm rubber ear pieces on the Sony headset and AMAZING, they sounded just as bad as the Palms originally were.

So, my suggestion is, if you have the old Sony Funtopias lying around or can procure replacement rubber earpieces for them (the Sonys shipped with 3 different sizes), then do it.

I would also humbly suggest to Palm that they stop being miserly and ship these things with the right rubber ear pieces in 3 sizes like the Sonys do and stop (ONCE AGAIN) from giving us great products with the one fatal flaw that renders them inferior.