Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-05-01 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
Voyager 510 for $44.99 shipped free. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009B0IX4/ref%3Dnosim/techbargainscom/002-8574518-4779223 On 4/28/06, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I test drove a bunch of them and settled on the Voyager 510: > > > > http://www.ixap.com/sti_prod

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-29 Thread Gruss Gott
> cHat wrote: > How does the Voyager 510 sound to other people for you? > No complaints, but I do get the "are you on your headset? Oh, I thought so" so it must sound different. ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-28 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
> I test drove a bunch of them and settled on the Voyager 510: > > http://www.ixap.com/sti_prodDet.asp?sku=HFGE-UNIV-BTP01 > > It works well in my car which is not a beater, but it does have an > exhaust that's loud enough to trigger the volume control on the radio. > Even so, I can still hear fin

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-28 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
well, we all know that Gruss's SO is not far away very often. On 4/28/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If you like one-hand text messaging w/o having to slide open the > keyboard, then, ok, the Treo is better, but I've never had to do that > and I text all of the time. > > >

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-28 Thread Gruss Gott
> gMoney wrote: > What's the difference between an incessant cell phone talker who carries > their cellphone everywhere they go...and a "cell phone geek" ?? > A "cell phone geek" is someone who's always waiting for a call, prominently makes a show of the fact that they have a cell phone, or lo

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-28 Thread Gruss Gott
> cHat Humpty wrote: > Okay, I've been hunting around for a BT headset for a while now. I > have one, a Jabra BT110, but because of the ambient noise in my car > (driving a beater until it dies on me) the Jabra's useless. > I test drove a bunch of them and settled on the Voyager 510: http://www.

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-28 Thread Tony
sweet, i may just try that out! thanks. tw On 4/28/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Weegs wrote: > > treo700w > > > > The Verizon XV6700 is way better IMO: bigger screen, higher > resolution, bigger & better keyboard, built-in WiFi, hidden keyboard, > cheaper, etc. > > If you like on

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-28 Thread Gruss Gott
> Weegs wrote: > treo700w > The Verizon XV6700 is way better IMO: bigger screen, higher resolution, bigger & better keyboard, built-in WiFi, hidden keyboard, cheaper, etc. If you like one-hand text messaging w/o having to slide open the keyboard, then, ok, the Treo is better, but I've never had t

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-28 Thread So Kenfused
>"There is a common sense approach to this, that people with common sense >have... " Problem is common sense isn't really all that common. ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:205747 Archives: http://w

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Tony
treo700w tw On 4/27/06, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's for the wife and she's always getting lost :) > She just needs a cheap navigator and maybe a calendar. > > I don't really need Windows, I only use my phone as a phone and an > alarm clock. But I might adjust what's your recommendation?

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Jerry Johnson
Is that thread terrorism? Are we heading to Cuba? *bad. Bad Jerry* On 4/27/06, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is community - you should know better :D > All threads get hijacked! :D ~| Message: http://www.hous

RE: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Erika L. Walker
This is community - you should know better :D All threads get hijacked! :D Cheers, Erika ##| -Original Message- ##| From: C. Hatton Humphrey ##| ##| Hey, waitaminit! I'm still trying to get suggestions on ##| what headset ##| to get... what ever happened to the idea of just answering s

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Sam
It's for the wife and she's always getting lost :) She just needs a cheap navigator and maybe a calendar. I don't really need Windows, I only use my phone as a phone and an alarm clock. But I might adjust what's your recommendation? On 4/27/06, Tony wrote: > THATS A DOPE phone sam. but it doesnt

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Vivec
I've grown accustomed to it. It fits in the palm really, it isn't that huge. On 4/27/06, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > that things ginormous! ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:205690 Arc

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Tony
THATS A DOPE phone sam. but it doesnt have windows. its cool, but its no cooler (FEATURE wise) than any other flip phone. if you are going to upgrade why not go with one that has windows on it? tw On 4/27/06, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm thinking of getting the V for my wife. > http://ww

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Tony
no, more a dork, than a geek ;) hah! On 4/27/06, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now, I guess I'm a geek because I have a belt holster. ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:205687 Archives:

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Sam
I'm thinking of getting the V for my wife. http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/splash/turnbyturn.jsp On 4/27/06, Tony wrote: > treo 700w is my next one. > im rockin the lgvx something > tw > ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.co

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
that things ginormous! On 4/27/06, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I actually use the P800 now :) > Sony's first Smartphone. > > That's one of the reasons I'm waiting for the P990. > > The W950 has style, and a stylus..touch screen with handwriting > recognition yo! > ^_^ > > On 4/27/06, Ray

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Vivec
I actually use the P800 now :) Sony's first Smartphone. That's one of the reasons I'm waiting for the P990. The W950 has style, and a stylus..touch screen with handwriting recognition yo! ^_^ On 4/27/06, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Metro.heh > > I like that last one by Ericsso

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Tony
we are always 2yrs behind, with those damn 2yr contracts :( tw On 4/27/06, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Metro.heh > > I like that last one by Ericsson... > > I just use my phone as a phone book and a phone, so a good, solid phone > is good by me. I had actually read that the RA

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I used to carry my phone in that little pocket on levi's right in the frontyou know, the one on the right above the big pocket. Well, I used to until the damn thing called 911 by itself. When my phone is locked, if you push the 9 enough times, it will dial 911 automatically. Now, I guess I'm

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Tony
treo 700w is my next one. im rockin the lgvx something tw On 4/27/06, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not your taste? but...but..it's sometro... > ;-p > > heh heh heh. > I was actually thinking of this > http://img.gsmarena.com/i/pics/nokia/nokia-8800-01.jpg > > While I wait for the P990 to

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Ray Champagne
Metro.heh I like that last one by Ericsson... I just use my phone as a phone book and a phone, so a good, solid phone is good by me. I had actually read that the RAZR and the SLVR are pretty flimsy, but that could be heresay. Hell, I still own a phone who's design is like two years old.

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Vivec
Not your taste? but...but..it's sometro... ;-p heh heh heh. I was actually thinking of this http://img.gsmarena.com/i/pics/nokia/nokia-8800-01.jpg While I wait for the P990 to be released. http://img.gsmarena.com/i/pics/sonyericsson/sonyericsson-p990-02.jpg I also like this one, which is the

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Ray Champagne
Yikes! I guess not. That is clearly not my taste. The new Motorola SLVR phone, now *that* I'm a fan of. Vivec wrote: > Brother, you clearly have not seen some of the cell phones out there. > > They are a fashion accessory man. > > Check out my L'amour...a thing of beauty: > http://img.gsmaren

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Vivec
Brother, you clearly have not seen some of the cell phones out there. They are a fashion accessory man. Check out my L'amour...a thing of beauty: http://img.gsmarena.com/i/pics/nokia/nokia-7370-00.jpg This phone attracts panties. And when you all up inside that sticky icky icky...You could even

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Sam
I thought everyone had them. I need to get to the country more often. :) On 4/27/06, Ray Champagne wrote: > I see the phone on the hip/belt as the cell phone geek equivalent of the > nerd's pocket protector. > ~| Message: http://

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Tony
prison look? wtf? you been there? i havent, i have no idea how they dress. i have plenty easy access to my phone, in my pocket! tw On 4/27/06, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's only because you kids don't wear belts. Prison look is much > kooler than easy access to the phone :) > > > On 4/2

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Tony
+100 tw On 4/27/06, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I see the phone on the hip/belt as the cell phone geek equivalent of the > nerd's pocket protector. > > > Sam wrote: > > That's only because you kids don't wear belts. Prison look is much > > kooler than easy access to the phone :) >

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Ray Champagne
I see the phone on the hip/belt as the cell phone geek equivalent of the nerd's pocket protector. Sam wrote: > That's only because you kids don't wear belts. Prison look is much > kooler than easy access to the phone :) > > > On 4/27/06, Tony wrote: > >> and yeah, i know 2 phone geeks, and to

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Sam
That's only because you kids don't wear belts. Prison look is much kooler than easy access to the phone :) On 4/27/06, Tony wrote: > and yeah, i know 2 phone geeks, and too many non-geeks. we keep it in > our pockets, ~| Messag

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread G
Hey we're 3-1 in our last 4 games.or 3-12 in our last 15 :) I'll tell you what a Royal is when you tell me what "Sox" are. > Heh - The Royals (WTF is a 'Royal' anyways?) have basically tripled > their winning record in the past week, haven't they?

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Ray Champagne
Heh - The Royals (WTF is a 'Royal' anyways?) have basically tripled their winning record in the past week, haven't they? G wrote: > that's cuz yer a baseball nut toohey Royals won, Yanks > lostSox got smoked though. Indians a good young team. > >> For once today, I agree with yo

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread William Bowen
> Hey, waitaminit! I'm still trying to get suggestions on what headset > to get... what ever happened to the idea of just answering someone's > question rather than hijacking threads? We're taking this thread to Cuba! -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Ray Champagne
Bah - get your own thread, this one's ours now. :) (sorry, I really don't have any clue as to what to tell you, as I'd never own one, since I don't have the legit reasons you seem to) C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > Hey, waitaminit! I'm still trying to get suggestions on what headset > to get... w

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
Hey, waitaminit! I'm still trying to get suggestions on what headset to get... what ever happened to the idea of just answering someone's question rather than hijacking threads? ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Ray Champagne
Oh. Sorry, I get fired up when I'm passionate about stuff. It's really my worst quality. Ask my wife. :) It's just one of those arguments that I have with a lot of people, especially people my father's age, who say that certain technological advances shouldn't be around because they make fo

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread G
that's cuz yer a baseball nut toohey Royals won, Yanks lostSox got smoked though. Indians a good young team. > For once today, I agree with you. :) > > G wrote: >> To that end, cell phones should be prohibited at baseball games. In fact, >> all non-baseball related discussions sh

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Ray Champagne
For once today, I agree with you. :) G wrote: > To that end, cell phones should be prohibited at baseball games. In fact, > all non-baseball related discussions should be prohibited at a baseball > game. If you aren't there to watch a baseball game...go the f*ck > home. > > >> or you

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread G
>> Perfect sense. I know 100 phone geeks, and only 2 non-phone geeks: you >> and >> Ray :) > > I guess you do. I don't need to prove it to you. > > Good thing you're not a director of technology or similar, because in > your eyes, if it can be used to be annoying or evil, it shouldn't exist. > A

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Charlie Griefer
heh. the only reason i even -have- a home phone is because it's $15 a month with Vonage. All of the advantages of a cell (free long distance) and cheap. If there were no Vonage (or VoIP in general, I guess), I wouldn't have a home phone either. On 4/27/06, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread G
To that end, cell phones should be prohibited at baseball games. In fact, all non-baseball related discussions should be prohibited at a baseball game. If you aren't there to watch a baseball game...go the f*ck home. > or you mr. annoying fat man waving at the camera behind home plate,

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Ray Champagne
> > Perfect sense. I know 100 phone geeks, and only 2 non-phone geeks: you and > Ray :) I guess you do. I don't need to prove it to you. Good thing you're not a director of technology or similar, because in your eyes, if it can be used to be annoying or evil, it shouldn't exist. Am I righ

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Tony
we had no home phone until vonage came along, and for 25 a month, who cares, why not. but id MUCH rather just have a cellphone than a home landline. no need. none, whatsoever. and yeah, i know 2 phone geeks, and too many non-geeks. we keep it in our pockets, on vibrate, and answer only when its n

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Ray Champagne
Ugh. For YOU, it's a hassle, so it is for everyone else? Also, it costs my wife and I $65 per month total for our cellphones. Now, if I get a phone at home, I'm spending at least that (probably more, since her family and mine all live a long distance call away), and I'm tied down to the hous

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread G
> 1. i speak quietly, away from people, and handle things in minute or > shorter calls > 2. if you have the data cable for your cellphone, you might be a phone > geek. > 3. if you have a leather protector on your cellphone and its on your > belt, you might be a phone geek > 4. if you have an ear b

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Tony
or you mr. annoying fat man waving at the camera behind home plate, with your cellphone on... YEAH ... YOU! NO ONE CARES that you are on TV, no one, not anyone, but YOU. so fucking sit down, and shut up, go back to your feeble life and be no one, it will make us all happier :) sorry, im REALLY f

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread G
> I don't own a home phone. I know a lot of people who don't. We carry > our "home phones" around with us. It doesn't mean it has to answered or > used. > > There is a difference, a gray area, you know. I do, however, wish that > more people thought like me. Every day. > > Ray > I know a lot

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Tony
spot on holmes. my phone is NEVER on ringer, its always on vibrate, and ill even put it in silence mode so that REALLY quiet situations (Golf Course, Theatre) people dont have to hear my vibrator. there is a common sense approach to this, that people with common sense have... like the game of go

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Tony
1. i speak quietly, away from people, and handle things in minute or shorter calls 2. if you have the data cable for your cellphone, you might be a phone geek. 3. if you have a leather protector on your cellphone and its on your belt, you might be a phone geek 4. if you have an ear bud (or god forb

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread William Bowen
> A serious case of "but not me-itis"! > > Because obviously th'Weeg _is_ that popular! I was just thinking about this and the Homer Goes to College episode of the Simpsons leapt into my brain... I think the appropriate quote is when Homer is saying that "As a Jock, Nerds are my mortal enemy." o

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Ray Champagne
The fat-ass woman at the dog park who talks on it for the 30 minutes she is there talking loudly enough that everyone can hear her, and she's saying *nothing*. She's a cell phone geek. Then there's people like me (and I assume Tone-Loc over there) that carry it with them like their wallet, but

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread William Bowen
> What's the difference between an incessant cell phone talker who carries > their cellphone everywhere they go...and a "cell phone geek" ?? A serious case of "but not me-itis"! Because obviously th'Weeg _is_ that popular! :-P -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and t

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Sam
On 4/27/06, Tony wrote: > im getting one for my car, bt other than that, i REFUSE > to wear them, REFUSE! I've heard that same rant about cell phones years ago. They've all assimilated since. :) ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusi

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread G
What's the difference between an incessant cell phone talker who carries their cellphone everywhere they go...and a "cell phone geek" ?? > im sorry, im certainly one of the biggest cellphone proponents in the > world, > i use one incessantly, i carry it everywhere, but im not a cellphone ge

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Tony
im sorry, im certainly one of the biggest cellphone proponents in the world, i use one incessantly, i carry it everywhere, but im not a cellphone geek. cell phone geeks just kill me... i want to walk up to them, yank the fucking thing from their ear, drop it in their soup, and tell them "YOU JUST

RE: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Erika L. Walker
Tell us how you really feel ... :D Cheers, Erika -- ##| -Original Message- ##| From: Tony ##| ##| fuckin moron ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread William Bowen
> my favorite blueheadedidiot is the one big fat black chick > at the restaurant, with her booty shorts on, her pimp on > the other side of the table, other ridiculous clothing, and > then the blue tooth thing in her ear. now, go home to > your fucking trailer, kick your dog, and crank up your tv

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Tony
im getting one for my car, bt other than that, i REFUSE to wear them, REFUSE! my favorite blueheadedidiot is the one big fat black chick at the restaurant, with her booty shorts on, her pimp on the other side of the table, other ridiculous clothing, and then the blue tooth thing in her ear. now,

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
LOL Well let me start off by defending myself: I don't want this thing so I can wear it all the time. I want something that I can use with my phone, PDA and laptop that will let me record and/or listen to podcasts, make the occasional phone call (especially in the car where NY State Law requires u

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Vivec
Yes well..you know...suppose you are waiting on an important call, but you want to be out? Those bluetooth headsets have fantastic noise cancelling microphones so that the person on the other end can hear what you are saying, and you can hear them, even in a crowded restaurant or a bar. For some

RE: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Erika L. Walker
Yeah, we make fun as well ... We'll say to each other "cyborg alert, cyborg alert ..." I mean really. Do you HAVE to be that in love with your phone to have it attached to your ear non-stop ... No offense - but can't we all draw a line somewhere? Cheers, Erika

Re: Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-27 Thread Tony
we make fun of bluetooth people who wear them in restaurants, etc... ive never seen a gadget annoy me more than that... ever On 4/26/06, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay, I've been hunting around for a BT headset for a while now. I > have one, a Jabra BT110, but because of th

Gadget Time - Need Bluetooth Headset Recommendations

2006-04-26 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
Okay, I've been hunting around for a BT headset for a while now. I have one, a Jabra BT110, but because of the ambient noise in my car (driving a beater until it dies on me) the Jabra's useless. I've been looking around for something with a boom mic on it... like maybe the Sony/Ericson HBH-30, HB