Body Glove EarGlove BlueVoice Bluetooth Headset

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 0.9 x 2.2 x 5 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000A4C28O
• Item model number: 100-93000000-02
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,476 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Earglove BlueVoice features an extendable microphone that provides ultimate sound and voice quality even in noisy environments. A patent-pending system dynamically adjusts the microphone volume depending on its position in order to maximize clarity. Its sleek, ergonomic and lightweight design provides an all-day wearing solution for those who use their mobile phone frequently.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bluetooth Connection Drops Between Calls, January 30, 2006

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Patrick A. Kingsley "Whyaylooh" (Green Bay, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Body Glove EarGlove BlueVoice Bluetooth Headset (Wireless Phone Accessory)

When you get it to work right, it actually works pretty nicely with my Siemens S66. Sound quality is good, and the folks on the other end of the conversation have no problems hearing me. I don't like how the earpiece itself fits to my ear -- it sort of hangs just outside of it, so sometimes I have to press it to my ear to block out any outside noise, like road noise when I am driving -- but, otherwise, it works fairly well, so long as I'm in the middle of a conversation.

Between calls, though . . . Well, that's another story entirely, and renders this headset virtually worthless to me.

Let's set the stage, shall we?

I'm about to hit the road, so I handshake the headset to my cell phone. It's the first time connecting, so no problems at all. I make a test call to make sure all is going well. Dial my home number, hit the button to switch to the headset, click, I hear my works like a charm. Time to hit the road!

About ten minutes later, my cell phone rings. Perfect! I tap the button on the headset. Still ringing. Hm. All right, I hit the pick-up button on the cell, then the button to switch to the earpiece. Instead, I get the speaker phone. Bweh?!

After I finish the call, I look at the cell phone screen, and see that the Bluetooth connection has dropped. Grrr . . . All right, pull over. Make sure the earpiece is on. Yep, the LED is blinking. Try turning it off, then turning it back on. Nope, still not connecting. Hrm. Maybe just needs to be resynced. Instructions say to hold the volume toggle up or down for 10 seconds until the LED starts flashing. All right, holding it down now. Five seconds, 10, 15 . . . What the heck! Let's try up. Five, 10, 15 . . . Still just doing the occasional green blink at me. Starting to tick me off now. REALLY JAM is down. Five, 10, 15 . . . Nothing. REALLY JAM it up. Five, 10 . . . Blinky! All right, set the phone to resync as well . . . There we go! We have connection again. Woohoo! Just a fluke maybe? Back on the road we go.

Out of curiosity, I check the phone screen periodically to see how the Bluetooth connection is holding up. Five minutes, still good. Ten minutes, still good. Fifteen . . .

Dropped again.

This time, I hit the pick-up button on the headset, and it actually reconnects on its own! Bluetooth icon shows full connect on my cell. Woohoo! I call my folks to give them an update on some stuff going on to test things out. 15 minute phone call, no problems.

I stop checking the phone for now, and just continue on my way. Then, I stop an hour later for a quick breakfast, and check the phone once more. Bluetooth's dropped again. This time, hitting the pick-up button doesn't bring it back, either. GRRR! Again with the Dance of the Volume Toggle, and I get it connected again.

I finally get to my destination an hour or so later, and -- imagine that! -- Bluetooth's dropped AGAIN.

Now, I used a Logitech headset flawlessly for a year until the shoddily-constructed baby boom mic stopped working. Never had connect problems with it, though. This ruddy piece of junk can't seem to go 15 minutes without timing out if there's not an active conversation happening.

In short, it's useless. Find something else that works. This ain't it.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money--or time, January 13, 2006

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L. K. Stewart "Crazy About Cairns" (Vista, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Body Glove EarGlove BlueVoice Bluetooth Headset (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I bought this headphone from a Sprint store (groan) and hate it! It synced to my Palm Treo 650 with no problems, but the reception is horrible. When I use it, people on the other end of the phone complain they can't hear me and the static both ways is awful.

Tried to return it to the Sprint store, but since the 2 weeks was up, I'm stuck with it. It's going to the techo garbage pile and I'm ordering a Motorola from Amazon.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars good price, but this is nothing special. also good tech support, December 7, 2005

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AeroMan "AeroMan" (Nashua, NH United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Body Glove EarGlove BlueVoice Bluetooth Headset (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I have been using this headset for about three months now, and while I am not intensely dissatisfied, it is certainly nothing special. I am using it with a Treo 650, and while it "paired" on the first try and seems to interconnect reasonably well, the volume I can get from the set allows me to use it only in relatively quiet areas. For example, it is useless in an airport, and I can barely hear it when driving at highway speed in my car (which is fairly quiet). The other concern I have is the distance I can move from my phone and maintain call quality. I begins to degrade rapidly at 4 to 6 feet with no obstacles in between me and the phone, which is significantly less distance than I expected. I can't really say how long the charge will last, but I have now used mine about 2 hours between charges without any issues.

Finally, I am really pleased with tech support. My first unit malfunctioned after about 3 months, so I arranged a return via email, and they shipped me a new one the same day they received the old one. Not bad!