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Bluetooth Headset Roundup

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-what-will-i-do-with-my-hands dept.

Faeton writes " HowardChui.com has 5 nifty Bluetooth cellphone headsets reviewed. Looks like we're moving towards the StarTrek Comm unit (check out the size of the Nextlink Bluespoon Digital headset!)"

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  1. No difference by Stashia* · · Score: 4, Interesting

    These devices will not do much to lessen the distraction drivers have when talking on their mobiles.

    The issue is the immediacy of the mobile phone conversation. It diverts the attention that a driver needs to be placing elsewhere.

    http://cartalk.cars.com/About/Drive-Now/scientif ic -evidence.html

    Studies have shown that there is negligible difference in the increased accident probability for users of these devices as opposed to hand-helds.

    If you need to take a call on your commute, do us all a favor and pull over!

  2. Very interesting study. by FreeLinux · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I saw this article today and found it very interesting. For all the screaming about the dangers of driving while using cell phones (obviously there are dangers), the AAA study found cell phones to be much lower on the list of problems than one might expect. Far more problems were cause by some very mundane things that I am sure we are all guilty of at some time or another. Notice the statistics at the bottom of the article.

  3. A perfect example of why BT is retarded by macemoneta · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Let's see... the lowest cost unit in the roundup is $70, and it's replacing:

    - 3 feet of wire,
    - an earphone, and
    - a microphone,

    which is available at my local dollar store. Yes, for one dollar (cash American) I can get the same wired earbud/microphone that came with my Motorola phone (free), except without the logo.

    WiFi at least keeps people from having to ruin a perfectly good weekend or two, drilling holes in walls and fishing cables. But Bluetooth???

    I've never understood why someone would want to replace a high security, exquisitely simple, low cost device with a complex, battery consuming, expensive, insecure device. It's not like you have the option of running SSH or IPSEC over Bluetooth, even if you wanted to.

    Besides, earphones are cool! You wear them with sunglasses and you look like a narc. :-)

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