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November 10, 2004
The New Look For Spring: Bluetooth In Your Ear
Posted by Dana Blankenhorn
With all the hoop-de-doo over mobile phones being bad for you, it makes sense that a wireless headset, connected to your phone or (maybe even) your iPod, would make sense.
And the best technology for making this happen is Bluetooth. It's cheap, it's short-range, and it offers all the bandwidth sound needs.
Well, ducky, Santa's got your bluetooth headset right here. All the colors of the rainbow.
Froogle's got literally hundreds of the little guys. Famous makers like Scala, Lantern, Siemens, Jabra (right) and Body Glove.
I wish I were working on commission...but there's a serious technical point. Why are we holding little bricks to our heads?
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Dana Blankenhorn has been a business journalist for over 25 years and has covered the online world professionally since 1985. He founded the "Interactive Age Daily" for CMP Media, and has written for the Chicago Tribune, Advertising Age, and dozens of other publications over the years.
1. Jesse Kopelman on November 10, 2004 04:32 PM writes...
I think the reason all new phones don't support Bluetooth is the same reason the move to standard 2.5mm headset jacks petered out. Manufacturers just love their proprietary accessories. That Bluetooth is a cheap and easy standard makes the big handset manufacturers dislike it.
My problem with headsets in general is where do you put them when not talking? Putting it into a pocket is cumbersome and I'm not too keen on just leaving it in my ear. This is not a big issue for the > 6000 min/month crowd (and they are really the only ones who should be worried about radiation), but the majority of users are in the
Permalink to Comment2. Jesse Kopelman on November 10, 2004 04:34 PM writes...
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