Motorola Endeavor HX-1 - first glance

Package Contents:

• Headset
• Charger
• Bow
• User

Motorola has always pleases its fans with new and new devices ... which, unfortunately, those same fans are often simply can not buy. Due to the fact that in our country a lot is not available. For example, the company has a splendid sets a series of EH (25, 50, 70). These small and inexpensive things could very well be sold, even if only by virtue of what is fully compatible with devices from Apple, this iPhone, and notebook brands. However, we saw them on sale? None. I'm not talking about the accident seemed to be cheap stuff, but in fact they are doing and the market. Wired headsets, chargers, batteries, cheap, but from a company with a name that covers - all of this is the most important thing. Wireless devices need a fairly limited audience, no matter how it was surprised and not impressed. Well, still, is not it discussed all sorts of things, and like they have everyone, but it is not so. We must understand that the need for "charging" or the same wired headsets so much more. At these companies earn little thing a lot of money, and seemingly foolish to lose sight of these positions. Accordingly, we want to believe in that, in the 2009th are responsible for this trend to more closely fit Motorola to form line of accessories. Especially since there are so many interesting and at the moment, at least above the headset. And now comes the time of chargers with microUSB, there can a lot of options, and consumers often better to pay slightly more for the original product than a nameless thing in a plastic bag. Great time of experimentation. The same universal covers, but the well-known companies, too, because a good thing. Everything about what I say is already being tested by Nokia, ranging from headsets and ending with covers. So it is necessary to reflect on that matter - considered today Motorola Endeavor or other things. Closer to the fall we will return to an accessory company and what's going on in this market. In the meantime, I suggest you take a closer look at the "monsters" named Motorola Endeavor HX-1, to some extent this is the first product of its kind.

Official page sets the network is here.

Design, construction

The form of the headset is traditional for the company, we have already seen these oblique angles and Motorola PURE, and in some mid-range products. It is a pity that this veshchichki not invented anything new, that would have given her out of the total number. It would be good to move the headset, because the competitor in her current one - Jawbone. And we know that the Jawbone is not only an excellent voice quality (concerns Jawbone 2 and the new suite of the company), but a design that sticks out in every way, it is emphasized in various ways. At Endeavor, unfortunately, kind of a gray mouse. Use normal body materials, metal is not only high quality plastic, the ends of it rippled. Thick, large, however, in actual fact, not so big, so it seems because of eye dynamics with the sensor. The front panel is a small mesh covering the second speaker.As you can see the lining on the front panel of the gray, what about other color options as long as I can not say.

Headset weighs 13 grams, is not so hard. Physical dimensions - 47x18x12 mm. The assembly is good, squeaks and there is no backlash.

As a result, the main claim for the appearance - again, we've already seen. It turns out that the product has a very good filling, outstanding opportunities for delivery of voice, but the usual design. Needless to say that buyers are more important? Of course, meets on clothes.

On the other hand, not all such savvy as I or others gadzhetomany. And the man who just walked into the salon to buy the best headset, read about it in the network may not be important in my calculations. But in this case say that Endeavor is painfully common, does not cause any response.

When you say that something is wrong, many question: So tell me, how could I do? I believe that there is one possible option: once a design Jawbone, it was possible to stand aside from trying to give grace HX-1 and go in the opposite direction. On the official site in connection with the Endeavor is constantly referred to the phrase "military technology" may be needed to make a sort of male unit with the appropriate look? To a metal, a rubber bezel, khaki, but more of all this - what do you think?

Way of wearing, comfort

As can be seen, the Endeavor is painfully "penetrating" the speaker, it is long, at the end has a rubber pimpochku, apparently, is some sort of sensor, which is responsible for reading the vibrations from your bones. Immediately tell the unpleasant: I tried to try on the headset to several acquaintances, all noted that it was too deep bites into this thing. True, they noted this point before trying on the device. On actual fact, despite the external side of the question, in everyday use HX-1 is quite convenient, it does not feel. Bow is comfortable, do not rub the ear and causes absolutely no problems, it is better to carry the device with her, so comfortable. In general, the devil is not so bad as he is painted, exactly the same can be said about the Endeavor.Do not be afraid, it's better to try once.

Meanwhile, the girls did not like the little thing at all, several of my guinea immediately noted that this is clearly male thing to wear her uncomfortable. In my opinion, there more of some bias.

Management

On the side is a volume rocker, lever, switch the device. The front panel multi-function button, it can help to answer the call and finish it, dial the last number, activate voice dialing. Silver stripe next to the logo of the company - also a button. Apparently, she was responsible for the activation mode Stealth, when you activate the sensor at the end of the dynamics of (rubber pimpochka). What happens is that he took the company's site: «Activated with a touch of a button, the stealth mode instantly triggers bone conduction technology. This technology uses an ear sensor to seal off outside noise, rather than relying on an exposed exterior microphone. As you speak, the sensor taps your vocal vibrations and seamlessly converts them to speech so the listener hears your voice and only your voice ». Microphones are turned off, the headset is "taking" only your positive vibrations and transforms them. While I can only say one thing: wait for new models to draw final conclusions at this point, this function behaves quite curious. At very high noise levels interlocutor can you hear the other headsets to simply give up in such conditions. Another question, what exactly can hear the source ...

In general, the management of any problems there, everything is clear and logical. But why did such a great indicator light? Even though it is located on the back side, it is still far too high.

Hours

Claimed battery life of seven hours of talk time or ten hours of standby time. Judge the prototype, I will not, in principle, while the mean.

Multipoint

The headset can work simultaneously with a pair of devices, I used this opportunity to communicate with two smartphones, this is Nokia N97 and Nokia N86. The classic way to connect when first performed pairing the first device (N97), then off, pairing with the second, the connection first. Despite the fact that the hands were not quite the final sample, the headset is quite normal coped with this is not a trivial puzzles. True, for some reason did not connect it to your PC, Toshiba X300 persistently show messages that the headset is not detected.

Communication with the phone, voice quality

Product under consideration when working with the Nokia N97, Nokia N86 have proved effective, we are talking about mics work, and not of Stealth. The parties can hear you fine in most situations, be it a car with the window open (a lot of noise from outside), office furnishings, or a noisy restaurant. Range of the headset is about seven feet - not bad, very bad. Transferred on your phone ringtones, connection is stable after the first switching device automatically goes into pairing mode.Last number redial works fine, as well as voice commands. Incidentally, the headset is very "talkative", a pleasant female voice tells you how to connect a headset, provides information on shutdown, and other matters. That's nice, makes communication with the product to some degree intimate. Moreover, when you feel sad, you can even try to talk to a fairy who lives in the headset.

A2DP support is not, so that music in one ear can hear, but the quality leaves much to be desired (a horrible mono).

Conclusions

Prices in Russia may be about five thousand, if not more. What to say about the HX-1 in the conclusion? Not particularly remarkable appearance, not everyone will like an awesome speaker, which in life is easy. The average operating time. Convenient control. Excellent voice quality, almost like the Jawbone, is very similar. That is only as long as it refers only to the speaker, not "military" reading system vibration. We will try new designs and draw conclusions. It is possible to connect simultaneously to two devices, which can not but rejoice. The cost of the device in our country may be about five thousand, maybe more. But will the consumer in this country pay the same amount of HX-1? If only some way to explain that this is a unique thing, and not really expect to sell. My opinion is: if you and send them back to Russia this headset, it is closer to New Year's madness and a very limited circulation. Maybe by inventing some sort of action. Or lay a HX-1, as the cuckoo, the new smartphones. Let's hope that they will appear for the New Year on sale in our country.

Plus a lot depends on whether there will bring to mind the most important function of the device.