11-10-2005, 09:00 AM
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Swami
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MobileTechReview Stick a Nextlink Bluespoon AX2 In Their Ear (And Review It)
""Wow" is the phrase universally heard when you first show the Bluespoon AX2 Bluetooth Headset to anyone . . . So what spurs the "Wow"? Well, it's the size initially. The Bluespoon AX2 is really tiny and very light, so tiny in fact that it seems almost out of place with its surroundings. For example, when you plug in the charging cable, it feels like you're plugging the Bluespoon into the end of the cable rather than the cable going into it. If you lift one end of the cable, the headset is dragged around like a tiny rag doll. . . .it's that lightweight. .. . To be precise the AX2 weighs in at 10g (>1/3oz), that's the same as a couple of 'quarters'. Try putting a couple in your ear; that's what the Bluespoon feels like."
Tiny rag dolls and sticking coins into your ear. Lovely images. MobileTechReview certainly do have a wonderful way with words. ;-) If you are comfortable with the idea of wearing a tiny, lightweight and discreet Bluetooth headset in, rather than on your ear, then the AX2 looks like a good option. Are you guys regularly using BT headsets with your PPCs and how are you finding them during daily usage? Personally I am not using my BT headset as much as I thought I would. It can be a hassle to always remember it and sometimes it is easier just to take a call the 'normal' way. Are you guys use your BT headsets more or less than you thought you would, or is a BT headset now your 'normal' was of using the phone?
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11-10-2005, 11:51 AM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
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I have a Sony Ericsson one, which I never used a lot. Somehow, with the PDA2K, I kept using the device in the old fashioned way (pressing it to my head) except in the car, where I used a wired headset.
Now I have the Jasjar, and I got to say that even if it is only slightly bigger than the PDA2k, it passed a line in what I like to hold up to my head. So I went out and bought a Jabra BT800, which has the additional benefit of showing the callers number. This means the Jasjar can remain pocketed, and I'm able to take the call. It also helps that the Jasjar comes with a decent Voice Call application, so I can use the headset to initiate a call myself.
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11-10-2005, 03:26 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Nov 2002
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I use my Jabra headset only when I'm in the car. You look like a dork walking around with a headset hanging off your ear all the time. Now maybe that's where this little quarters and rag doll contraption shows it's worth.
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11-10-2005, 03:36 PM
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Then I'm a dork - as a rule if I'm out and about, I'll have one in the ear. The convenience of just pressing a button to answer the phone, rather than having to dig it out is my main excuse. I'm certainly using it far more than I originally expected, to the point where if I forgot to bring a headset along, I feel a little naked.
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11-10-2005, 03:37 PM
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Intellectual
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Originally Posted by hishamh
Then I'm a dork - as a rule if I'm out and about, I'll have one in the ear. The convenience of just pressing a button to answer the phone, rather than having to dig it out is my main excuse. I'm certainly using it far more than I originally expected, to the point where if I forgot to bring a headset along, I feel a little naked.
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11-10-2005, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by jeasher
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Originally Posted by hishamh
Then I'm a dork - as a rule if I'm out and about, I'll have one in the ear. The convenience of just pressing a button to answer the phone, rather than having to dig it out is my main excuse. I'm certainly using it far more than I originally expected, to the point where if I forgot to bring a headset along, I feel a little naked.
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Yes, big time dork!
You'd be even a bigger dork though if you left a 'wired' earpiece in...
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11-10-2005, 03:54 PM
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:lol:
Oh, it gets worse - phone in belt pouch, PDA on belt clip, now I'm looking at external battery packs to help increase battery life, like this one which also sits on a belt pouch:
http://www.batteryspace.com/index.as...amp;ProdID=919
Say! You wouldn't happen to know where I can get a copy of Batman's utility belt would you?
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11-10-2005, 04:20 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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I have a Sony Ericson HBH 300. I don't find it particularly comfortable, but I do use it for most of my calls. (I know doesn't make sense.) I have a Jam, and I find the speaker to be difficult to find when trying to use it in the normal way. I keep thinking I need a new headset, but with Christmas coming up, plunking down money for a toy for myself just isn't in the budget.
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11-10-2005, 04:34 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Dec 2003
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I have the AX and it's a great little piece of kit. It must be said, however, that about the only time I use it is on long car trips; otherwise, it sits next to my Tablet at home. In truth, I'm not on the phone all the time (not much at all really) or I might behave differently. It's too bad cause it really is cool but as was pointed out already, having it on all the time isn't...
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11-10-2005, 04:43 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2002
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So, what's this going to do? Make you look like you have a hearing aid with a little blinking blue light? :roll:
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