Plantronics M155 MARQUE Bluetooth Headset for apple iPhone

The Good The Plantronics Marque M155 is a fashionable and affordable headset that is comfortable in the ear. Audio quality is good. It comes with a free one-year subscription to the Vocalyst service and voice alerts, and you can answer calls with your voice. It also has a visual battery indicator when paired with an iPhone.

The Bad The Plantronics Marque M155 does not have good noise cancellation, resulting in poor call quality when outdoors.
The Bottom Line The Plantronics Marque M155 is an attractive and comfortable Bluetooth headset that complements the iPhone's style, and works well as long as you keep it to indoor usage
Plantronics is marketing the Marque M155 as a Bluetooth headset designed for use with smartphones. Indeed, we can't help but notice its silver sides and button design are very similar to the iPhone 4 (and the upcoming iPhone 4S). Features are decent--you get A2DP audio streaming, voice alerts, and a free one-year subscription to Vocalyst, a Plantronics service that will read your messages, let you dictate replies, and carry out other functions. It also has a companion application for both Android and iOS devices, and if you pair it with an iPhone the headset's visual battery meter shows up on the iPhone's screen. Call quality wasn't perfect, especially in an outdoor setting. For only $59 retail, however, you might be able to forgive that imperfection.

Even though Plantronics said that the Marque M155's sleek and svelte design is meant to complement most smartphones, we think it's quite obvious the company took major design cues from Apple when designing the Marque. The Marque M155 is thin and rectangular, with a glossy black or white finish on the front and back. It has squared-off sides covered in silver, which reminds us of the iPhone 4. Even the multifunction call button on the front looks very similar to the iPhone's home button.

On the back of the headset is an earpiece clad in a clear earbud cover. The Marque M155 comes with three different sized eartips, and each of them has a loop attached so the headset will fit securely without an ear hook. Still, it does come with an optional plastic hook if you feel the need for additional stability--we didn't. To us, the Marque M155 felt very comfortable in the ear, fitting neither too deeply nor too loosely. We were able to wear it all day without feeling like it was going to fall off.

Also on the back of the headset is a hidden notification LED that lights up when the headset is powered on or when it's charging. There are a sliding power switch on the left spine and a volume control button on the right. There's no volume rocker, so you have to cycle through a few volume levels before getting to the right one. Plantronics seems to want you to use your smartphone's volume control instead if you want more refined control. It's a little annoying, but not terribly frustrating.

what do you mean by MAC OSX + iOS ?

What will you do when your idevices like iPhone,iPad or iPod touch battery gets over ? so you can work on Mac Mini? or Mac Pro or iMAC like facetime or iMessage etc? well yes and that's what it mean so lets see what's the features we can do

Mac and iOS.
Connected like never before.
When you use a Mac or an iOS device, you’re able to do incredible things. And now when you use them together, you can do so much more. With OS X Yosemite and iOS 8, your devices recognize when they’re near each other, enabling new features that let them work together in even smarter ways. So the best devices now bring out the best in each other.
From Mac to iOS and vice versa. Pick up right where you left off.

When your Mac and iOS devices are near each other, they can automatically pass whatever you’re doing from one device to another. Say you start writing a report on your Mac, but you want to continue on your iPad as you head to your meeting. Handoff lets you switch over and pick up instantly where you left off. Or maybe you start writing an email on your iPhone, but you want to finish it on your Mac. You can do that, too. Handoff works with Mail, Safari, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Maps, Messages, Reminders, Calendar, and Contacts. And app developers can easily build Handoff into their apps

Start working on a project on your Mac and pick it up instantly on your iPad or iPhone.

Phone. Mac, now answering the call.

Now you can make and receive iPhone calls right on your Mac. When your iPhone rings, you’ll get a notification on your Mac showing you the caller’s name, number, and profile picture. Click the notification to answer, and your Mac becomes a speakerphone. You can also decline the call or respond with a quick iMessage. Making a phone call from Mac is just as easy. Just click a phone number you see in Contacts, Calendar, Messages, or Safari. Dial in to a conference call from a Calendar event, and your Mac automatically enters the passcode for you. And if your iPhone rings while it’s charging in the bedroom, you can answer the call on your Mac in the living room — they just have to be on the same Wi‑Fi network. Because it works with your existing iPhone number, there’s nothing to set up. Just point, click, and say hello.

SMS.More ways to get your message across.

With OS X Yosemite and an iPhone running iOS 8, you can send and receive SMS and MMS text messages right from your Mac. So when friends text you — regardless of what phone they have — you can respond from whichever device is closest. All the messages that appear on your iPhone now appear on your Mac, too. You can also initiate a text message conversation on your Mac by clicking a phone number in Safari, Contacts, or Calendar.

How to Enable AirPlay Mirroring in iOS 7 to Stream an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch Display Wirelessly

AirPlay Mirroring sends exactly what is on the iPhone or iPad screen wirelessly over to an Apple TV or a compatible AirPlay receiver app on a Mac or PC like Reflector orXBMC, including the audio stream if one is available. This mirroring feature is great for demonstrations, presentations, picture slideshows, watching video on a larger screen, gaming on a bigger display, recording an iOS device screen, and so much more.

While iOS AirPlay Mirroring is simple to use, how it works can cause some confusion and lead some users to believe it’s not working at all. Furthermore, AirPlay and Mirroring is hidden by default in iOS, and you’ll need to meet a few basic requirements before finding the feature available for usage on any iOS 7 device. This makes it a bit different than how it works from a Macwhere it’s always visible but not necessarily usable, but once you learn how to use it on your iDevice, you’ll find it’s not complicated.

AirPlay Mirroring Requirements for iOS

• An AirPlay receiver / server – this can be an Apple TV,Reflector, or XBMC, etc
• The iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch must be new enough to support AirPlay Mirroring, running iOS 7 or newer
• Both the sending iOS device and the receiving AirPlay device must be on the same wi-fi network

Assuming you meet those basic requirements, you can get started streaming the iOS screen over to a bigger display.

How to Use AirPlay Mirroring in iOS 7+

Before doing anything else, be sure the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch is on the same wireless network as the AirPlay receiver, this is necessary otherwise the two devices won’t be able to communicate with one another.

1. Power on the Apple TV, or launch the AirPlay Receiver app on a computer
2. Swipe up from the bottom of the iOS screen to bring up Control Center
3. Tap the “AirPlay” button
4. Choose the name of the AirPlay receiver device from the menu, then toggle “Mirroring” to ON to send the iOS screen to the receiver

The iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch screen will now instantly appear on the Apple TV, or the Mac or PC if they are running an AirPlay receiver app.

Using an iPhone mirrored over to a Mac running the Reflector app as an example, this is what it will look like:

It’s important to note that the AirPlay option will not be available if the receiver device is not found. Thus, if “AirPlay” is not visible in Control Center be sure the AirPlay receiver is online and active (meaning, if it’s an app that the app is open and running on the computer), and double-check that both AirPlay streaming devices are on the same wireless network.

These are the two most significant errors encountered with using AirPlay and AirPlay Mirroring in iOS, and fortunately are extremely simple to resolve. If you find that only audio is streaming over and there is no screen display showing up on the receiver device, you probably simply forgot to toggle the “Mirroring” option ON from the Control Center, so just swipe up again and enable it as described in step 4 above.

Sending an iPhone or iPad display mirrored over to an Apple TV will just display the home screen or open app, with the remainder of the TV having black bars. While AirPlay Mirroring is active, the titlebar of iOS will often turn blue to indicate that mirroring is enabled, I say ‘often’ because it doesn’t happen all the time with all devices, thus it’s not reliable enough to be a guaranteed indicator of AirPlay activity.

As of now, Apple only supports AirPlay Mirroring output to an Apple TV, but if you don’t have an Apple TV yourself you can still use the feature and try it out yourself by utilizing third party apps that run in OS X, Linux, or Windows, like the aforementioned Reflector, or XBMC. The latter app is free, whereas the other two options are paid with free trials, all of which make for excellent apps that are well worth exploring for those interested in wireless streaming of the screen of an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

Turning Off AirPlay Mirroring in iOS

Finished mirroring the iOS screen to another display? Disabling AirPlay Mirroring is super simple:

1. Flip up from the bottom of the screen to open Control Center again
2. Tap on the ‘AirPlay’ button (it should be in white) and select the devices name from the list (for example, iPhone or iPad)
3. Tap “Done” to close out both the AirPLay and the mirrored stream instantly

Simply swiping the “Mirror” option to OFF will turn off the display while keeping the AirPlay audio stream active, thus you’ll want to tap onto the device name to turn off the entire feature.

Of course, the AirPlay streaming feature isn’t limited to mirroring, and the same technology can also be used tostream music and much more.

 mirroring to Macs, not iOS devices.