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Criticisms aside, the HS-11W's tactile buttons are easy to use by feel. There's a volume rocker; a power button that also mutes or unmutes calls; and a call/end button that can be used for voice dialing, redialing, and switching between calls. Additionally, an LED above the call/end button keeps you updated on the headset's status. Similar to the Treo 650 headset, the Nokia HS-11W takes the same charger system as the Nokia 7610 mobile that we used for testing. The advantage: while traveling, that's one fewer power adapter to bring along.
As mentioned above, we had no problems pairing the headset with the Nokia 7610, and the device never lost its connection. But after we put the headset on, the fun pretty much stopped. While volume was plenty loud and clear on our side, callers reported that we sounded distant and hollow. We also paired the device with the BlackBerry 7290. The headset has a promised talk time of 6 hours and a rated battery life of 6.6 days. We managed 4 days of standby time in our test.
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