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Spotlight: Plantronics Discovery 665 Bluetooth Earpiece
Tonight at Digital Experience Brad shimmied over to the Plantronics booth and with just the slightest wink wink nudge nudge say no more, slunk away with their not yet available Discovery Bluetooth headset. So we're going to pass on our little catch and maybe squeeze out some photos before it gets announced. There are two kits, the 655 and the 665. They both include the same 6XX headset, but have different bundled accessories. The 655 has an AAA battery adapter and an AC charger as well as a USB charging cable. The 665 is more travel-centric with just a USB charger and 12V car charger. Both include three sizes of gel ear tips, an ear loop, and a dock for the device, the "charging pocket". The pocket, which looks a lot like a pen cap, has glittering purple lights to let you know if it's ringing when it's not in your ear.   At a first glance it's very professional. It doesn't have a screaming LED halo when it's on, the headset itself is gloss black and aluminum finish rubberized buttons in a stripe down the center. Without being hearing aid small, it's unobtrusive and lightweight. I'm wearing it for this write-up and I keep looking for it on my desk then realizing it's still in my ear. This also means that it doesn't block sound from the outside world much at all, for good or for ill.   It's comfortable and the ear tips rotate some 45 degrees off center in both directions to conform to individuals' ear shapes, and it can be fitted to left and right ears. I personally wouldn't use it without the ear loop, as I keep knocking it loose while operating its three buttons. Even though I wear glasses, the loop doesn't bother me at all. The buttons might be stiff, or they might need breaking in. I'd rather use my fingertip to press them, but it seems like I need my fingernails for the requisite pressure to get "em to beep. Of course, with three buttons, you will have to learn a little Plantronics light signal code to use all of its functions, but I had no issues using it right out of the box in the simplest (and probably normal) ways. In use, it doesn't have a noticeable difference in wake-up times compared to other headsets I've used, which means that it still takes two or so seconds to pop out of standby, and goes back into standby a little faster than I'd like. Come back after we've had some real time to test its features and battery life. I wonder if it only weighs nine grams with the ear loop and an ear tip. . . Specifications
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