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I just returned this yesterday for two main reasons:

1. Poor Call Quality – I was OK with the sound quality when I was playing music on my iPhone or on my MacBook Pro but when I took it out while driving or simply walking, other callers complained of echo and had difficulty hearing me. This was tested on multiple people, carriers, and phones. It was also hard hearing people’s voices as well when in an outdoor environment. Noise cancellation feature was non-existent and didn’t really work as advertised.

2. Poor Quality and Placement of Function Buttons – This just drove me crazy. The buttons were not only poorly place, but the response on them was extremely erratic! When you can finally find the larger round button to answer the phone, it doesn’t work unless you press exactly in the middle! Not only that, the button was flimsy and felt like it was going to break soon. Also, when trying to adjust the volume (when you can find it!), it’s a crap shoot on whether or not it will work and sometimes by accident, you will increase or decrease the volume no matter what you do!

Went straight back to Best Buy! I need to find a better headset.

I went to Best Buy last night looking for new headphones to use on my MacBook Pro, Touch Pro 2, and iPhone 3G so I can easily work out (yes New Years resolution like everyone else is to lose weight) and listen to music at the same time in the geekiest fashion… wirelessly with bluetooth! The Motorola ROKR that I had purchased a few years ago still works but it gets very uncomfortable to use after 30 minutes of use.

Pairing the headset with all three devices has been easy and the foam earpieces have been very comfortable to use. I also love the fact that it easy folds together for easy storage and includes a carrying pouch. The sound quality is decent but the bass that it produces is somewhat weak. Also the touch volume controls are a pain to use because of the way they are laid out which is narrowly on the edge of the right earpiece so it’s either too hard to find or too sensitive. I haven’t fully tested the call quality yet but it does understand my voice commands just fine.

I’m going to be taking this thing out for a spin now and see if this is worth keeping!