Wireless Headsets?

Posted by Cliff on Sunday November 10, 2002 @12:18PM from the look-ma-no-hands! dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "My girlfriend has moved off to grad school on the opposite side of the country, and we've been video conferencing over GnomeMeeting instead of using the phone (we don't have landline phones, only cell phones, so we can't use the phone before 9pm w/o burning through minutes). GnomeMeeting works well, but we are tethered to our computers by our headsets (since headsets seem necessary to prevent echoing). Are there any inexpensive wireless computer headsets with microphones out there? I saw the DIY Bluetooth headset story, but I don't feel like scrounging for parts this time... I want to by a working headset right now. I've seen $200+ headsets out there. Are there headsets out there with roughly 20 meter range for less than $100?"

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Not a headset, but cheap by m_vand · 2002-11-10 12:28 · Score: 2, Interesting

I got an AT&T model 6100 "VOIP Phone" off eBay for about $30. They usually go for under $50.
The base station plugs into the wall for regular calls, and into your sound card's mic and spkr jacks.
The handset has a "phone" button to use just like any other 900 MHz phone, and a "VOIP" button that connects to the sound card.
It is headset ready, but you're gonna have to carry the handset around with you.
Re:Fixed URL by aminorex · 2002-11-10 13:03 · Score: 4, Interesting

Dang straight it's cheaper elsewhere!
$24.99 after a $10 rebate at
http://www.compuvisor.com/logcorfreedh.html

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