As I have said many times, the headset is akin to car speakers for mobile phones: The audience is like, like and phones is befitting, but still the product is not popular. Many Russian drivers use the speakerphone? I doubt it, which is the case even now such devices from the "telephone" the producer, but also embedded systems - well, when it is, maybe I'll even seize this opportunity, but so far just fetch the phone from his pocket and answer the call. Squeeze the old-fashioned phone arm, lit a cigarette, I will stand in traffic and communicate with a person, not being distracted from the road. I understand that it's wrong that you can not talk and drive a car, it's bad. Save sets, it is somehow more convenient than a separate unit on the visor, which must connect the phone to charge, to make of the car when he parked somewhere. Perhaps in Europe the cars do not compete, but we have a brilliant contraption attracts a criminal element with the crowbar.
And now, HCB-150. Fairly new device, which continues the glorious traditions of the past clever devices from SE. I will not break the review on Glaucus, because for this kind of stuff is not necessarily the most important thing here to understand whether it is worth spending more than three thousand for the pleasure of owning and additional amenities. So when you see this headset, you probably wonder sizes, it is really quite large, the weight, though small, only about two hundred grams. The design is interesting, here and bevels on the ends, and a rich plastic of various types, including soft touch, a silver paste makes the headset visually less "complete." I can not to undermine the appearance, everything is in corporate, beautifully and intelligently. On the front panel are rotating in both directions without stops joystick with a button in the middle of the confirmation, the rotation you feel the passage of scratches, it is convenient. Cloth mesh conceals the speaker on the back of anything, except for the mounting clips, not the left button is located with the logo of Bluetooth (responsible for a fast connection, so you get in your car, pressing her op-field, again in fight), right - charger connector and lists the call button (there is).At the upper end constituting the main part, it's OLED-display, on each side of him is the answer and end a call, the latter is also responsible for turning on and off the device.
So, turn on the HCB-150. The screen shows the name of the last to use the device is trying to connect to it, in the case of the SE P990 it only takes seconds. Yes, an important detail - depending on the position of the device label on the display is inverted, it happens pretty quickly, but I can not pay attention to the fact that when you move the visor may be false positives. Basically, not much trouble, the process takes seconds. Now I suggest you go to the menu (to start going to the Preferences) and see what we popotchuyut. Incidentally, I had a non-localized version, with English and French, this information is important. So, the first item goes on and off to vote, I immediately picked off, because listening to the nasty voice that every movement is called a menu item, simply impossible. He also reports on the incoming call, call the phone number or name from the phonebook, if it is in great and mighty English. Special line is the ability to read SMS, alas, is paired with the P990i, this function does not work, but it would be cool zaimet such a possibility in the localized version, now just trying to vyznat how far gone Russification, and it looks like in practice.
The second paragraph is devoted to setting the brightness control, the third - the choice of language, fourth - Service information, this version of firmware.Now look at the menu itself, to move to use the joystick to confirm your selection by pressing the central button, the joystick is also responsible for adjusting the volume during a call. So, on the first item is the telephone book, in theory, it must be downloaded from the phone, but I did not happen (again, used the P990). I think it will be convenient enough so to use the headset: the subscriber has chosen, by pressing the send call, sit down talk. After the book are lists of calls, I see only the numbers without names in the format XXXXXXXX 7, for subscribers, whose names were drawn in Latin, it was not a number, and name, the map is the same as in the phone contacts. Then we have already completed the "Settings" and click add another phone, there is the corresponding key, which allows for retention go into pairing mode. In general, the results of the menus quite transparent: the calculation is a new model of phone companies, it is paired with them and will work all the basic functionality. On the other hand, what counts for the bulk, because by and large the main point here - it's voice quality.
Works correctly voice dialing, last number redial, all these actions are carried out by pressing the Call button.
And it must be said, pretty average. No, it does not say that bad or even how, for me, a characteristic feature of "srednesti will always be a silent reproach to the interlocutor, who advises to pick up the phone. People hear my medium, along with noise, echo, crackling, and yet who knows what.Headset on the visor causing a desire to move closer, touch her lips and slowly, with a banner saying: "Guys, it is an expensive piece of" sonerikov "on it I heard good!" But no, all over the fact that I took it off and continued the conversation by telephone. The surprise for me was this here's another fact: when trying to detect HCB-150 with Nokia N81 8Gb, I failed, was not found. Same for Motorola RAZR 2. Same goes for LG Viewty. But with the Samsung i550 managed to discover the device, but the only sound for some reason the speaker is not done for quite inexplicably, just magic. I remember as a fraction of a second was found P990, connect without a password - a fairy tale. Reverting to a device made solely under the brand model? It's a shame, as the army of car owners love and Nokia, and Samsung, and Motorola, hardly anyone of them for HCB-150 will buy a brand new W890i or something.
The charger is used here is standard, while the pleasant surprise is 25-hours of talk time and 700 hours standby time - long, long time. In addition, we must bear in mind that when you charge off does not occur. In practice, the headset is not bad himself showed, in a typical usage scenario "from work - to work five days a week" to you it will be enough for at least days to seven or eight shut-off for the night. Not to mention the off day, because you can use it in the office as speaker, removing the clip and put the device on the table. Incidentally, the clip is securely fastened to the visor Thing from bumps, vibrations, it is not dumped.
More than three thousand. Hmmm, how to tell you, personally, I'd better buy some headset for a couple of thousand, and calmed down. Yes, it's all very cool and a great display with the address book and call lists, and a rotating wheel, and so on, but I did not like the most banal - talking on the HCB-150. And no other benefits do not replace the joy of living and the smooth, clean and light conversation.
