SE HBM-30 ... MP3 Player Bluetooth Headset.

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Xposted:

Just been looking at this product...

http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=HBM-30
http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.js [...] &pid=10060

....which is a Sony Ericsson 64meg expandable stereo MP3/ATRAC3 playing and
recording(ATRAC3 only) Bluetooth headset for £48.95 from Expansys.

It seems like quite a good deal. Was thinking about ordering one to use
instead of my current HBH-200.

Any thoughts ?

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Michael Turner
Email (ROT13)
zvxr.gheare1963@grfpb.arg

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On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 20:36:51 +0000, Odd Ravn wrote:

> In message <pan.2004.11.14.17.59.26.504000@grfpb.arg>, michael turner
> <zvxr.gheare1963@grfpb.arg> wrote:
>> Xposted:
>>
>> Just been looking at this product...
>>
>> HBM-30
>> ....which is a Sony Ericsson 64meg expandable stereo MP3/ATRAC3 playing
> and
>> recording(ATRAC3 only) Bluetooth headset for ?48.95 from Expansys.
>>
>> It seems like quite a good deal. Was thinking about ordering one to use
>> instead of my current HBH-200.
>>
>> Any thoughts ?
>
> I use it daily. I use it with mp3-files downloaded from my PC. The hands free
> funktionality is redused in noisy environments like trains and busses. Under
> these circumstances I answer the call by opening my Z600. Other than this
> I find HBM-30 excellent.

FYI I decided against buying one in the end, after reading in the
instructions that it can only play Fraunhofer or LAME encoded MP3s,
anything else appears to be not playable and gives a 'Unsupported'
message. I've never heard of a MP3 player with this limitation before.

A good percentage of my MP3s are Xing encoded... and probably wont play.

What I also found a bit curious reading about the headset, is that it
supports ATRAC3 rather than AAC/MP4. AAC/MP4 however is
supported by some SonyEricsson phones, these also play MP3 of
course, *and* without the above mentioned codec limitations, and do NOT
play ATRAC3.

--
Michael Turner
Email (ROT13)
zvxr.gheare1963@grfpb.arg