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I brought this headset for use with my Nokia 8310 mobile phone.
~ About ~ The Nokia HDB-5 Boom Headset is very trendy looking and rather useful. Simply plug it into your Nokia phone and you're away! A single wire goes from a phones hands-free/headphone socket up to the earpiece. Shaped to fit round the ear and stay in place, this hands-free solution is great for a busy business people who don't have the time to waste faffing around with their phone or the wire.
~ Features ~ - One button which controls;
> Answering a call > Ending a call > Voice dialling > Flicking through preset radio stations (if the phone has a radio)
~ Description ~ The headset it's self is mostly hard plastic but there is a certain part of it that is rubber. The 'boom' part that goes closer to the mouth is hard plastic and the earpiece in incorporated into the plastic design.
It is not exclusively for one ear since the actual earpiece is double sided therefore you can switch between ears with no alterations to make to the actual headset.
Whilst it doesn't go fully out to the mouth is does go most of the way and will generally pick up your speech.
The wire isn't as long as other wired hands-free kits like the Nokia Dual Headset HDD-1, which has a longer wire.
The actual microphone sits on the very end of the boom therefore is exposed to any wind which hits it -- so don't use this when it's windy.
The earpiece sits slightly into your ear and allows you to hear the other person but would also allow anyone else sitting next to you to hear it to (depending on which side you wear the earpiece). If you wear it on the left hand side then anyone sitting on that side will hear and vice versa for the right hand side.
~ Cost ~ Costs can really vary depending on where you go. Some places sell this cheap whilst others are more expensive. Ciao has picked up a price of under £10 which I suggest going for since it's the best price I've seen.
~ Notes ~ On the headset there is a rubber bit that's connected to the hard plastic bit and the rubber bit on my headset has actually kind of broken and makes the headset somewhat unusable. For this reason, I wouldn't suggest not buying this but I would suggest taking great care of it.
This product really is perfect for the busy / high flying city people or even if you're sitting in an office and want a really cool looking hands-free kit for a phone call.
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