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Soyo Freestyler 500 Bluetooth Headset and Bluetooth USB Adapter
$9.99 + $5 Shipping
Condition: New

Product List:
- 1 Soyo Freestyler 500 Bluetooth Headset with Bluetooth USB Adapter Dongle BT-BE-HD09KIT

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these have noise cancellation?

Works with only XP and 2000???

Why dosn't it play well with vista =(

So I can plug this into my computer, and use the ear piece over Skype?

Froogled

A2DP on this thingymabober?

Amazon reviewers give it a 3. That's worth thinking about.

Works with my printer? Whats up with that?

It's new! Not a refurb (rox0rz!) this time. No used earwax!

This is the same price on Amazon, except Amazon has the free shipping (with $25 purchase). Sorry woot.

Edit: OOPS, Amazon doesn't include the USB adapter. Then I'm REALLY sorry woot.

I'm buying it then..I'm about to upgrade phones.

Got these last time they were on woot, they're horrible. Signal range is about 6-10 feet, and the audio is horrible.

Really, crap.

does it work with Mac???

I bought this last time. The headset has a blinking blue light and you can't stop it from blinking. I wouldn't be seen in public with a bluetooth headset anyway (they are the new fanny pack as another wooter said) so it doesnt matter for me. But if you want to be a target for people to throw stuff at you, this will give them a motivation to hurt you.

Wow, this was $12.99 in January. And it's still just as crappy.

the amazon one does not include the dongle

Ha-ha-ha
De ja vu?
Just wondering if anybody else saw this same set on woot a while back.

valett84

ppremont wrote:I bought this last time. The headset has a blinking blue light and you can't stop it from blinking. I wouldn't be seen in public with a bluetooth headset anyway (they are the new fanny pack as another wooter said) so it doesnt matter for me. But if you want to be a target for people to throw stuff at you, this will give them a motivation to hurt you.

Blue blinking light? Sounds like Star Trek stuff. Maybe I won't buy it after all.

I heard these things have decent quality and you can't beat that price.

what version bluetooth is the usb adapter?

"shouldn’t’ve"

I love it! You're not supposed to use two contractions in the same word but I'm a proponent for doing so anyway. When we look back at the naughties (i.e. 2000-2009), I'm sure we wouldn't've had it any other way.

The bluetooth dongle DOES NOT WORK ON CANNON PRINTERS. You need a more expensive Canon brand dongle.

does anyone know if i can i use the bluetooth adapter to transfer files between my phone and my computer? my "music" phone didn't come with a data cable for me to transfer mp3s to

I got one of these before. They are horribly uncomfortable. I used them with my cell phone and they worked. But the version that has the ring that goes around your ear is really uncomfortable. The version that has a regular earbud style headphone and you clip the mic onto your shirt is better.

Don't know any more about noise cancelation, dropping connections, etc as I couldn't wear it long enough to test.

i froogled the first time and my post got deleted... so here it is again i guess that wuz teh funneh

Froogle

worth it for the price.... but here is what i think:

headset:
Battery life is great... at first.
blinking light can be distracting while driving at night. maybe i should slow down so i wont be paranoid.
doesnt like to be thrown at the wall... also the clip that it comes with may break if you arnt nice to it. that wuz teh funneh

dongle:
No comment... seems to work fine once you set it up.

Just bought one, forgot to check the board, only need this for the mic for ps3. How will it work for ps3 use. Thanks in advanced

bought 3 last time when it was $12.99.. its crappy.. atleast one does not work..

i bought one b4 for my nokia n95. everytime i talk to someone with it, they can always tell if i'm using soyo or jabra. they never hear me well and it tends to disconnect by itself way more than the jabra.

The bluetooth thingy I never got working properly :P

but the USB bluetooth dongle is amazing. It comes with BlueSoleil drivers, and best of all, it's compatible with the Wii remote (wiimote).

If you've ever wanted to play with the wiimote on the computer, get this woot!, get a wiimote, and download the glovepie controller emulator. It works like a charm!

There are also some user-built APIs out there useful for making wiimote based games and such.

kinda funny, just broke my bluetooth headphone today, decided to look on woot to see if there was one.... BAM! I am one lucky dude!! Thanks woot!

Does anyone know if the USB adapter is completely independent of the headset? I need a couple of blue tooth USB adapters to send the pictures off of my phone to my computers. I don't need the earpieces (wouldn't wear them), but I haven't found a blue tooth USB adapter this cheap.

Ugh! Got these last woot. The ear piece is painful, the audio is godawful, the bluetooth drivers for the USB dongle are kludgy and unintuitive, the whole thing feels flimsy. I would not recommend.

nettolt wrote:I could use one. great. For only 10 bucks how can you go wrong.

You can go wrong by buying this. Don't do it!
p.s....the dongle software is even worse than the headset.

I bought this thing for the dongle back last time it was on woot.

Don't know about the headset or any proprietary software, but the dongle is correctly recognized and works find on a Debian Etch system. Got it connected to all my Wiimotes with minimal effort.

Soyo Data Sheet link: http://soyo.com/uploads/downloads/freestyler500combo_spec_final.pdf

product page (drivers & info):

http://www.soyo.com/product/Bluetooth/5/FreeStyler%3F_500_Bluetooth_Headset_with_Bluetooth_USB_Adapter_Dongle/542

wait, can i use this with xbox 360 or something?

adek011 wrote:does anyone know if i can i use the bluetooth adapter to transfer files between my phone and my computer? my "music" phone didn't come with a data cable for me to transfer mp3s to

Yes you can.

earsjr wrote:what version bluetooth is the usb adapter?

Both the headset and USB adapter are Bluetooth Version 1.2. Which means ~Less than 33' of coverage.

Does anybody know if bluetooth is backwards compatible?
Say if my phone supported Bluetooth version 2.0 would this headset work with it?