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A 'ground breaking new product' - that's what Sony Ericsson promised before their announcement of the new MH907 mobile phone headset. Read more about how this interesting accessory looks, feels and works in our hands on review and live picture gallery.

 

On the first look, the MH907 does not look much different from other headsets - except maybe the shiny-factor :) The new functionality only materializes when the headset is in use, and it is one of those things where you ask yourself: why didn't someone invent this before?? Here is what makes the MH907 stand above the 'regular' mobile phone headsets:

• Plug the headset into your ears --> Musicplayer (or optionally Radio) starts to play from where it was stopped last
• Unplug at least one headset while music is playing --> musicplayer/radio pauses
• Plug the headset back in --> music continues to play
• Headset is plugged into your ears, and someone calls you. Remove at least one plug and plug it back in --> you just accepted the call
• When you're finished with your chat, unplug at least one of the earplugs --> phone call gets terminated. If you plug it back in, the music will start to play again (same situtation like in the first bullet point)

That's the theory. And amazingly enough, it is also the reality! It works just perfectly, already in the prototype version of the MH907. The sensors are somehow built into each of the ear plugs, and they seem to be able to sense contact with the human body. You can trigger the different actions by touching the plugs with your fingers, but it doesn't work by touching the plugs with e.g. a pen. Sounds pretty familiar when it comes to dealing with capacitive touchscreens, right? :)

For the sounds quality, there is not much to say: it is on the same level with Sony Ericsson's other in-ear headsets, such as the HPM-75 (which you can see in above picture). And just as with the latter, there will also be 3 different sizes of plugs that come with the Sony Ericsson MH907. The only concern is that people with small ears might have troubles with the overall size of the ear plugs, which are bigger than other headsets.

 

Now, which phones can stay in your pockets from now on? Basically all Sony Ericsson phones that have a Fastport Connector - except the Satio due to its Symbian OS (at least for the time being - we currently don't know if there will be a piece of software which will add the phone control functions to Satio).

The MH907 headset will become available in 'early 4th quarter 2009' - in other words within the next couple of weeks. The recommended retail price will be around 50 Euros.

Find some more pictures of the headset below:

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