Motorola S805 Wireless Headphones

I received my headset a week ago today and have been very happy with it.

First the good: The sound the speakers produce is exceptional. So far I've only had to charge the battery for the initial charging period and am able to traverse my entire house without the sound dropping. Connectivity to my Vista x64 system through a D-Link Bluetooth USB adapter was painless and quick; I was up and singing along to my tunes in less than five minutes. I particularly like that the headset comes with an adapter that I can use to connect to devices that are 3.5mm compliant but do not support bluetooth. The ear pieces are soft and plush and feel quite nice even to someone with dumbo ears like myself. The headband has a padding to alleviate discomfort to the scalp which increases the comfort level tremendously especially considering the weight of the headphone (see next section). I very much like having music controls right on the headset (there is toggle controls for play/pause/stop and mute and jog controls for volume and track switch). And all that fits into the provided protective case quite nicely.

Now the not so good: The weight of the headset is pretty high for something that's sitting on your head for extended periods of time; unfortunately that's the exchange rate for the amount of technology built into these headphones. I tried to use the headset with Skype to make phone calls and unfortunately was unable to do so. The microphone did not properly cancel the background noise and the other party was unable to hear me because of it. I also noticed that when Skype was the focused application; the headset lost sound. Getting it back require shutting the set off and back on again. I'm not sure if these problems are with compatibility, the headset itself or with Windows; the issue is still under investigation. Turning the headphones on and off took some getting used to because the power button is also the phone button is also the main function button that is used for pairing and most other Bluetooth functions. I would like the headset to have had noise cancelling on the audio as well as the mic but that's a nitpick. And last but not least the controls for the audio don't work on all applications.

Despite the negative bits above, I still highly recommend this device and give it a full five stars since I originally purchased it not knowing that it even had a microphone for use as an input device and the problems I experienced may be technical rather than functional. For listening to my music wirelessly; this item has been a gift and for the cost, it was a gift from the Gods.