Slashdot Mirror

Get a cell phone docking station and plug your house wiring into the cell phone. There are several available: Dock-N-Talk, Cell Socket. Example: Cell Docking Station. Simply google "cell socket" to get more results.

LINK

LINK

There isn't even agreement on whether earbuds decrease or increase your radiation exposure! It's possible that the wire could act like an antenna and channel the radiation to your head.

My guess is that a Bluetooth earbud could help, since it works through a low-power wireless link.

Don't always sit on a chair.
Sit on an excercise ball for a while.
Sit on a kneeling chair for a while.
Shift positions a lot.
Get a headset so you don't have to hold a phone to your head.

Do back exercises every morning and every night. Sit ups, "superman"s (extensions).

And of course, get up and walk around every hour.

An example that says headsets reduce exposure

The following text is from http://telecom.hellodirect.com/docs/Tutorials/5.8G HzFrequency.1.031903.asp. It is a decent article, targeted towards consumers, that explains the difference between 900Mhz, 2.4Ghz, and 5.8Ghz phones and why the different bands exist.

To keep neighbors from constantly hearing each other's conversations, the FCC initially limited the output wattage for cordless phones to just .001 watt. But when digital and spread spectrum technologies (SSTs) made eavesdropping a less valid concern by scrambling signals or dividing them across multiple bandwidths, the allowable wattage for cordless phones was increased to 1 watt. This action made for clearer calls and increased a cordless phone's range three- to fourfold. Meanwhile, the increased wattage covered up the fact that higher-frequency signals require more power to transmit.

When 5.8 GHz phones were introduced, the allowable wattage was not increased--and here is where the buyer must beware. Because transmitting signals at a higher frequency requires more power, some 5.8 GHz phones use the new frequency only for the base-to-handset transmission. Then, to make sure a handset's battery has a reasonable life, handset-to-base transmissions are sent on the older 2.4 GHz frequencies.

One thing I like about Vonage is that you are using a regular telephone (wired or cordless) with the system instead of being tied to a headset that is wired to your computer. There is a USB headset that is wireless. See here. I have not used it, but it is advertised and makes sense that there is a product. Also you might find something with Hello Direct

Like this

So get a wireless one

Here's the corrected link.
$99 from HelloDirect. Cheaper elsewhere, I'm sure.

Check out logitech. They have a great unit that does exactly what you want. It plugs into both line in and out of your PC for use with music/netmeeting, etc. Additionally, when you answer the phone, it automatically cuts over to the phone and cuts out the PC. I bought them for my entire help desk staff, they love them. You can check them out at Hello Direct where we purchased. Or directly at Logitech

Hello Direct's headset page in their catlog

They seem to have really expanded their selection since the last time I saw it.

DRACO-

I'll parrot the crowd saying "Cordless + Headset", and toss out "Cordless + Speakerphone." I use a Siemens 4200. It has no headset jack, but it has a speakerphone on the handset (not the base). People can't tell when I have them on speaker, and it doesn't freak out when there is heavy background noise. Panasonic sells a similar unit (with headset jack to boot), and I believe AT&T does as well. They can all be found at your local Best Buy or Office Depot.

Hello Direct just sent me a junk catalog where they were touting a new Bluetooth enabled headset, but, of course, I'm not in the market for one, so I threw it out. There doesn't seem to be anything on their website about it. How's that for informative?

It might have been a failed transaction for Hello Direct, but I found what I needed. So it wasn't a failed purchase for me.