Phone apps & bluetooth headphones

Can I get bluetooth headphones that will work with the phone apps like Truephone & Skype?

Merula wrote:
I'm not sure why they would do this as wired headphones are available with a microphone (they work for Skype etc.) Are they the only ones that make the headphones with microphones?
a) They're holding back features so the consumer can be impressed by "free" add-ons in the future
or
b) They haven't worked out the kinks in the system and this is the best they can offer at the moment, with headset support in the future as they fix bugs, etc. Routing audio through bluetooth isn't as easy as using wired headsets. Bluetooth is just like using the internet. All data gets compressed/encrypted/packet'd, then sent to the other device, where it does the reverse. That's on TOP of the audio processing that is done with both wired and wireless audio. So, you then have to factor in, how to do all that, without lagging the audio too much (like watching poorly dubbed Chinese movies, the guy is talking but the audio comes out a second after he starts)
take your pick.
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