Phone Hands free

[Dan Jenkins]

Tom Buskey wrote:
> I use a wired earpiece in the car so I can keep my hands on the wheel when I
> drive.  I've used it while running out of the car to get something & keep my
> hands free.  It's nice to be able to do something & not have to wait for the
> call to finish.
>
> BT would mean I don't have that pesky wire hanging around.  I could see BT
> headphones being useful instead of wired when I'm doing yardwork, mountain
> biking and motorcycling.
>
> I could see it in a remote data center.  The tech in the center has the
> BT/phone while using tools as someone else is talking them though it.
>
> Of course, it can get out of hand.
>   

For safety when driving, a hands-free kit is very important. Only not 
talking on the phone could be safer. (Or not driving at all, of course.)

We used wired headsets for a couple of years. We both kept catching the 
wires and tearing off the headset or phone. We purchased at least three 
wired headsets during that time, as we kept destroying them. One phone 
was held together by duct tape by the end. We only converted to BT 
headsets this last year when we got BT-capable phones. We would never 
switch back - dorky as the blinking blue headset looks. I'm geek, so 
that doesn't matter to me, but my business partner is definitely not 
geek. The benefits outweigh the appearance aspect for him.

I've had my business partner talk me to a destination, giving me street 
by street directions from Google Maps when I would otherwise have needed 
to either stop and view a map or, much worse, try to read a map while 
driving (haven't we all done that). He has also rerouted me around 
traffic/construction/weather blockages.

We have both used headsets when acting as remote techs. Making the 
phones hands-free made collaborative work possible that was inconvenient 
or impossible before. Making them wireless perfected it. As we have 
unlimited minutes between our phones, we can effectively work together 
while physically separate. We rarely are sitting at computers where IM 
would be feasible, and voice is more effective for us, so BT headsets 
have allowed us to greatly increase the amount of work we can get done 
without detriment to the immediate tasks at hand.

They are not status symbols whatsoever, but cost effective tools with 
safety benefits.

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