I am currently without a landline phone. I have relocated for the summer and I chose not to get a standard phone. I have high-speed Internet access, so I decided to use Skype on a MacBook Pro and I just added a Bluetooth headset so I could talk and walk away from my computer if necessary. The Bluetooth headset I purchased is a Sony Ericsson Akono Headset HBH-608.

10.4.11My logitech 360 headset will not work with skype and mac osX 10.4.11. Had same headset before that had the same problem but then suddently began working just fine -- for about a year until a wi. I am currently without a landline phone. I have relocated for the summer and I chose not to get a standard phone. I have high-speed Internet access, so I decided to use Skype on a MacBook Pro and I just added a Bluetooth headset so I could talk and walk away from my computer if necessary.

I am unfamiliar with Bluetooth headsets in general and after my wife went through a bunch of reviews, this is the one I chose. It can be used with cell phones and VOIP, plus it was about $50 – a decent price. Skype is offering free Skype Out calls for at least the end of the year. I’ve tried out the headset the past two days. The included documentation claims that the headset has a 5 meter range. I don’t that’s quite accurate.

While the headset does function within 5 meters of my MacBook Pro, the sound quality becomes static-y. Now, I’m not sure if that is a function of the headset, Skype, or the fact I live in an area with many wireless networks. The headset is comfortable for about an hour and half. After about that time, the headset became uncomfortable.

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The speaker hits a very odd spot on my ear – it hits above my ear canal and falls into a ridge (perhaps a diagram would be helpful). Otherwise, the audio quality is quite good. It works quite well with both iChat and Skype audio chats.

OS X found the headset quickly and pairing was relatively painless. The combination doesn’t completely replace a real phone, I still use my cell phone on occasion. I’d like to put together a USB device that works with Skype with a standard phone because standard phones are more comfortable for some situations. Currently, the only USB devices that work with Skype and a standard phone are compatible with Windows only. I have Parallels Desktop; I think I could have the USB device work on it or I could use my old Windows laptop.

The test has been successful for now. I use the phone for maybe an hour a day so the headset, Skype, and MacBook Pro is a reasonable solution. I just purchased a plantronics voyager 510 for my macbook, intending to use it for Skype.

Apparently it is paired, but not connected: when i go to Preferences and look at the status of the PLT 510, it says the following paired: yes configured: yes favorite: yes connected: no when i connect it (by pressing the ‘call control’ button on the 510) i hear a beep in the 510, and its says connected: yes after a few seconds, the 510 beeps again and the connection is lost again (connected: no) I have a fully charged battery. Any ideas on what the problem may be? I would really like to skype in comfort!!

Gunnar is right. Chris may be right. You only need to connect PLT 510 once. You don’t even need to make it a fave. Once it is connected, under skype preferences>audio, you should already see PLT510 there as an option for speaker/mic.

Just choose those guys and everytime you make a skype call, mac will just look for the device and connect automatically, you don’t have to do anything special. If you stopped talking or hung up the phone, the connection will be dropped automatically to conserve power. Ain’t that neat? I had some problems last night.

Got a bluetooth headset to use in my online courses. Works fine until people stop talking. Then I get beeping in my ear and when someone talks, I miss the first second of what he’s saying. All settings are fine and it’s connected.

I guess it just figures I’m done and waits, shut off-ish with beeping. I did find out that if I have something making noise that it doesn’t ‘lose connection.’ I fired up itunes in the background and all was good. The problem there is all the dang noise. I turned itunes down as low as I could and upped the volume on the class software (Centra) but it was still distracting. Distracting > Missing data 🙂.