Review: Jabra BT130 Bluetooth Headset

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James Hromadka of TreoCentral reviews the low-end but rather decent Jabra BT130.

Read on for the full review.

Bluetooth headsets have been evolving from Borg-looking long booms to smaller, less-obtrusive designs. A growing number have removable color faceplates. The sporty Jabra BT130 comes with quite a few faceplates and is a fun headset that seems geared toward younger Bluetooth users.

Pairing

To pair the Jabra BT130, concur the volume up and the talk buttons for nigh 10 seconds until you encounter a solid bluish light. Passcode is 0000. The BT130 paired chop-chop and painlessly with the Treo 650.

Features

The Jabra BT130 is very modest and lightweight. You barely notice that its on. The earloop is removable, allowing one to switch ears. The BT130 feels very secure when wearing and does not feel like it would fall off easily. The earloop narrows as it gets closer to the boom, and the thin office sometimes hurts my ear later extended use. I wish it was consistently the aforementioned size like the Sony Ericsson HBH-600.

When wearing the BT130 on the right ear, the bottom of the smash has volume buttons on it. The buttons are in the middle, which I found inconvenient. I would accept preferred the buttons to be closer to the front of the blast so I wouldn't proceed touching my ear when irresolute the volume. An aural tone sounds when adjusting the volume, and it too lets you know when you have reached the max/min levels.

The back of the BT130 is where the ability cable plugs in. The A/C adapter is small and can plug into a power strip without blocking other plugs.

The BT130 comes with four colour plates (yellow, purple, blackness, and blue) that can hands be installed. About the back of the boom is a spot where you can get your thumbnail in. Elevator and slide your nail until two tabs are out, then slide the plate out. Since the boom has blackness rubber, I like the black plate, as it matches the BT130 better. I'm surprised a white plate wasn't included— this headset complements the iPod very well, even though the iPod doesn't use Bluetooth.

Usability

The BT130 autoconnects to the Treo 650 when making and receiving calls. People that I spoke to for the most part were able to hear me Ok, though I had to go on the Jabra nearby. I am one of those people that motion all over the identify when on a cordless phone, and when I had my Treo on the table and walked x anxiety away to the kitchen, the other caller would complain that I was cutting out. I could always hear the other side fine though. If I kept the Treo nearby, I didn't have too many bug.

While working on this review, my parents stopped by for a visit. They had never used a Bluetooth headset before and for the five minutes they used it actually loved this headset. Although they don't demand a Treo, perchance I tin go them a Bluetooth phone so they volition finish using their current junky phones.

The affair I really didn't like about the BT130 is how long one has to concur down the action button to plough the thing on and off. Information technology'southward most ten seconds. When I'1000 trying to turn the thing off, I'chiliad usually in a hurry, so those ten seconds seem like thirty.

Decision

I similar the sporty looks of the Jabra BT130. Although it has some faults, its low price makes upward for many of them. This is a good starter headset. Give it to a family member when you start wanting more.