it clearly says works with mp3 players that are not bluetooth! "Recommended Use: Portable audio system, cellular phone " Woot would not shaft us by posting pictures of the dongle, I have trust in them. Also from what I read you can plug any headset into them

toastman91 wrote:it clearly says works with mp3 players that are not bluetooth! "Recommended Use: Portable audio system, cellular phone " Woot would not shaft us by posting pictures of the dongle, I have trust in them. Also from what I read you can plug any headset into them

I agree with your statement on woot (the pictures include the dongle, etc) but I'm pretty sure the receiver piece is permanently attached to the earphones. Look at it closely.

toastman91 wrote:it clearly says works with mp3 players that are not bluetooth! "Recommended Use: Portable audio system, cellular phone " Woot would not shaft us by posting pictures of the dongle, I have trust in them. Also from what I read you can plug any headset into them

NO, it says

"it can connect to your Bluetooth audio player" .

It never says it can work with non bluetooth players!

martyhk0 wrote:NO, it says

"it can connect to your Bluetooth audio player" .

It never says it can work with non bluetooth players!

I hesitate to say this, but I agree with marty on this one. Many MP3 players have bluetooth capability now, so saying it works with portable audio devices is not saying it works with every portable audio device.

Okay, I'm going on with my life now. I'll come back later and see what Woot! finallly has to say about it. Good luck shoppers.

Alot of BT headsets have a receiver attached by wires. I never understood this as it kinda defeats the purpose of bt in having no wires. There are I believe a few bt headsets that have the receiver built into the headset. Look at Lubix bt headsets if thats what you are looking for.

Darn it... hmm. Please woot dont fail us now! but 9/10 the picture has always been right? but hell for $18 shipped who cant take a risk? If it doesnt come with the dongle then we all have something to bitch about to woot until they give us one, now dont we?

celiamarie wrote:so if I plug this into my audio out on my laptop, I can listen to my music wirelessly?

Yup, or any mp3 player. My Powerbook has Bluetooth and I am thinking on it..... but I would love to be able to try the ear buds to be sure they work in my ears. The Razer m|100's are great, but wireless would be nice at times.

This does include the dongle Walmarts does not but this is from the philips website
notice the same weight as Woots with the dongle!

VOX340/17
Don't miss a beat, don't miss a call! Get wireless and connect to your music player and cell phone simultaneously. The Philips VOX340 will alert you about any incoming call, and automatically mute the music if you decide to answer the call with the built in microphone.



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Talk time : up to 12 hrs
Standby time : up to 300 hrs
Connectivity : A2DP, AVRCP, Handsfree
Convenience : Automatic pairing
Number of buttons : 6
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Bluetooth : BT 1.2
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Number of keys : 6
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This looks like a great bargain, except for the hardwired earbuds. I have never found a pair of earbuds that work for me. Either they fall out, or if I cram them in they hurt after a bit. And I'm not interested in splicing those microwires.

I'm holding out for a one piece BT headphone like this motorola:

Seems like the sound quality of the headphones gets mixed but generally positive reviews. Philips is such a wide brand that the engineering quality can vary. I've had good Philips earbuds and I've had bad ones.

shazzz wrote:Walmart sells these for 19.99. Not that great of a deal.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?dest=9999999997&product_id=5751082&sourceid=42499091580428624472

The one in Walmart is just the headset not the transmitter. It's about a one hundred dollar difference.

This is more or less a BT stereo receiver/headset along with the stereo transmitter portion.

If people are looking to use different headphones, it's probably not a huge deal to cut the buds off the receiver and splice on a 3.5 female jack-- if you are comfortable with such electrical stuffs.

rgreed wrote:This looks like a great bargain, except for the hardwired earbuds. I have never found a pair of earbuds that work for me. Either they fall out, or if I cram them in they hurt after a bit. And I'm not interested in splicing those microwires.

I'm holding out for a one piece BT headphone like this motorola:

If you ever find that model for $12.99, please let us know..

Just to aggravate the discussion...


Where's your sense of adventure!!!??? It's less than $20 shipped.

It's not like any of us were burned by spending $50+ on a HDTV tuner card that didn't work very well.

Oh wait, that did happen.

Nevermind.

yowillig wrote:The one in Walmart is just the headset not the transmitter. It's about a one hundred dollar difference.

Walmart ones have the same model number as the w00t one, as the one on phillips site, as the ones on amazon. Has anyone bought the Walmart ones to know what they include?

LilBuddy wrote:So I'm guessing it is 3 pieces. You have a blue tooth transmitter you plug into the phone, blue tooth receiver, and head phones that plug into the receiver.

no what you get is:
1. a unit that will plug into a media player via headphone jack( the squarish looking thing with the little stereo plug there )

and

2. the other thing that has the oblong bluetooth receiver to which a pair of ear buds are wired.

#2 will connect to #1 or to a blue-tooth enabled phone. There is no dongle or third piece that you plug into your cell phone.

OK, I'm in for 3 - One for my Powerbook w/Bluetooth (Yes, these DO work on Macs) and the others as Christmas gifts with mp3 players - and the XM radio - For $15, it will at least "seem" impressive that I tried so damn hard... Plus, it will be nice to have an extra box. Plus, if I'm lucky, they will find the Amazon page , selling for $125. OK, I suck for that.

31337 wrote:This is more or less a BT stereo receiver/headset along with the stereo transmitter portion.

If people are looking to use different headphones, it's probably not a huge deal to cut the buds off the receiver and splice on a 3.5 female jack-- if you are comfortable with such electrical stuffs.

actually it's quite a huge deal as it is not just a simple clip the wires and solder a few leads to it kind of deal, not to mention that it would be BUTT UGLY if and when you were successful.

golncor wrote:no what you get is:
1. a unit that will plug into a media player via headphone jack( the squarish looking thing with the little stereo plug there )

and

2. the other thing that has the oblong bluetooth receiver to which a pair of ear buds are wired.

#2 will connect to #1 or to a blue-tooth enabled phone. There is no dongle or third piece that you plug into your cell phone.

And the AC charger. That would be important...

Err......I do need a stereo bluetooth headset, but as teh other guy said, it kills the point if it has dangling wires.

err....can't wait till we get some more projectors on woot!! ;-;

rgreed wrote:This looks like a great bargain, except for the hardwired earbuds. I have never found a pair of earbuds that work for me. Either they fall out, or if I cram them in they hurt after a bit. And I'm not interested in splicing those microwires.

I'm holding out for a one piece BT headphone like this motorola:

Yeah... me too, but until then, I'm in for 3 of these... (OK, I guess I'm not holding out...)

The Mods are endless...

Got 3 for half the price of the Motorola (yes, da moto be sweet)

I have not checked, but I may not even mod one of the units, I may actually use it with my MOTOKRZR... anyone with one and not as lazy as me check out the R2D2 thing on the KRZR?

After reading all the posts on the now-named "dongle" I can see the confusion.

Woot appears to ONLY talk about the ear-buds and makes no mention whatsoever about the little transmitter box with the 3.5MM plug on the end of it.

Woot also mentions ONLY the earbuds in the shipping weight.

But Woot supplies a picture of the earbuds, transmitter [er.. dongle] and a bag.

To add to the confusion you could note that the earbuds are battery powered. Nowhere in the Woot description, nor picture, do I see any means to charge the earbuds. But no one is suggesting that the set comes without a charger, even though it is not pictured, are you?

I think Woot is selling these only emphasizing their use as earphones with devices that are bluetooth enabled.

Why leave off discussion of the other features?

Maybe that's too 1980s 1990s talking about these as cordless headphones [like Sony made in the 1990s that failed]. Maybe Woot saw the most attractive use would be as headphones for devices with bluetooth.

I have not seen anywhere on the Net, nor on Woot, any indication that this model can be sold in separate parts, meaning the transmitter with the 3.5MM plug or the ear-buds as a separate item.

I think the set comes as pictured on Woot, plus a box, instructions and a charger.

To sell otherwise makes no sense, unless Woot came across a case of BT earbuds for $1 a set and decided to dump them on Woot. But if that were the situation I would think Woot would not post a pic of the entire device, especially since a photo editor could clean that up in two minutes. More importantly, that would be really deceptive to show one thing, but sell another.

martyhk0 wrote:NO, it says

"it can connect to your Bluetooth audio player" .

It never says it can work with non bluetooth players!

but it will work with either bluetooth capable or non-bluetooth capable players:

it will work with blue-tooth enabled players without having to use the square transmitter and it will work with non-bluetooth devices by using the square transmitter as the bluetooth connection.

The part I find funny is the person saying walmart sells them for $20 so it's not that great of a deal. The link provided says they don't have them online, and I've been in my local walmarts recently and they don't stock them here.

Also, walmart =$20 Woot =$18 shipped. That's a 10% savings already. So not that great of a deal? Lets see, you can save 10% and have it shipped to your door....OR, you can drive all over and hope you find a walmart with them in stock, deal with the unwashed public, stand in line and so on and so forth.

Woot for the win.

binueapen wrote:i c the bluetooth,headset but wheres the MP3 player.

you must supply your own player or phone. they are providing the headset/reciever and a transmitter for non-bluetooth devices.

neseattle wrote:And the AC charger. That would be important...

yes that is definitely a big thing.

Thanks Woot!, now I can turn my iPod Touch into an iPhone with Skype.

the one thing I don't see is if there is a clip on the receiver? I would hate to have it dangling from the ear buds, it would make it impossible to keep them in the ears.

golncor wrote:the one thing I don't see is if there is a clip on the receiver? I would hate to have it dangling from the ear buds, it would make it impossible to keep them in the ears.

there is a lanyard, which double partly as the headphone wires, to hang the reciever from your neck.

So what have we learned about this mysterious device?
All I want to know is this; can I take the dongle/transmitter and plug it into the output on my PC speakers and listen to my internet radio while I'm in the other office?

thosemeddling wrote:there is a lanyard, which double partly as the headphone wires, to hang the reciever from your neck.

Hmmmm... perhaps this could be a *geeky* replacement lanyard for the assortment of work crap I have hanging around my neck every day... badge, parking pass, RSA token, air freshener, cow bell, etc.. This could be my opportunity to reach new levels of ridiculousness (and lower back pain) !

The receiver is bulkier then the player, what good is this? And two more batteries. Not for me

OK, w00t knows how much poop would be raised if they did not ship this thing with that 'dingleberry' thingy... since it is in both the pics...

BUT, I will raise all holy hell if it does not ship with the 'Genuine Stimulated Zap Brannigan Velour Bag'... shown in the clickpic.

Also the charger (not shown or even mentioned).

I'm sure mooch items like this cause more problems for woot than items costing 10x as much... it's true in any retail environment.

Woot's next launch... mooch.woot.com for the mooch in all of us...

$139.99 at Sharper Imge according to this website...

http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2006/08/philips_bluetooth_earbuds.html

I'm in for 2.

Qliphah wrote:So what have we learned about this mysterious device?
All I want to know is this; can I take the dongle/transmitter and plug it into the output on my PC speakers and listen to my internet radio while I'm in the other office?

I think that I saw a review that gave @25' as the usable range - and yes, Included: "Power adapter – external "

tgmarus wrote:The receiver is bulkier then the player, what good is this?

For me? Not having to have BOTH an mp3 player and cellphone clipped to my person at all times... sometimes it's nice to leave the items on the desk, and only having the 'medalion' to deal with, it makes for a good deal for me.

I'm sure it's not for everyone, my comment is not a jab, just the potential I see for the item.

LilBuddy wrote:So I'm guessing it is 3 pieces. You have a blue tooth transmitter you plug into the phone, blue tooth receiver, and head phones that plug into the receiver.

So, basically its not wireless at all, it actually makes things more confusing unless u use it a lot and have everything set up a specific way.

RevLiam wrote:Why not if it has a avg headphone jack

Because the iPhone is NOT average. It needs a special sized connecter to fit in its hole.