Stuff’s that I love: Motorola DC800 Bluetooth Stereo Gateway and S9-HD Bluetooth Headphone

January 8th, 2012 | by | personal

Jan
08

Motorola DC800 Bluetooth Stereo Gateway and S9-HD Bluetooth Headphone

Motorola DC800 Bluetooth Stereo Gateway and S9-HD Bluetooth Headphone

Motorola Bluetooth Home Stereo Transceiver by streaming music to your the Bluetooth Stereo Headphones, the Bluetooth Home Stereo Adapter turns audio devices such as home stereos and MP3 players into wireless music systems. Just plug the DC800 into your home stereo or MP3 player with an included RCA cable or 3.5mm cable and you are ready to go. You can even hook up to your RCA capable TV!

The Motorola MOTOROKR™ S9-HD Stereo Headset delivers style, performance, and remarkable sound for your iPhone, iPod, or other stereo-capable Bluetooth device. This lightweight headset lets you make hands-free calls and wirelessly listen to music, and it features noise-isolating ear buds, so you’ll get high-definition surround sound for all of your calls and tracks.

The Motorola DC800 Bluetooth Stereo Gateway and S9-HD Bluetooth Headphone are excellent products and works amazingly great in combination. The best part that I love is: zero setup. Now, I can watch the TV, without disturbing my wife. But, I use it mainly with my computer to listen to video lectures, watch YouTube, etc. The reason, I don’t use the Motorola Headphone directly with the laptop is, that, it is tiresome to pair it with my laptop. Also for long lectures, if I pause it in between, and want to put my headphone on charge, I can’t switch the audio playback device, without reloading the online flash videos. Now, I can just sit on my bean bag, and enjoy the videos, no messy long cables, superb audio quality, no background noise.

BTW! Motorola DC800 Bluetooth Stereo Gateway can be used as a Bluetooth receiver also, to extend the wireless audio range.

WARNING: Don’t buy Motorola S9 HD, from eBay. All the Chinese version, or as they call themselves original OEM editions are complete waste of money.

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Motorola Fire XT Review

September 26th, 2011 | by | general, personal

Sep
26

Motorola Fire XT 530

Motorola Fire XT 530

Pros:

  • Beautiful design, great looks and excellent build quality. Mimic somewhat to HTC phones in look. Front is metallic titanium and back is flexible plastic/rubber like finish.
  • 800 MHz processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Li-Ion 1540 mAh battery.
  • 5 MP camera, auto focus, LED flash. Dual Camera for video calling using pre-installed Qik Video. Picture quality is average.
  • Charge through standard USB port is much faster than through the Motorola charger.
  • Notification led light near front camera.
  • Call Recording and MotoSwitch UI and Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread) OS.
  • Audio quality and signal reception is average (Better than Samsung, but still Nokia is the King). Speakers are loud and good for general use (not music or crowded markets).
  • Touch sensitivity is Fair (Not excellent, Not Bad). I am still using it with the default screen sticker, as it is completely transparent unlike Samsung phone screen stickers.
  • Browsing experience is good with this phone. Fast and responsive UI, pinch to zoom available.
  • Very Cheap. Buy from letsbuy.com for Rs 12,890 with free Jabra Bluetooth Headset BT 2045 Worth Rs 1499 and additional discount of Rs 1200 with discount code: icicilb

Cons:

  • User available memory is too low, just 150 MB. Can’t install apps from the market, as the memory is easily filled. Also Apps2SD won’t work, as the apk’s updates files will remain in the internal storage only. Solution: Root your phone any use Link2SD program from android market.
  • Battery doesn’t last more than 10-12 hours (2G) in standby mode with no WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth On.
  • Bottom buttons are very hard to press and use, as they are not touch sensitive buttons.
  • FM reception seems to be very bad, normal earphones (not in-ear, also no ear plugs).
  • Not much customizations, but I like the Apps Drawer (Folder) to arrange applications into category.
  • Rooting method not known. All known exploits don’t work. You can now root your Motorola Fire XT using the method described at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218506&page=2
  • Due to it’s core being ARM v6, so many apps won’t run like Adobe Flash Player, Mozilla Firefox, etc. Also HD games won’t work due to low resolution.

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