Motorola H700 Bluetooth Headset Review on a Treo 700p
There are several bluetooth headsets on the market, but few that are compatible and work well with the BT stack in the Treo 700p. I believe the Motorola H700 to be one of few that performs very well, which explains why the Motorola H700 makes the Palm compatibility list.
When I first received the H700 headset, my first impression was that it was attractive, with a glossy metallic finish and stylish form factor. The headset came with a quick start guide, manual and charger. After about two hours of charging, I was ready to pair the headset with my Treo 700p. Pairing was fairly simple. Holding in the call answer/end button for 5 seconds and then flipping open the boom mic puts the H700 into pairing mode. After pairing the H700 with the 700p, you’re ready for business!
Making a call on the H700 was a fairly simple task, and the headset connected almost instantaneously. Most calls were very clear and could be heard by both parties. There was only a small amount of static infrequently, probably a setback with the Bluetooth in the Treo 700p rather than the Motorola H700. Over the course of using the headset for a few weeks, I noticed that, if a text message came in while on a call, the volume level on the headset would decrease a bit. The decrease wasn’t enough to make hearing difficult, but it was noticeably different. Here again, my hunch is that the issue is with Palm and not Motorola.
The Motorola H700 is a very feature rich headset with noise canceling features, Bluetooth 1.2, and a multifunction button that controls the call functionality, such as answering, ending, call waiting, and call return features. The battery on the H700 boasts a full 6hrs. of talk time and 130 hrs. of standby. The H700 has an LED (as do most other headsets), that surrounds the call answer/end button and changes color during charging to relay charging status. Another nifty feature of this stylish headset is the flip open boom mic. This allows you to answer a call and end a call simply by opening and closing the boom mic. This comes in pretty handy if you don’t want to wear your headset all the time and would like to maybe stick it in your pocket or purse.
Wearing this lightweight headset for long periods of time is a true joy. Many headsets tend to hurt the ear when on for extended periods, but given the lightweight design and comfortable ear loop I could wear this headset all day long without discomfort. Personally I think it boils down to the size of your ears as to how comfortable it will be, but for mine it was stupendous! You can also switch ears by adjusting the ear loop if you prefer one ear over the other.
The Motorola H700 has proven itself in my book, and would make a great headset for anyone with a Treo 700p looking to get into the Bluetooth game. With its rapid connection time, impressive talk time of 6hrs, and sleek and comfortable design I don’t think it will disappoint anyone who decides to make it their new choice of BT headset. The H700 has a retail price of $99.95 but you can pick it up on sale in the mytreo.net store for $69.95. If you’re a mytreo.net discount club member you can get a further discount. So make a great choice and give the Motorola H700 a try today!
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I can’t agree more with the review. I have owned the H700 for almost a year now and absoultely love it. Battery life is amazing. I’m always on the phone and I can sometimes go a few days on a charge. The feel of the headset is wonderful and creates only a little bit of soreness after very extended periods of use (say 5-7hours) but is a soreness that is very tolerable. I love how you simply flip the headset open and clip it on your ear and it connects with your phone and you’re set.
Only other one I like better was one by Jabra and its 179.99.
H700 -> very well done!
I have this one, the transmitter is poor on this headset. If the treo (or any other bluetooth phone) is on one side of your body, and the headset on the other ear, the reception is very poor, lots of static. My Plantronics headset does not experience this issue. I have tested this with several cell phones all with the same result. Otherwise its a great headset.
Are you familiar with the Bluetooth disconnect issue with the 700p? If so, did you experience this at all with this Motorola H700 BT headset?
Thanks
had use this h700 for a week. lost conversation sometimes. the voice/call was lost, can’t find it in h700 nor treo almost on a daily basis. funny as it may seem, the call is completely lost!!! even pressing the button to cancel the BT didn’t work. sold it to my colleague. :( and revert back to my jabra. on firmware 1.20.
Perhaps others may have good experience.
It does not work well, very dissappointed!! Can anyone please help??
I think most of the issues that anyone may experience with this headset or others is due to the Treo BT Stack itself and not the particular headset.
Blondcb, I am familiar with this issue and have experienced it with different headsets including this one. This is just an issue that Palm will hopefully address whenever they put out an update.
To those of you who have had bad experiences just remember that the BT stack in the Treo is very quirky. Its like with the 650’s. You really couldn’t pinpoint any headset that worked flawlessly on every Treo. All you could do was listen to user opinions and make a choice and hope for the best. The said headset is praised by many users, but hated by others. Like I said its a coin toss and all you can do is hope for the best. It would be nice if Palm could get the BT right on these Treo’s like the other WM5 smartphones have done. Until then we have to be guinea pigs it would seem.
Best of luck to you all!
Cheers, Derek
my H700 was crap with my treo 700p, i coudnt get it to connect half the time. I was and still am very dissapointed in it so much that i stopped using it anad went back to my regular ear piece. i got tired of tryin to answer calls with it on and end up still having to put the phone to my ear and the bluetooth on the other ear.
I have to totally disagree about the h700 being the best headset for the treo 700p.
I have the 700p and have bought 4 motorola headsets. From the hs850 model to the h700 model and every time i pair it it loses the pairing mode. I couldn’t figure it out. I didn’t understand why it was that i was buying all these headsets and none of them would stay paired with my phone. Only until i took the phone to the sprint store to find out why in the world these cute little, suppose to be compatible headsets weren’t staying hooked up the way they should. Well….the sprint rep informed me that the motorola headset was the only headset on the planet that did not work with the treo 700p. He said it will pair when you first pair it but it won’t stay paired and after a while it just won’t pair at all. Which is the problem i was having. And here i thought i had defective headsets. Currentley i have a silver one and a gold one both brand new and i can’t even use them. Oh well!!!! But the good thing that came out of this is this. I found out that treo makes their own headset. It’s just as expensive as the motorola if bought over the counter, actually i think it cost more than the motorola. Anyway it’s a treo headset that has the treo logo on it. So i’m going to try that one and see how it works. Hopefully i can finally get a headset i can use.
Don’t get me wrong, but for the short time the headset did stay paired with the treo it was excellent all the way around. I thought i had struck gold when i boughtt that thing.
Anyway….good luck to all you users that swear by the motorola. I hope you don’t have the problems i did.
I have had the H700 for a long period of time. I had less problems w/ the 650, although it paired slow. But I am having numerous problems w/ the treo 700p disconnect and the h700.
Maybe the h700 works well with the 700p, but I just purchased one for my 650 and you must have the phone at least 2 feet from the headset for it to work without static. If you even move it to the other side of your body you get a lot of static. Motorola tech said that this was because they are not compatible. I wish they would take the treo out of their list of compatable phones. take it from me do not wast your money, or if you must give me a call and i will dig mine out of the drawer and sell to you.
This motorola h700 headset doesn’t work well with 650’s only 700’s. It’s on the Palm compatability list on their website. I must stress again that the *main* problem with bluetooth on any Treo lies in the problematic BT Stack in the phone. Palm needs to fix this in order for headsets to work more efficiently.
I too have tried several different headsets, and I’m sure my Sprint reps at the local store hate seeing me come in. :-) Actually, they’ve been quite helpful an friendly. I’ve finally settled on the Samsung WEP200. I get the occasional disconnect (a Palm BT issue) but I just have to power off and then on the WEP200 and I’m back in business. Reception both incoming and outgoing has been great. Battery life is only about 4 hours, but then again, I doubt if you can talk on a Treo that long continuously without a boost in the charge. What sold me on the WEP200 is that it works well in noisy environments, such as large datacenters where I must work.
The H700 works very well wheb it decides to work with the 700p, but my does everything everyone just mentioned. It pairs slowly, static when too far away from palm and it even reboot my phone. The H700 is not on Motorolas compatibility list but it is on the Palm which does not make any sense. I don’t recommend this BT for ur Treo 700p.
The H700 works very well wheb it decides to work with the 700p, but my does everything everyone just mentioned. It pairs slowly, static when too far away from palm and it even reboot my phone. The H700 is not on Motorolas compatibility list but it is on the Palm which does not make any sense. I don’t recommend this BT for ur Treo 700p.