Altec Lansing BackBeat 903

Pros: does everything good

Cons: does nothing great

Summary: I like everything about the 903, but love nothing about it. Call quality is equal to or better than any earpiece I have had, including the jawbone. Pairing with my blackberry tour is perfect every time. Controls are good and include everything you need depending on how you program your play list. The daily occurring drawback is that it takes about 30 seconds to put it on my head. It does a good job (same as any quality blue-tooth device) of connecting while during a call. It does a very good job of pausing media to answer a call, including returning to a few seconds prior to where you were previously (that is actually an issue that occurs with some devices when combined with the blackberry, including the ear piece blackberry includes during shipment). Obviously, call quality can suffer because the microphones are far from your mouth, for example, the included mic/earpiece with the blackberry has better overall call quality. I use bose QC15's with mic attachment for quality calls and media, and, of course, they are better in every way (THEY HAD BETTER BE, RIGHT?) They are very good for the gym, they stay out of the way, have a nice range to the blackberry, plus you don't loose your balance because of the shutting out that some devices cause by closing your ears completely off from the rest of the world. I saw one other reviewer that said that the device cut out sometimes. Mine does also. It seems to be caused by the location of the blue-tooth transmitters to each other. For example, if I have my blackberry in the front of my sweat jacket or in my front pocket while on a hike, it cuts out frequently. everywhere else, up to about 30 feet, it is great. Obviously, it is because the signal cuts out when going through your body/head. That actually sounds scary!