Me: I live in Silicon Valley with my wife, child and cat. I have worked at Microsoft since I graduated from College, both in the Macintosh Business Unit on products such as Outlook Express, Entourage, IE, and Virtual PC and in Windows Live on Hotmail, Calendar and People. I am currently a Principal Lead Program Manager on the Windows Live Social Networking team. I basically manage a team of Program Managers responsible for delivering features to support our web and client applications. I've been blogging since 2001 and like to play around with .NET in my spare time working on projects such as dasBlog (the blog that powers this site) and Send to SmugMug (an application for uploading photos to SmugMug). I blog about a number of technology and productivity related topics.
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I have two Bluetooth headsets for use with my Treo. First I got the Motorola HS850 and then I got the Palm Treo Headset. I was going to write a review but saw that Treonauts has one.
I originally got the Motorola HS850 cause I liked the idea of the closing boom. Generally it’s a fine bluetooth headset. The best feature is that the device is “off” when the boom is closed, meaning you can effectively get weeks of standby time. The bad news is that when you get a phone call, and flip the boom on, you only have a 20% change of being able to answer the call (at least with my Treo 650).
Later on I picked up the Palm Treo Headset since I got it for cheap. It’s an incredible deal if you own a Treo because you get an international charging kit with the headset. The headset also charges using the same charger as the Treo.
The Treo Headset is by far the best headset if you own a Treo as when you dial/answer calls they automatically use the headset if it is within range. The Motorola HS850 does not support this. Furthermore, the Treo headset is more comfortable. The only drawback is that you can’t get weeks of standby time since it’s always on.
Bottom line, if you have a Treo, get the Palm Treo headset.