Travel Technology - Bluetooth headset with mini usb charger?

Are there any bluetooth headsets that charge with mini usb? (like the blackberry curve uses?)

I travel enough that I'd rather not have to carry another charger. My blackberry and garmin gps use the same mini usb charger (as does my skycaddie when I play golf :) ). Are there any good bluetooth headsets that charge via mini usb? If so, maybe I'll replace my Voyager 510.

QUESTION UPDATED BELOW-- also looking for bluetooth 2.0...

Are there any bluetooth headsets that charge with mini usb? (like the blackberry curve uses?)

I travel enough that I'd rather not have to carry another charger. My blackberry and garmin gps use the same mini usb charger (as does my skycaddie when I play golf :) ). Are there any good bluetooth headsets that charge via mini usb? If so, maybe I'll replace my Voyager 510.

Looks like you can get a usb adapter plug for the plantronic headsets
http://www.headsetexperts.com/Plantronics_73651-01_p/73651-01.htm

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My Motorola, I think it is the H700, uses a mini-USB plug.

I'm pretty sure my BlueAnt V1 is a mini-USB plug

OK, updated question then. The Moto H700 has mini USB, but doesn't have bluetooth 2.0-- it's just 1.2. The BlueAnt requires a mini USB adapter (another small thing to carry around and/or get lost.)

My Voyager 510 is older, and only supports bluetooth 1.1.

I'm looking for a good bluetooth headset that supports bluetooth 2.0 and uses a mini usb charger.

Anybody got ideas?

OK, updated question then. The Moto H700 has mini USB, but doesn't have bluetooth 2.0-- it's just 1.2. The BlueAnt requires a mini USB adapter (another small thing to carry around and/or get lost.)

My Voyager 510 is older, and only supports bluetooth 1.1.

I'm looking for a good bluetooth headset that supports bluetooth 2.0 and uses a mini usb charger.

Anybody got ideas?

http://www.msgdigital.com/productdetail.asp?productid=46010&refid=froogle

The Motorokr S9 from motorola supports v2.0 and has usb charging. I use it for both music and talking on my phone. Depending on your phone type it will mute the music and take a incoming call. It's smaller than the H700, good battery life.

the "older" (2007 models) motorola headsets all use mini-usb to charge. i believe the newer ones (2008) are moving to a micro-usb connector. someone might be able to tell you if they provide the small mini-to-micro adaptor (the one i got with my q9 is really itsy bitsy).

I have three motorola usb headsets, the H3, H350, and H700 I think, and they all have mini USB charging jacks. My H780, unfortunately, has some sort of smaller jack looking a little like a smooshed mini USB jack :mad:

I have three motorola usb headsets, the H3, H350, and H700 I think, and they all have mini USB charging jacks. My H780, unfortunately, has some sort of smaller jack looking a little like a smooshed mini USB jack :mad:

Motorola now started using micro-usb charging ports on all of their new Bluetooth products. This is what you need to convert from mini-usb to micro-usb. http://www.msgdigital.com/productdetail.asp?productid=46060

Motorola now started using micro-usb charging ports on all of their new Bluetooth products. This is what you need to convert from mini-usb to micro-usb. http://www.msgdigital.com/productdetail.asp?productid=46060

The whole point of getting the headset w/ a USB connection was to reduce my item count. Since this headset didn't achieve... I found another way! I returned it!

Seriously, it is tough to comprehend that the minuscule space savings from smooshing your USB plug warranted changing the plug....

Exactly. My whole point was to eliminate one of the chargers that I carry, since my bluetooth is old and the sound is getting worse anyway. I've been carrying a Plantronics Voyager 510 with it's own charger for a long time now. I figure since I've tried to get everything else with mini-USB I should reduce the charger count in my bag and get a mini-USB compatible bluetooth.

Turns out I went another way with it instead-- I got a Plantronics Discovery 925, which comes with a case that has a battery. So now I can carry the case and not have to charge the headset until I get back home. I can just use the case to top the battery off while I travel.

It's still one too many things to carry, but now I can charge the headset in my computer bag during the day without a power outlet, which is cool.

Exactly. My whole point was to eliminate one of the chargers that I carry, since my bluetooth is old and the sound is getting worse anyway. I've been carrying a Plantronics Voyager 510 with it's own charger for a long time now. I figure since I've tried to get everything else with mini-USB I should reduce the charger count in my bag and get a mini-USB compatible bluetooth.

Turns out I went another way with it instead-- I got a Plantronics Discovery 925, which comes with a case that has a battery. So now I can carry the case and not have to charge the headset until I get back home. I can just use the case to top the battery off while I travel.

It's still one too many things to carry, but now I can charge the headset in my computer bag during the day without a power outlet, which is cool.

After having a Jawbone for 18 months (one in which the battery now has about half the talk time that it did originally), I've been considering the Plantronics 925. I had three annoyances with the Jawbone: Proprietary charger connection, needed to purchase a Jabra Eargel to get acceptable volume, and it has no carrying case.

The 925 seems to be getting very good reviews, and addresses at least two of the concerns I had with the Jawbone. Has anyone made the switch from the Jawbone to the 925?

Looks like you can get a usb adapter plug for the plantronic headsets
http://www.headsetexperts.com/Plantronics_73651-01_p/73651-01.htm

Has anyone gotten one of these? I contacted the folks at Headset Experts, and was told that this supports the Discovery Series, and not the Voyager (510). However, this Amazon item
http://www.amazon.com/Plantronics-USB-Adaptor-Explorer-Voyager/dp/B000BZROBM
contends compatibility with the Discovery 640 & 645 (just like the dongle thingie) as well as the 510. I have another email into them, but wanted to see if we have any actual experience here.

Cheers.

Does anyone have any opinions on the Motorola H715 bluetooth headset? I was thinking of one of the Blue Ant or Jawbone models, but these looked to be pretty good and Costco has them... :p

I'm a big fan of the Jabra JX10 II. It can charge via USB, but you have to use their cable...it isn't mini USB.

A great headset with a miniUSB connector:

http://www.callpod.com/products/dragon

Do some of these headsets suggested here also work with the PC? I would like a headset I can use with the IP Phone on my PC as well as my cell phone.

Do some of these headsets suggested here also work with the PC? I would like a headset I can use with the IP Phone on my PC as well as my cell phone.

Any Bluetooth headset will work on a PC, as long as the PC supports the headset or handsfree Bluetooth service (pretty much all of them do).

Both my old Plantronics Voyager and my new BlueAnt support multiple pairings, too -- so I can have them paired with both the PC and the phone.

Any Bluetooth headset will work on a PC, as long as the PC supports the headset or handsfree Bluetooth service (pretty much all of them do).

Both my old Plantronics Voyager and my new BlueAnt support multiple pairings, too -- so I can have them paired with both the PC and the phone.

This is a nice surprise. I always thought there ones that work with the PC and phone are different. In fact our company procurement site has the ones advertised to work with both for a much higher price - usually > $80.

I checked all Plantronics headsets (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=Plantronics+Voyager+&x=3&y=34)here and they seem to have micro-usb or non-usb (round) ports. What am I missing?