Accessories In-Ears with mic for Atrix

[Colmss]

Hi,

I just bought a Motorola Atrix and as it happens my old InEar phones (Creative EP 630) just broke. I like those ones but they break too quickly... it was already my second pair.
Now I wondered two things:

• Can I purchase any phones with mic and plug it into the 3.5mm slot and the phone will accept phones and mic?
• Are there mic/phone combos with comparable sound quality two the EP630? If yes, which ones? If not do you have any other recommendations?

Thanks!

 

[explorer58]

Not so sure on quality, try looking around the well known brands, like Sennheiser and Shure, their quality is good, not sure if they make anything with a mic though.

Anyway, yes when you have a pair of headphones with a mic, the 3.5 plug is standardized, so any set will work.

 

[Colmss]

Hi,

I've bought some headphones meanwhile, thanks. However, what you say about the mic is not true. The Atrix does only support special headphones with mic. iPhone ones don't work for instance!

 

[WolfmanRobby]

The Atrix DOES support any STANDARD headphones with the mic.

APPLE does not use a standard pin placement on their headphones. So, the problem with the iPhone headset not working is that the iPhone headsets are NOT STANDARD. Just about anything with a rotten apple on it is going to be proprietary.

As further proof that the Atrix uses STANDARD headsets, these are the ones I use and recommend:
Amazon.com: Premium Blackberry OEM Original 3.5mm Stereo Headset HDW-15766-005 for RIM BlackBerry 8900 Curve, Storm 9530, Pearl Flip 8220, 8300 Curve Cell Phone: Electronics

They are the same ones that came with my old BlackBerry 9000 and I love them! The sound quality on calls is great, not to mention they are really crisp, clean and have a nice bass kick for music.

About the only thing that is not standard on the Android phones are the multimedia headsets (The ones with volume, play/pause, next, back buttons). Those require extra pinouts in the jack, and none of the manufactures will agree on that. I wish they had. I had a set of the BB Multimedia ones (Same as the ones I linked to, but with media controls) and they would not work with any android phone I tried.

EDIT - Clarification... the multimedia headset did work for calls (mic and sound) and for listening to music. It's just the multimedia CONTROLS that didn't work.

 

[Colmss]

Okay. I read about headphones that don't work with the Atrix. Probably these were iPhone optimized.
Now it's too late though

 

[WolfmanRobby]

Okay. I read about headphones that don't work with the Atrix. Probably these were iPhone optimized.
Now it's too late though

You can never have too many headsets! I have about 4!!!

I've tried 2 BlackBerry branded, 1 Pair from a buddy's HTC, and different set's of Jabra wired headsets. All worked fine with the exception of media controls on that one set of BB ones.

I still have: the one set of BB (Like I linked to) in my Laptop bag, one Jabra (Wired, mono, over ear) that I use in the car, the pair from my buddy's HTC somewhere (???), and A Jabra BT3030 (Bluetooth Dog Tag with media controls) that I LOVE!!!!!

And, the pisser is... I can never find any of them when I NEED them!!!