Universal PC/Stereo Gaming Headset – Yapster TM-YB100A – Black
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- Yapster features a very comfortable over the ear design with a padded headband that will provide hours of enjoyment
- The drop down boom microphone on Yapster makes it easy to use and position when communicating with others or quickly swung up
- 3.5mm connector
- 2.2m cord length
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Don’t be Cry Babies and Don’t Spend Big Bucks for Awesome Headphones! Now you don’t need to spend a fortune for a high quality, multiple-use stereo headsets. If quality sound reproduction, super comfortable fit and listening/chatting versatility is what you’re looking for without all the HYPE!!! Then these babies are the perfect headset for you. Yapster Universal Headphones were designed for a large audience of users ranging from everyday online computer uses such as PC gaming or internet chat
Universal PC/Stereo Gaming Headset – Yapster TM-YB100A – Black
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Plantronics M155 – Bluetooth Headset – Retail Packaging – White
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- Mono Bluetooth headset with excellent sound quality and an amazingly lightweight design
- Stream music, podcasts, internet radio, GPS directions and more
- Vocalyst service lets you use your voice to manage emails, texts and update Facebook or Twitter
- Talks you through pairing process for iPhone and Android smartphones
- Up to 5 hours of talk time, up to 216 hours (9 days) of standby time; full charge in 2 hours
- Answers when you say “Answer”
- Listen to music podcasts and more
- Smartphone app for tips and tools
- Talks you thru the pairing process
- Vocalyst voice text and email services
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Sleek and lightweight, the Plantronics Marque M155 Bluetooth headset is ideal for smartphones users, freeing you to tap, type and swipe. Marque is enhanced with apps,enabled with voice-answer and enriched with music and our Vocalyst service. Manage email, texts and update Facebook or Twitter. Sleek and lightweight, the Plantronics Marque M155 Bluetooth headset is ideal for smartphone users, freeing you to tap, type and swipe. Weighing in at just seven grams, Marque offers voice-guided pairing f
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|So far so good,
This does not come with a USB hook up. I’m personally happy about that. It frees up my other two USB ports. It comes with a two pronged hook-up, for the microphone port and the headphone port. You can plug in just one or both, depending on your needs.
Just make sure you have a mic and headphones port on your computer, the small round ones. (I don’t know the technical term.)
If I just want to listen to music, I can use the headset alone. If I just need the mic, I can unplug the headphone jack from the port and have my computer’s sound come through the speakers. The mic still functions.
It’s very comfortable, unlike some headphones. I can wear it for hours and forget I have it on. The sound is great, and the microphone seems to work well for my gaming needs.
One tiny negative would be that it encloses your ears completely. So hearing the sounds around you can be somewhat difficult. That can be a positive as well, though, since it blocks out other noises.
Over all, this is a great uncomplicated device. I plugged it in, and it worked!
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|Great headset but all the fancy extras are through Vocalyst. There are some issues with that.,
I have a lot to say, so those of you that want the short version here it is. Mind you this is my first pass over a few days of usage.
SUMMARY:
PROS:
1. Extremely comfortable secure headset
2. Quick and simple pairing
3. Great sound quality (my 4th headset so I know the difference)
4. Nice voice prompts for pairing, turning on, connecting, accepting calls and battery life.
CONS:
1. Since Vocalyst is a phone call it burns minutes.
2. Voice pairing instructions were wrong, but if you have done this before, it is simple enough.
3. Vocalyst service seems convoluted (you have to call them to do anything) and at this time nothing seems really worth it.
4. Sending an email via Vocalyst sends a voice email. I wanted text.
5. Sending Texts are a Pro level feature that costs extra bucks ($35-$59/year). I don’t know if they are voice texts or text ones. Assume Voice.
5. Could not find the “MyHeadset” app in Marketplace, so I could not test that. Am I too soon? Will update if I am.
6. Mute means the headset is muted, not the cell phone itself.
EARPIECE COMFORT AND SECURITY
For me this was the most secure and comfortable earpiece I have worn yet. The soft nylon fits on the inside of your ear near the outside and a little plastic ring scoops onto the ridge of your outer ear. No pain and I shook my head around and let my hair fall near it. It did not budge. This usually launches most ear pieces and I end up resorting to an over the ear clip, which conflicts with my eyeglass arm. Love it.
PAIRING
It is true that the headset walks you through pairing. First is asks you whether you have Android or iphone. Then you get each step and it waits for you to press the button. However the instructions for my Android phone were wrong. It told me to go to Settings and look for the General list…Too bad my settings for Bluetooth were under Wireless & Networks. The rest of the menu info was equally useless, but it did tell me the correct headset name once I started searching. It also talked when it was found and paired. I like that it tells that it’s on and when a connection is made, when you get a call, etc.
CALL QUALITY
My first two days so almost too soon to tell. I will update this if there are issues, but often, you find them out pretty quick. Mind you one of these phone calls were accidental, but I’m not sure if that was the head set or me. This time at least it was not my supervisor at 11:30 PM. That was when when I got the new Android phone….Sheesh.
I do like the fact when you put on the headset it tells you how many hours of talk time you have…5 hours is pretty good. Even I can’t talk that much.
SETTING UP VOCALYST
Since you have to type in your data, I found this easier to do online than on my phone. Once done, I got a confirmation email but when I tried to use it, it said I was not set up yet…so much for email confirmations. Whoops my bad… typed in the wrong number. I’m including this stupidity here as I did find the solution on their FAQ page. Mind you, I was too sure to check before and had just assumed the problem was on their side. For some reason also I could not get it to accept my yahoo email, but it worked with my gmail email. Yes, I double checked and retried it.
Having used Vocalyst now, I’m not impressed. I don’t like the idea of calling them to use these services. I guess I envisioned these services available on the phone. Maybe I’m being parochial, but we will see over time how much I use these. Another thing is since this is a phone call rather than access to my phone and data services, I’m burning minutes. Since like everyone else my phone minutes are limited, this is not a plus.
HAD SOME MINOR ISSUES GETTING UNDERSTOOD
First I had issues getting my voiced recognized. Shouting when it does not understand you, though satisfying, is counter-productive. Once I got it to work, and then added email contacts, I found out, you have to close the browser and reopen before the added email contacts are found on the other side. I kept trying to send an email and it kept telling me I had no contacts, though it clearly showed two on my list.
SENDING AN EMAIL EMBEDS A VOICE MAIL INTO AN EMAIL
Next when I started an email, I was not sure how to stop. I think I went through a variety of words before I got it. Mind you the person receiving this also heard all of this as well. Yes, heard…It send a sound file embedded in an email. If the person reading it had no ability to listen, it was pointless. I guess I expected it to convert it to text. This defeats most of the utility of this feature to me. As sending a text is part of the Pro features, I won’t be demoing that.
LISTEN TO EMAIL IS NOT RELAXING
Later I listened to my email and that was intense…
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|Sleek, but needs work,
It has a nice, slim look. The earpiece stays in my ear without the hook, but YMMV.
Power button is easy to access. Pairing is guided by voice prompts.
The Volume button – there’s only one – is a little hard to press, though. And it cycles. If you’re at the lowest volume and you press the “lower volume” button, it cycles back to the loudest. And vice-versa. So if you want a lower volume, you’ll have to pass through the higher ones first. Annoying.
Also, the lowest volume setting is still pretty loud – a little too loud for me.
You’re supposed to be able to answer or ignore calls by saying “answer” or “ignore.” However, it had trouble recognizing my command. Initially I had to speak up quite loudly for it to finally obey. But it worked OK a couple of days later. It varies with your surrounding noise.
The command button is on the stiff side – pressing it while on your ear may be uncomfortable. Better to use your fingernail rather than trying to press with your fingertip – less force needed that way.
Comes with a wall charger, and cell phone app that shows battery status. Battery status is also announced when you power it on. Nice!
Plantronics offers the Vocalyst service that lets you send emails, send yourself email reminders, listen to your inbox, Twitter & FaceBook, listen to news feeds, etc. The Pro version lets you send texts, use ToodleDo, 30 Boxes, post blog entries using speech-to-text, etc. You get 1 year of Vocalyst Basic free with a code included with the device; after that, it’s $24.99 for Basic per year, or $59.99 for Pro per year, with slightly higher monthly rates available. I’ll add impressions after trying it out a bit. If it works as advertised, the prices are reasonable. But due to the trouble it had recognizing “answer”, I’m skeptical. Also, the free version may not convert speech to text – hard to tell from their site. If so, this is a serious mistake – who wants to pay to try out the service to see if it works?
PROS:
Sleek
Stays on the ear (depends on your ear size, though)
Different-sized earpieces and hook included
Wall charger
Voice answer/ignore
Battery status indicator via cell phone app
Voice notification of battery life – nice!
Potentially powerful Vocalyst capabilities – 1 year basic service
CONS:
Voice answer/ignore is iffy – may need loud voice
Multifunction button is hard to press with fingertip (UPDATE: OK with fingernail)
Volume button hard to press
Volume settings cycle instead of letting you go louder/softer immediately
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|Great little set,
I have a few other Plantronics headsets, which is probably why this one showed up for review. I use a Voyager Pro+ and a wireless telephone headset for long teleconferences. Both of those have outstanding audio quality and comfort. This headset is incredibly small and compact compared to my other ones, is easy to wear for a few hours, and is really a better product if you are in a quiet environment like your house or office.
This is not the thing to use in the car with the top down or walking outside if there is a breeze. You also want to avoid this product if there is a lot of background noise because the mic really is a long way from your mouth. .
I called a few people to ask about the sound quality and while all agreed that I sounded a bit like I was at the bottom of a well, the sound quality wasn’t noticeably bad, which is probably the best that can be expected from a little gizmo like this.
Unpacking and set-up were a breeze. There are two little tapes on the top of the package that you pull and the the guts of the carton just come out the top. The packaging is really top notch. Once you free the ear piece, turn it on and stick it in your ear, just follow the audible instructions if you have an iPhone or Android. If you happen to have an Android phone, there is apparently an app that does some cool things, but I have an iPhone, so I wasn’t able to try it. I can’t comment on the battery life, but it has survived a few hour long teleconferences without issue.
Overall, this is a nice little gadget, and if Amazon wanted it back, it’s likely that I would buy one to replace it. I imagine that I will be buying one for my wife in any case.
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