{"id":535606,"date":"2010-04-20T15:27:35","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T19:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/?p=14740"},"modified":"2010-04-20T15:27:35","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T19:27:35","slug":"blue-ant-q1-bt-headset-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/535606","title":{"rendered":"Blue Ant Q1 BT headset review"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A few weeks ago, the editor-in-chief of AndroidGuys elected me to test and review a brand new Q1<\/a> headset. \u00a0First, because I am his favorite writer (yeah right) and secondly because I have the Motorola Droid that has version 2.0 and above, I suspect that’s the real reason.<\/p>\n

In any event, while I was excited about reviewing the unit, I have to confess that I do not use BT headsets very often – only when driving. \u00a0But this one is a beaut. \u00a0From the moment I received the package I could tell that BlueAnt put some nice design elements into it. \u00a0To me, it looks a lot like a Jawbone minus the external rough texture. \u00a0Out of the box it had enough charge to last half the day since I determined to put it through its paces. \u00a0And it is by far, the easiest BT device I have ever had the pleasure to pair. One thing I noticed is the lack of volume, which to me is never a good thing. \u00a0I feel like I can always turn something down if it is too loud but too soft is bad and it has almost no bass, so callers sound very tinny and thin. \u00a0And since it’s not in stereo the “not loud enough” problem is compounded by hearing ambient noises in your free ear which drowns out the Q1 even more.<\/p>\n

However, the speech recognition is near pitch perfect as it recognized most of my commands in a convertible barreling down the interstate and all of them indoors or in my wife’s car. \u00a0So anything from to quiet to normal, you should be in good shape in using this headset.<\/p>\n

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The best feature is that a corresponding Android application<\/a> can be downloaded out of the Market but other than the Android compatibility the application is nice but lacking in features. \u00a0It reads aloud new text messages that come in but that’s about it. \u00a0No Gmail, e-mail, contacts, or anything else will be read. \u00a0The main use for the app is to control the Settings and for Voice Control. \u00a0I could see this app being fairly intuitive and powerful in the near future but right now it’s pretty bare bones but still impressive for Android.<\/p>\n

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