LG HBM-730 Headset review

The HBM-730 is quite basic when it comes to features. Of course they include the normal answering, rejecting, and ending calls, voice dial support, last number redial, a low-battery status indicator, call-waiting support, and the ability to transfer calls from the headset to the handset and vice versa. Oddly though, there is no call mute function.

We paired the LG HBM-730 with the RIM BlackBerry Pearl, and it did so successfully. Call quality was quite good--inbound audio had sufficient volume, and we could hear our callers loud and clear, with natural-sounding voices. Outbound quality was also good, but our callers did report slightly muffled sounds, and the noise cancellation wasn't great, especially in windy environments. That said, the headset worked fine in relatively quiet surroundings such as a car or the office.

The LG HBM-730 has a rated battery life of 3 hours and 50 minutes of talk time and 6.25 days of standby time.