Review: Sony Ericsson - MW600 Bluetooth Pendant Headset

The MW600 comprises a bluetooth pendant dongle about the size of an AA battery with a 3.5mm headphone jack. Sony Ericsson also supplies a reasonable quality set of 3.5mm headphones with the pendant and a micro usb wall charger.

The review was performed using a LG eXpo and the supplied SE headphones after approximately 24 hours of use (the review will be updated as time goes by).

Price: Approx. $100CA

Availability: I found it at a Rogers Plus store in Northern Ontario.

Installation: Easy. Both the expo and MW600 found each other easily and both headset and a2dp profiles were automatically connected.

Stereo Sound: Overall reasonable. Sounded a little tinny at times. Some background buzz while pulling heavy data over a wifi network. I found that the sound clipped slightly while some data applications ran in background. However, not really enough to be a major nuisance.

Based on experience so far, for convenience sake I would prefer to use the MW600 to listen to music rather than the wired headset.

Headset performance: Good. Received calls were reasonably clear and callers on the other end reported satisfactory results. The MW600 supports voice commands which is a fantastic feature.

VOIP: So far, the MW600 has not performed well during VOIP tests. During a VOIP call the microphone output is very low. This seems to be a problem with some other bluetooth headsets as well. Until I can work out how to fix it, I would not recommend the MW600 for VOIP calls.

Battery Life: I have used it for about 2 hours straight and had about half the battery icon when finished. Will update this as time goes on.

Overall: So far, really enjoying the convenience of bluetooth earphones for listening to music. The major benfit of the MW600 compared to other pendants is that any 3.5mm earphones can be used.