Bluetooth Headsets?

Eyeless Blond

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So, I'm looking for a headset for use on the bus, and probably at the gym too. It seems to me that the following would be the desired requirements, but someone here may come up with an idea I missed:

-Can pair with both phone, for calls, and laptop, for listening to music/etc. Preferably will pair with both and switch between them automatically when you get a call or something.
-Has decent noise cancelling, because I'll be on the bus.
-Something relatively comfortable and lightweight.
-stereo headphones are probably a good idea; something that can convert between one-ear mono and two-ear stereo would be particularly interesting, but I don't know about those.
-Desired price range: under $50, if possible.
-Audio quality is probably less important than call quality and noise cancellation.

Currently I have my eyes on these two headsets. That second one is out of my price range, but I've had bad experiences with Motorola products, so I don't know what to think about the first. Anyone know anything better?

(Edit): Oh, wait, that second one isn't even a headset; it's just headphones. Um, maybe this one instead, but I have a rather big head, so I don't know if one-size-fits-all will work. Hm.
 
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Eyeless Blond

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While true (I have a good pair of wired headphones at home, and I love them to death), a wired headset probably won't work on the bus, nor with both a netbook and a cellphone at the same time. Plus I've got the new HP dm1z, which seems to have a combined headphone/mic port; can that one port actually handle both the mic and the headphones at the same time? Do they make wired headsets that do both input and output through the same connector, and will it be supported?
 

themillak

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i'm currently using this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...g%20wep470 . pretty standard one ear + mic combo. I have it synced to my phone because my beard apparently muffles occasionally when i use the mic on my phone. I also hook it up to my laptop but the sound quality is great for skype, pretty bad for music.

I was worried about it falling out of my ear but its never happened. looking at the three you linked, i'd be worried about the third one breaking. the first one looks great, not that i'd fit in a pocket easily, and it looks like it has plenty of remote control options on it.