Sony Ericsson HBH-IV835 Bluetooth Headset

My Old Logitech headset actually broke. Went hunting for a replacement. Finally purchased this Sony Ericsson iv-835 Bluetoooth Headset via an internet dealer. The greatest thing about it is that it uses the same charger as my W810i. No more necessity of carrying more chargers while travelling, and I get a spare charger. Besides that, the usual technical geektalk, Bluetooth 2.0, DSP, tiny form factor. Stuff i noticed after i got it, Its got no loop over the ear, but its light enough to stuff into the ear canal. I had to use the largest ear bud. Its rather comfortable, but seriously, not snug enough to go jogging with. A small amount of headbanging will definately send the headset flying. Another point to note.. You CANNOT eat keropok crackers while using this headset!! Try stuffing your finger into your ear and eat the keropok crackers, the feedback is LOUD! Also, the redial function doesn't work, even with my w810i. Gonna email sony aboout it. **update: well i finally got it to work. Have to double press the button very very fast, for the redial to work. Even after knowing to have to double press it very fast, sometimes i still don't seem to press it fast enough.** I'm going to mod this headset soon so that i can put some sort of clip onto it to facilitate me clipping it to my shirt while working. I hate to have the headset in my ear all the time. More pictures after i mod it.

I finally modded my IV-835 bluetooth headset. Its better now that i don't have to stick it in my ear all the time. I can now clip it to my shirt like a pen. I don't know why sony doesn't make a similar clip. My design is not refined yet, so it has a rough finishing, but its functional. The clip need not be removed to stick the bluetooth into your ear. If sony made this, they could fabricate it to have a lower profile, which would make it fit better to the ear and look nicer too. I'm trying to find someone to fabricate the mould.. anyone knows who fabricates such moulds? Making it... I bought the cheapest charger i could find, which was a 10 ringgit car charger with the fastport plug. Cut the fastport plug into 2. After that, i cut off the stem off a pen, and drilled a whole into the pen cover. O then screwed the stem of the pen cover to the plug and superglued it for some sturdiness. Works well, now i can clip the bluetooth to my pocket when its not stuck to my ear. This clip works well with the iv-835 has the headset does not have a loop to get in the way when clipped to my pocket.

Pictures of the mod available at my blog from the link below

Disclaimer: Original work previously published in my blog at http://alantyc.blogspot.com/2006/12/clip-mod-for-sony-ericsson-iv-835.html