BigRon

Not by any means "G-1 specific", but they work superbly with my G-1... the "Bluedio AV890 Stereo" from the Artyguru superstore in Hong Kong


I paid about £10 (including delivery), and after a couple of months they're still performing brilliantly (which for a tenner, is pretty damned good!) They come attractively boxed, with a charger (the same fitting as is used by a modern Nokia phone) and a choice of one or two earpieces, which connect to the controller/Mike via a standard 3.5mm Stereo jack. If you're a "headphone snob" (or you just accidentally tread on an earpiece) you can replace the supplied units with Sennheisers or whatever. I see no need - the sound quality is easily a match for the wired headset supplied by HTC with the phone. A single charge gives about 6 hours of music.

I'd commend (judging by what others have commented/asked) two - or perhaps three? - downloads from the Android market to accompany these headphones. Bluetooth is notorious for EATING the charge in mobile phones' batteries... so a gadget that quickly and easily toggles bluetooth on/off from the desktop is ideal, to prolong battery life. Second recommendation is "Voice Caller ID", which interrupts the music when there's an incoming call to tell you WHO is calling (if they're not in your address book, it'll tell you the caller's number instead) and the third download is Meridian Media Player (Which IMHO is a lot better than what HTC supplies!)

fratermus

Thanks for the review. I've been idly looking at these, but haven't pulled the trigger. I like the flexibility of being able to use normal headphones but the wires get me down. I have gotten WAY used to completely wireless audio.

Since I listen to podcasts rather than music, I use BT Super Mono ($6) to pipe phone audio through a regular bluetooth earpiece.

Note: BT Super Mono is like BTaudio was for windows mobile. Also, some earpieces support a2dp directly. I have a, uhhh, jabra BT530 (?) that does this natively but it's mighty uncomfortable and more $$$ than the garden variety earpiece.

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