Comments on: BlueAnt V1 headset- your iPhone’s new best friend http://jkontherun.com/2008/08/25/blueant-v1-head/ Using mobile devices since they weighed 30 lbs. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:06:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: W. Stagg http://jkontherun.com/2008/08/25/blueant-v1-head/#comment-53401 W. Stagg Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:17:18 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/blueant-v1-head#comment-53401 I just got a BlueAnt V1 and it works great on my 2G iPhone with SW Ver 2.2 I have to agree that BlueAnt could have done a better job on the voice dial presets. I think they should have included a "call help" to dial 911. That should have been a no-brainer. Also, if they would have made one of the nine speed dial slots respond to a "call number" command and then dial a stated number string, there would tons mare capability from the headset. Before long there will be plenty of hacks and patches for this headset, so it is still a good buy now. I just got a BlueAnt V1 and it works great on my 2G iPhone with SW Ver 2.2 I have to agree that BlueAnt could have done a better job on the voice dial presets. I think they should have included a “call help” to dial 911. That should have been a no-brainer. Also, if they would have made one of the nine speed dial slots respond to a “call number” command and then dial a stated number string, there would tons mare capability from the headset. Before long there will be plenty of hacks and patches for this headset, so it is still a good buy now.

]]> By: Roger Harmon http://jkontherun.com/2008/08/25/blueant-v1-head/#comment-3940 Roger Harmon Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:49:33 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/blueant-v1-head#comment-3940 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Mary,<br /> I think the redial function is all in the headset which "remembers" the last number dialed. Anyway, it just works on our iPhone and V1.</p> </div>

Mary,
I think the redial function is all in the headset which “remembers” the last number dialed. Anyway, it just works on our iPhone and V1.

]]> By: Little. Blue. Tooth. http://jkontherun.com/2008/08/25/blueant-v1-head/#comment-3941 Little. Blue. Tooth. Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:38:55 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/blueant-v1-head#comment-3941 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Voice Control feature works well, yet BlueAnt (or Sensory) made some really poor choices about default unchangeable presets.</p> <p>Sad that such ground-breaking technology would be restricted by dumb default presets. If you have an iPhone 3G like me, you'll probably hate them too. Every time I call my wife I have to say, "Call Voice Mail" because she's set to speed-dial #1, and BlueAnt/Sensory failed to consider that some users don't have or want speed-dial #1 set to voice mail. And plopping the GOOG-411 present at #5 is completely presumptuous... they should have used slot #9, if at all (I have an iPhone 3G with Google Maps and Google Search, why would I want to pay for a call to GOOG-411??).</p> <p>Hopefully idiocy won't prevail and BlueAnt/Sensory will provide a firmware update the sets the matter straight, changing the speed-dial presets to 'Call Speed Dial 1', 'Call Speed Dial 2', etc., and either moving GOOG-411 to speed-dial 9 or better yet leave it out.</p></div>

Voice Control feature works well, yet BlueAnt (or Sensory) made some really poor choices about default unchangeable presets.

Sad that such ground-breaking technology would be restricted by dumb default presets. If you have an iPhone 3G like me, you’ll probably hate them too. Every time I call my wife I have to say, “Call Voice Mail” because she’s set to speed-dial #1, and BlueAnt/Sensory failed to consider that some users don’t have or want speed-dial #1 set to voice mail. And plopping the GOOG-411 present at #5 is completely presumptuous… they should have used slot #9, if at all (I have an iPhone 3G with Google Maps and Google Search, why would I want to pay for a call to GOOG-411??).

Hopefully idiocy won’t prevail and BlueAnt/Sensory will provide a firmware update the sets the matter straight, changing the speed-dial presets to ‘Call Speed Dial 1′, ‘Call Speed Dial 2′, etc., and either moving GOOG-411 to speed-dial 9 or better yet leave it out.

]]> By: Roger Harmon http://jkontherun.com/2008/08/25/blueant-v1-head/#comment-3942 Roger Harmon Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:17:06 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/blueant-v1-head#comment-3942 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>We just got the V1 and the noise canceling works very well. The voice dial on our iPhone 1st Gen is not working yet. We we (my wife's phone, my tech support) "4" the V1 seems to be telling the iPhone to dial the 9th Favorite. We are still trying different things to get this to work. My wife says it is the most comfortable BT headset she has worn, having been through a Plantronics Voyager 510 and a couple of Motorolas.</p> </div>

We just got the V1 and the noise canceling works very well. The voice dial on our iPhone 1st Gen is not working yet. We we (my wife’s phone, my tech support) “4″ the V1 seems to be telling the iPhone to dial the 9th Favorite. We are still trying different things to get this to work. My wife says it is the most comfortable BT headset she has worn, having been through a Plantronics Voyager 510 and a couple of Motorolas.

]]> By: Mary http://jkontherun.com/2008/08/25/blueant-v1-head/#comment-3943 Mary Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:43:50 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/blueant-v1-head#comment-3943 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>How can the headset hear the word "redial" and redial a phone... if the phone doesn't support any 'redial' command?</p> <p>(Like the iPhone 3G)<br /> </p></div>

How can the headset hear the word “redial” and redial a phone… if the phone doesn’t support any ‘redial’ command?

(Like the iPhone 3G)

]]> By: Chris Davies http://jkontherun.com/2008/08/25/blueant-v1-head/#comment-3944 Chris Davies Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:42:49 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/blueant-v1-head#comment-3944 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>We've been playing with a couple of V1's for the past few weeks now, and the voice command function really is amazing.</p> <p>Hate to link-whore, but our review is up:<br /> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/blueant-v1-voice-control-bluetooth-headset-review-2614626.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.slashgear.com/blueant-v1-voice-control-bluetooth-headset-review-2614626.php</a></p></div>

We’ve been playing with a couple of V1’s for the past few weeks now, and the voice command function really is amazing.

Hate to link-whore, but our review is up:
http://www.slashgear.com/blueant-v1-voice-control-bluetooth-headset-review-2614626.php

]]> By: Dave Zatz http://jkontherun.com/2008/08/25/blueant-v1-head/#comment-3945 Dave Zatz Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:25:16 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/blueant-v1-head#comment-3945 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>They announced this at CES. I figured it was dead when the Z9i replaced the Z9. Glad to see it's still coming to market. Voice control (outside of the phone) is something desperately needed - hope it works as advertised! And I hope it experiences less interference than my (former) Z9.</p> </div>

They announced this at CES. I figured it was dead when the Z9i replaced the Z9. Glad to see it’s still coming to market. Voice control (outside of the phone) is something desperately needed – hope it works as advertised! And I hope it experiences less interference than my (former) Z9.

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