Product Description

Stay in tune and stay connected with Bluetooth Active Headphones S9. Weighing barely an ounce, this lightweight and discreet headset lets you wirelessly control your music and your calls using the integrated touch controls on the sides of the headband. The behind-the-head wearing style is both comfortable and stylish. So take your music with you and leave the tangle of wires behind with S9, Motorola's newest Bluetooth stereo headphones. Motorola Bluetooth Active Headphones S9 integrate wireless mobile music and calls with an unmatched lightweight design. Behind-the-head wearing style, preferred for top comfort and stability, combines music and call selection from the headphones. The S9 connects to any Bluetooth compatible stereo-enabled music handset or to any iPod (with Bluetooth adapter - sold separately) providing access to the entire music library for a full wireless music experience.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #82 in Cell Phone Accessories
• Brand: Motorola
• Model: 98801
• Released on: 2007-03-02

Features

• Play time up to 6 hours, talk time up to 7 hours, and Standby time up to 150 hours
• Sweat and water resistant
• Integrated music and call controls in a discreet iconic design
• Supports HS, HF1.5, Bluetooth v2.0, A2DP, and AVRCP Bluetooth profiles
• Compatible with most Bluetooth enabled handsets and audio devices

Amazon.com Product Description
Stay in tune and connected while strolling down the street with the Motorola Motorokr S9 active Bluetooth headphones. Combining ease of use with the latest Bluetooth wireless technology, the phones are ideal for Bluetooth-enabled cell phone owners or for iPod owners with compatible adapters. The S9 phones are distinguished by a behind-the-head design that weighs just over an ounce, providing the ultimate in comfort whether you're working out or riding mass transit. The phones' ultra-compact 0.51-inch ear buds, meanwhile, fit softly in the ear even during extended use--a must for long conversations or listening sessions. And users will love the innovative touch-sensitive controls on the sides of the headband. The touch controls let you easily adjust the volume, skip or repeat tracks, or answer a phone call while on the move.

The stylish S9 wireless headphones fit comfortably behind the ear and weigh just over an once.

The S9 phones make a terrific workout partner thanks to the wireless technology and the water- and sweat-resistant design. Want to listen to your iPod at the gym without getting tangled in wires? Buy an iPod Bluetooth adapter and you're set. Alternatively, you can listen to your mobile phone's music selection during tough workouts, or even music from your home stereo while lifting weights nearby using the DC800 stereo adapter.

The phones are compatible with Bluetooth 2.0-enabled cell phones, iPods with Bluetooth adapters, and select other devices.

Phone-wise, the S9 headphones are built to provide superior call quality, less interference, and faster connections thanks to the Bluetooth 2.0 wireless technology. Class 2 Bluetooth also provides a range of up to 33 feet--enough for a variety of home and portable applications. For optimal outdoor performance, users should position the music device in close proximity to and in the line of sight of the S9's internal antenna, which is located in the base behind the user's head. Placing the music device in a front pocket is not recommended.

Other details include support for up to six hours of music listening or seven hours of talk from a single charge of the 180 mAh lithium-ion battery; a mini USB connector for charging; and a stylish black housing with red highlights. The phones measure 4.9 by 1.8 by 5.1 inches (W x H x D), weigh 1.14 ounces, and are backed by a one-year warranty.

Note: Motorola Bluetooth stereo products (headphones and adapters) are compatible with any brand of Bluetooth-enabled phone or music device that supports Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) and Audio Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) protocols. In order for Bluetooth devices to communicate with one another, they must utilize the same Bluetooth profile. To determine the profiles supported by other Motorola devices, visit www.hellomoto.com/bluetooth. For other devices, contact the respective manufacturers. Certain Bluetooth features--including those listed--may not be supported by all compatible Bluetooth-enabled devices, and/or the functionality of such features may be limited in certain devices or by certain wireless carriers. Contact your wireless carrier about feature availability and functionality.

What's in the Box
S9 Bluetooth headphones, USB charger, user's manual.

Customer Reviews

B rillian T
Comment Caveat: [Right off the bat! I bought mine at T-Mobile when I was there setting up new phone service. And I paid about thirty-five smackers. Seeing Amazon sell them for about seventy clams casts a whole different light on the various issues people have described in other reviews. The "value" equasion for me is quite a bit different, since I feel like they were a bargain. But the advertised and list prices are totally disproportional to the coolness factor of this product.]

These headphones are "da bomb." (Not an expression I use lightly!) Never in my life had I danced around my room listening to my most bombastic beats without one of two things happening:

1. The neighbors calling the police.

2. Becoming wrapped tightly in a spiders-web of headphone wires, promptly causing me to stop dancing and go back to taking life too seriously.

Without wires, I can twist and roam and run arround freely, all over the same floor as my BT MP3 player. Even if I get sick of a song, the headphones have built in forward-track/back-track buttons, saving me having to return to the player. Just tap on my temples and I'm on to the next bump. I can also control volume, and pause.

The sound quality is a 3.9, where 5 is auditory orgasm and 1 is soup cans avec string. The volume can't get too-too crankin', but is more than loud enough to drown out the sound of neighbors hitting ceiling below with broomstick, police sirens, or the scornful laughter of tight-bums who can't appreciate a white man dancing in his underwear.

I've used my headset for hours and hours now and still have not recharged it. I guess that means, "The batteries last a long time." I look forward to streaming the next Hare-Krishna worship session from Brookly (6 hours long) and dancing through the whole darn thing...

Realizing I need to provide some serious review, I'll toss you all these bones:

Pros: Very good sound quality, pairs easily; pairs with everything I've thrown at it; runs a long time without recharging; light and comfortable to wear; simple controls built in; work well even at moderate distance from BT source.

Cons: A little "delicate" when traveling and not in use - they can't be wrapped around your iPod a few times like earbuds - you need to really pack them carefully; unable to reach sadistic levels of loudness; made by Motorola, who is likely to shutter the division that makes these at some point in 2008-9; not really cut out for use as telephone headset - it's possible, and OK once in a while, but regular callers will complain; silly flashing light that makes you look cool if you are under 14 years old, but really insecure if you are over 30.

Keep reading the other reviews here to see a lot of the other things I'm leaving out, both good and bad. And know that if you can get these for less than fourty, they are awesome. More that that, and they quickly sucumb to gadget fever and die an ugly death as an overpriced "contraption."

Awesome ... When It Works
I really enjoyed these headphones until they stopped working.

The design is stylish and minimalist and the sound quality rivals that of wired headsets. I'm very active, so I want a headset that I can use to listen to tunes while working out or running. I connected these to my cell phone for music and calls.

After about a week of taking these everywhere, the volume turned itself all the way down and the buttons stopped working. This rendered the headphones useless. My joy at having found such a cool product turned into disappointment as I read about the similar experiences of others. Apparently this is a somewhat common occurence with these. I returned my Motorola MOTOROKR S9 bluetooth headphones for a refund.
Motorola needs to take responsibility for this defect and issue a recall. Until then, I can not recommend this product. I suggest shopping around for products from other manufacturers.

High price, cheap product
Avoid these headphones at all costs. With less than 2 weeks of wear, my headphone's volume controls now do not work and the headset automatically skips "back" to the previous track - constantly - so no music can be played.

Outside, the reception is poor, and the only place my cellphone can be placed in order to connect with the headset is directly in the middle of my lower back - somewhat less than an ideal place.

My headset will be returned ASAP.