Gizmo Review: Sony Ericsson MH907 motion sensing earphones
November 27th, 2009 by Annkur
While Sony Ericsson has trimmed its Bluetooth offerings to have just 1 button control, the regular headset loses all buttons with the sensME technology that comes in the MH907. The centre of attraction for this device is the smart motion sensing controls that automatically pauses the music if you remove a earbud, and answers an incoming call automatically if you insert the earbud back in your ear. In case you are listening to music already or have the earbuds inserted, you just need to remove and reinsert any of the earbuds to answer the call (you can read all combinations here). The headset works by sensing your ear’s skin and not the actual motion as the name ‘motion sensME’ suggests (to reaffirm: try holding the ear plugs with your fingers instead of putting them in your ears). The audio quality of the MH907 matches up to the HPM-64D that shipped with our SE W595. The stereo widening effect actually felt better on the 907. All in all, the sound quality won’t be a concern if you opt for this headset.
This MH907 headset from Sony Ericsson is a good example of simple technology sense that has been put to good use. While this isn’t something that would really change the way we listen to music (as promised by the pre-launch teasers), if there is one reason why the headset won’t fully live up to the ‘hype’, it will be for cellphone compatibility rather than the feature set. We spend a lot of time with our cellphones, and over the week or so when I used the MH907, I happily got used to them. The automation makes you lazy and dependent. If only Sony Ericsson had put a thought to bring this to its MP3 players (possible to their third generation ones as well?) and if possible to the latest Sony Ericsson devices that comes with a MicroUSB port (and not just a fast port), it could actually affected our music consumption in a big way. For the moment, if you plan to get yourself the MH907, go for the black (Titan Chrome) colour, as the white pair gets dirty (quite natural) pretty easily.
The sad part is that these earphones won’t work with anything that doesn’t have a FastPort since it has no buttons. Here is a list of Sony Ericsson phones with the compatible Fast Port. Enjoy!
- Aino™
- C510
- C702
- C902
- C903
- C905
- G502
- G705
- Jalou™
- Jalou™ by Dolce & Gabbana
- K660i
- K850i
- Naite™
- T700
- T707
- T715
- V640i
- W508
- W595
- W705
- W760i
- W890i
- W902
- W910i
- W980
- W995
- Xperia™ Pureness
- Yari™
- Z750i
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