Community weekly poll: Is Bluetooth technology important to you?
- 10/10/07 2:50 PM
Is Bluetooth important to me
by arebart - 10/10/07 8:05 PM In reply to: Is Bluetooth technology important to you? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Well i got the $40.00 Bluetooth from Verizon. it fits nicely in my ear and is great while driving a car or doing anything else when i have to use my hands. it is safer when driving because you can concetrate more on driving instead of holding the phone. In Chicago you have to have one otherwise you'll get a ticket for talking on the phone while driving. it's a lot better then having to put up with the wires
I can't ever get it to work
by TrackStar1682 - 10/10/07 8:19 PM In reply to: Is Bluetooth technology important to you? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I use bluetooth more for transferring pictures between phones and stuff, but the only problem that I always have is that I can't get it to work!
Why I like Bluetooth cellphone headsets:
by tgdyar - 10/10/07 8:20 PM In reply to: Is Bluetooth technology important to you? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I live in CT and handheld cellphones in the car are a legal NO NO. I've tried everything else and these are by far the best solution to hands free cell phone usage.
Bluetooth
by flyingscot4 - 10/10/07 8:20 PM In reply to: Is Bluetooth technology important to you? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I don't care what the driver in to other car looks like as long as he/she has both hand and one brain free to drive. I believe that cell phone use in cars should be illegal if they're not bluetooth or hands-free.
Bluetooth
by arebart - 10/10/07 8:38 PM In reply to: Bluetooth by flyingscot4Well I just retired from driving a truck for 40 years and have seen numerous accidents because of people talking on their cell phones. one time i had a woman pull out in front of me while i was going 60 talking on her phone all the while she was looking at me. thankfully i was able to avoid her. with the bluettoth it feels like you got more mind control over talking on the phone instead of hoding. but your right they should be banned from use while driving
Is Bluetooth technology important to you?
by Michael Yeo - 10/11/07 12:53 AM In reply to: Bluetooth by flyingscot4In my country Singapore, it is a very serious offence to hold the mobile phone while driving. Not only will the offender be fined which is quite a high price to pay, the driver will also be given demerit points.
If the driver has other traffic offences which he/she will be slapped with additional demerit points. If the driver has occrued the maximum demerit points in that one year, the driving licence will be suspended.
As for me, when I am driving and if there is an incoming call on my mobile even though I have the wired ear piece, I will neither use the latter nor pick up the call. It is only when I either reach my destination or stop my car at a legal place that I will return the caller's call.
I doubt that the caller will be so unreasonable just because I don't pick up his call as it's just a matter of self discipline.
Even for those who put on the bluetooth on their eye while driving, it is still unsafe to a certain extent as the driver's attention will be distracted.
I believe that many have seen drivers using bluetooth while driving and their hands 'flying' off the steering wheel.
Though we are in an era of high technology, my personal view is that such devices are not that important and unsafe to a certain extent.
Is Bluetooth technology important to you?
by Michael Yeo - 10/11/07 3:35 AM In reply to: Is Bluetooth technology important to you? by Michael YeoMy apologies that I inadventently made a spelling error on my last posting as follow:
"Even for those who put on the bluetooth on their eye while driving, it is still unsafe to a certain extent as the driver's attention will be distracted."
It should be read as "Even for those who put on the bluetooth on their "ear" and not "eye".
I love mine
by mini14gb - 10/10/07 8:31 PM In reply to: Is Bluetooth technology important to you? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
They are so nice to use when at home. I keep the headset on top of my cell then when the phone rings I just put it on before answering. I have a BT deck in my car so I don't use my headset in public.
Bad sound
by Rancho Gordo - 10/10/07 8:37 PM In reply to: Is Bluetooth technology important to you? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I tried 3 different sets and the sound quality was pretty bad and it seemed to wear the battery down on my phone faster. I prefer a wired headset.
Reply to Bad Sound...
by stedod - 10/10/07 11:16 PM In reply to: Bad sound by Rancho GordoIf the plantronics Voyager 510 was one of the three that you tried so be it... But if not, I found the noise cancelling and sound quality on this headset to be far superior to the JabraHT500, Motorola H500, and some other Motorola headset??? Just a suggestion...User reviews on CNET have given the plantronics Voyager 510 an 8.3 rating and if you search online you can purchase the device for less than $30.
Stedod
Why I love Bluetooth
by Artcabell - 10/10/07 9:27 PM In reply to: Is Bluetooth technology important to you? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
1) I'd rather have that geeky "Star Trek" Uhura looking earpiece on my ear than try to hold a cellphone while doing anything, especially while driving. I really hate corded earphones. It won't be long before they get the earpiece small enough to hide or implant in my ear and it'll be like Star Trek: The Next Generation.
2) Bluetooth works great with my GPS. I took my wife out to dinner one night and the restaurant was booked. So we looked up another restaurant on my Garmin Nuvi GPS which has bluetooth. The GPS had the phone number, dialed it on my cellphone, we booked the reservation, and the GPS gave us directions to get there. Now that's technology working for me.
bluetooth headsets are definetly dorky
by maggiedev - 10/10/07 9:36 PM In reply to: Is Bluetooth technology important to you? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
i hate them, but it is a necessary evil at our house. my daughter is a quadriplegic and cannot use a regular cell phone. after a lot of research i found a cell phone, bluetooth ear piece and a buddy switch that was all compatible for voice command. she can now answer her phone by just hitting the buddy switch with her arm. awesome piece of equipment for her, a pain in the posterior for me. i never can keep the silly thing on my ear.
sure it makes us dorky - but..
by peter4012 - 10/10/07 10:17 PM In reply to: Is Bluetooth technology important to you? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Blue tooth to a working person, safety and convenience driving and other activities it definatelly a plus - taxidrivers while driving, managin workers while in the field, self employeed service worker all benefit....
But IT DOES MAKE US LOOK AND ACT LIKE DORKS
Blinking blue light - (at least if it was a moving blink we could be twisted 'cylons' fom battlestar galactica
Talking to yourself - already an issue with wired hands-free, you keep seeing these people 'talking to themselves, arguing with themselves ' --- how many times have you answered somebody, only to have them look up and expose their blinking ear.
Cool or Dorky?
by dlsears - 10/10/07 10:37 PM In reply to: Is Bluetooth technology important to you? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Definitely dorky. People who wear those things ought to be on a leash, not on the loose. It isn't just that they always seem as if they're talking to themselves -- they're not really -- it is in fact that their heads are somewhere else and their attention is yours only until the bluetooth headset rings. Then your conversation is as palatable as half a cockroach in the sandwich you've just taken a bite of.
The bluetooth headset is a sure sign of someone who thinks it's gonna hit the lottery on the next phone call.
I've got bluetooth in my new cell phone and I've added it to my laptop, but I haven't had an occasion to use it. I guess it's not important to me.
And even though I couldn't care less what I look like fashion-wise, I'd never wear a bluetooth headset lest I be considered a slave to my toys. That's why it's dorky, dude.
big disappointment
by redking44 - 10/10/07 11:59 PM In reply to: Is Bluetooth technology important to you? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Got a bluetooth headset and dongle to use with VOIP. 30 feet? hah! 10 was pushing it and configuring the adapter was a total (and undocumented) nightmare. Took over 1/2 hour with tech support to get it going. Anyone who knows what it means to "replace the Microsoft Bluetooth stack with (whoever) Bluetooth stack" might be OK but assuming only bluetooth experts will buy your product kinda limits potential sales - orpisses everyone else off. And then it woud keep losing connection... all in all about a Zero star satisfaction rating.
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