* I recommend the Mobile Traveler with the Treo 650. But I had difficulties keeping it paired with my Treo 700p. *

After my team of highly skilled engineers finally succeeded in removing the Logitech Mobile Traveler from the steel encasing (could it really have been plastic?), I was able to see that the headset is light and streamlined. It’s one of the smaller Bluetooth headsets on the market. The package contained a charger and instruction guide much more easily extricated than the headset itself.

Initial charge time was only a few hours, and it paired easily on the first try. The sound quality is truly incredible. I think it may actually improve the sound of the Treo. I have a friend who has complained with every phone call that there’s an echo, or that he can hear his own voice. With the Mobile Traveler, he actually thought I was calling from a landline, and praised the clarity.

Not only is the sound quality exceptional, the connection is fantastic. I know that with almost any Bluetooth device, I can walk the 20-30 feet away from my Treo and still have reception. The problem usually comes in when there’s something between my Treo and me. This doesn’t appear to be the case with the Mobile Traveler. I work in an old cinderblock building, and there was a time (before the most recent cell tower update) that I couldn’t even get cell service – so I know how much interference those cinderblocks can be. But using the Mobile Traveler I was actually able to go from one classroom to another without losing my call, or its quality.

Initiating a call from your Treo is simple. Make sure your headset is on, and as soon as you dial a call, it transfers to your headset. You don’t have to do a thing. To end the call, press the multifunction button. There is an almost imperceptible pause between the call starting, and hearing it in your headset. The pause is not enough to miss anything, just enough to know it’s there. For example, when I call voicemail, by the time the voice is in my ear it begins with “have 1 new message,” rather than “YOU have 1 new message.” Other calls, you can hear that the first ring is not quite full. Unless people are answering (like with voicemail) before you’ve heard a single ring, this should not be a problem.

The multifunction button itself, is more a bar than button. It runs the entire length of the headset, and is less than 1/8″ wide. The volume button, on the other hand, is fairly large, round, and sits opposite your ear canal.

To answer a call, you simply press the multifunction button on the headset. It is very easy also, to answer the call on your headset, and then transfer the call to your headset later by pressing the multifunction button.

The Mobile Traveler has a “Night Mode,” but I honestly don’t see the difference between using Night Mode and simply turning off the device. The battery is quite good, and will get the most talkative user through a full day without recharging. I was able to make normal phone calls for 2 days without a recharge.

Last number redial works well, although it took me multiple attempts to press the volume button right to do it. I was also able to manipulate the volume button to release a current call, and accept a second incoming call. I never was able to successfully put the first call on hold and accept the 2nd call by using the headset. I must be honest and admit that the manual dexterity it takes to press both the volume button and multifunction button simultaneously to conference two calls was beyond my even trying, but the function is supposedly there.

Weighing only ½ oz, the Mobile Traveler is extremely light, unobtrusive, and the flexible ear wrap makes it very comfortable. I was able to wear it all day without discomfort. The “WindStop” noise canceling microphone does a great job, and as I mentioned earlier, aids in the overall brilliant clarity of a call. I highly recommend this Bluetooth headset from a company that we’ve trusted for years, Logitech.

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