Review: Sony Ericsson HBH-PV700

TreoCentral's James Hromadka reviews the Sony Ericsson HBH-PV700.

(Originally published at TreoCentral on June 29th, 2006)

More than and more Bluetooth headsets are targeted towards women. The Jabra BT160 [ Review | Buy ] for example comes with a wide assortment of faceplates that can be used to complement a particular outfit or mood. Sony Ericsson has too gotten into the fashionable headset game with the PV700, but does information technology fit your style?

Features

The starting time thing you notice nearly the PV700 is its color. It is mostly white with a not-removable faceplate that gives the headset a really hitting look. According to my female friends, it's "Apple Green." Pictures don't do it justice, and then merely imagine the colour of a Granny Smith apple or something a little lighter and softer than lime green. On the flipside, the back of the headset is a tiresome grayness, just no 1 can see information technology anyway.

Sony Ericsson has changed its ability adapters in its mobile phones, and the PV700 uses a like power adapter as my K750 phone, which is a prissy touch.

In stark contrast to other headset manufacturers, most Sony Ericsson products apply a greenish LED, which has the added bonus of complementing the colour of the PV700. The LED flashes every 3 seconds while in standby way and flashes blood-red when the battery is low.

The action button is small all the same like shooting fish in a barrel to feel for when yous want to quickly respond a call. The volume buttons are on the height of the headset when wearing it on the right ear. The earpiece can easily exist removed and swapped over to the left ear.

To put the headset into pairing mode, while the unit of measurement is on agree in all the buttons (Book /- and action) for about five seconds until the LED alternates flashing green and reddish. It's easy to exercise using one hand, and the passcode is the standard 0000.

Usability

Bluetooth headsets can be hit or miss with the Treo 650. I have mostly found Sony Ericsson headsets to consistently work well with the Treo, and the PV700 headset is no exception. I found audio quality to be quite skilful and didn't need to max the book in lodge to hear the other caller.

When I was indoors, the other party could hear me very well, and when I was outside, they only needed to slightly increase their volume in gild to hear me and commented that the background racket such as traffic could barely exist heard. I didn't need to adjust the volume on my side at all and heard nary a crackle.

The PV700 is lightweight and feels comfortable on the ear. There is no gel piece like some headsets use, just the speaker piece feels comfortable anyway. The earloop is lined with soft safe and is bendable - no uncomfortable, precipitous plastic that cuts your ear.

Decision

If Apple tree Green is your thing, you lot volition like the Sony Ericsson PV700 headset. It has decent battery life, great audio quality, and a skilful price. I fearfulness that its color may put off some potential buyers, but and then again that's why Sony Ericsson makes other headsets. Apple Light-green is non really my style, but I would have no problem recommending this headset to my sister or female person friends.

(Originally published at TreoCentral on June 29th, 2006)

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