CTIA: Wireless bluetooth dongles all over the place
Here, then, is some documentary evidence of the bluetooth headset dongle trend. Â Worrying. Â I took this picture so that folk thought I was snapping the whole of the hall at Mobile Entertainment Live. Â
Actually, I just wanted to get that chap in the bottom left in the shot so I could prove it.
He’s typing away on his computer, right? Â He’s not talking to anyone. Â In the few minutes I was hanging around that particular area of the presentation hall, NOBODY phoned him. Â I can’t work out whether a dongle is a brilliant piece of equipment that every mobile geek should have — and wear constantly — or whether it should simply be reserved as a tool for workmen who *need* to use both hands to mend pipes and carry hammers, but who get calls every (literally) five minutes from clients, suppliers and foremen. Â I think it’s the latter.Â
Here’s yet another chap I managed to snap. I gave the impression I was taking a photo of the big sign.
Well, no. I was taking a picture of him:
Look at that. He’s talking on his bluetooth dongle, right? Yet he is HOLDING is iPhone. Again, this was a continued thing. He hadn’t just brought it out quickly — he was standing chatting, HOLDING his phone. You have to wonder what gets into people. If you’re going to use a bluetooth handsfree dongle, keep your hands free. No need to show everyone your iPhone.
i don’t know if it’s the wine i just had to help me fall asleep or the last paragraph, but i’m laughing quite hard ewan.
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Posted by Stefan Constantinescu on March 31st, 2008 at 11:47 pm.I actually am known to wear my bluetooth headset - even when not actively on a call - simply because it’s convenient. The whole purpose of those things is to NOT have something to fiddle with when a call comes in. If I’m already wearing it, it’s a simple button press to answer the phone.
If you’re NOT supposed to wear it continuously, then what’s the difference in pulling your phone out or pulling your headset out when a call comes in?
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Posted by Ricky on March 31st, 2008 at 11:48 pm.What most people don’t know is that the life of the battery in a Bluetooth headset is rather short, on the average it is 300 charges. Because the battery is most often internal and not swappable, the battery life is the of the headset. If only moderate - heavy cellular phone user-consumers knew that you would need to buy a new headset every year, would they opt to buy a car kit?
Posted by Ken on April 1st, 2008 at 2:50 am.