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In my recent podcast, I talked about 2 headsets I’ve owned. The Jabra bt250v was one of those headsets. I’ve been using a Jabra bt250v headset with my Treo 650 for about 7 or 8 months and I can say that I have been completely pleased with that little device. The device is listed on the Jabra website as being $99 but it can be found at Newegg.com for 54.99

As far as the technical specs on the Jabra bt250v, it’s stated on the manufacturer’s website that it has 10 hours talk time, 300 hours standby, a range of 33 ft, and weighs in about 8 ounces. I found most of these to be pretty close. I don’t know if I’ve ever got 10 actual hours of talk time but I’ve gotten enough hours out of it between charges that it was never an issue. 33 ft sounds about like my experiences with the headset also. As you get towards 20 ft or more the signal starts to get a little fussy and you start to hear a little static or distortion.

The headset comes with 4 rubber earpieces, in 2 different sizes, a wall charging cable that includes a cradle that can be disconnected from the actual charging cable, and the actual headset itself. I found the rubber earpieces to be quite comfortable, and replacements can be bought separately. The charging cable I thought was a little odd because the cradle portion can be separated from the rest of the cable which makes for another small but important piece that can be lost.

Pairing the headset with my Treo was simple enough, select the option on the Treo to discover the headset, turn the headset on and key the numbers listed in the instruction book into the Treo and your ready to go.

On the headset you have 3 buttons, you have the call/answer button then 2 volume buttons. They were pretty easy to use, sometimes I would get the buttons confused when trying to answer a call by feel with the device already on my ear. And the “V” in the model number stands for vibrate, so when you get a call the headset vibrates along with your phone ringing. One problem I have which may be a Treo problem is that sometimes there’s a 3 to 4 second pause between when you answer a call and when the Treo transfers the call to the headset. And sometimes I have had problems with the call not going to the headset altogether and will have to hang up and call again to get the call to switch.

As far as sound quality, the Jabra bt250v had pretty decent sound quality, I’ve never had a problem hearing and understanding who I was talking to, and most people appear to hear me quite well also. The only complaint I’ve ever got was that sometimes there are total silent spots in the sound which makes the person I’m talking to think the phone is about to disconnect.

All in all I would completely recommend the Jabra bt250v to anyone that is in the market for a Bluetooth head set. It is an “in ear” head set, and for many people they are picky about wanting an “in ear” or “over the ear” style headset so that would be one thing to consider.