Bluetooth headset for Mac?
Thursday, March 13, 2008 by Dave Winer.
I've been doing my interviews with a new USB headset I bought on Saturday at Fry's. It's pretty good, except there's a hum, and the volume is pretty low, so the person I'm interviewing comes through louder than I do. 
I'd like to nail the quality issue, so I've been looking into other choices for USB headsets.
Then I wondered if the Bluetooth headsets for cell phones work with Macs?
I read some of the product descriptions on Amazon, and it's not clear. They say they work with Skype, so that must mean they work with laptops and desktops, right?
So the question -- is anyone using a Bluetooth headset with a Mac? If you use a USB headset is there one you recommend or don't?
Update #1: Based on advice from early commenters I ordered a Sennheiser USB headset from Amazon. I figure if any of them are high quality this one is, I'm definitely going to buy a Bluetooth headset, I've never owned one, I figure I should try it out, they're not very expensive. I do have Bluetooth headphones from Motorola, courtesy of Sprint. So I'll try those out with the Mac now that I know they're supposed to work. 
Update #2: Here's the Bluetooth headset I'm getting.
Update #3: Chuck Shotton got the Bluetooth headset I'm getting.
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