Yes, I am one of those "people walking around with a blue light blinking on their ear". It's just too easy and works too well not to use.the "Blue Tooth" wireless feature
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Yes, I am one of those "people walking around with a blue light blinking on their ear". It's just too easy and works too well not to use.the "Blue Tooth" wireless feature
I am at my work place at least 9 hours a day,I spend 2 1/2 hours a day commuting. The bluetooth earpiece allows me to send some time with my wife that I wouldn't normally have. It is no more distracting than if she were riding with me as a passenger.HighVelocity wrote:Yes, I am one of those "people walking around with a blue light blinking on their ear". It's just too easy and works too well not to use.the "Blue Tooth" wireless feature
The credible studies indicate that cell phone usage and car safety don't vary based on hands-free versus holding a phone. It's not the phone that's distracting, it's the conversation. Similar results are found when drivers are in conversation with passengers (especially with teenage drivers and passengers).Liberty wrote:I spend 2 1/2 hours a day commuting. The bluetooth earpiece allows me to send some time with my wife that I wouldn't normally have. It is no more distracting than if she were riding with me as a passenger.
Kevin is quite right. Bluetooth is a great technology but it is pretty much the LEAST SECURE method of networking in use today.KBCraig wrote:Bluetooth is cool technology, but don't forget to double-check your security settings.
Here is a good explanation why: http://trifinite.org/trifinite_stuff_carwhisperer.html
Kevin
Kevin, I really enjoyed our visit Sat. I know you had a tough trip from top to bottom & back.KBCraig wrote: I'm about to start parent-taught driver's ed with my 16 year old daughter. We'll be using the family van. The stereo has a detachable faceplate. Before she's ever turned loose to drive on her own, the faceplate will be in my desk drawer.
Kevin
Thanks for the opportunity to get out and stretch my legs and enjoy some good company. It was almost exactly 12 hours from the time I left home until we got back.longtooth wrote:Kevin, I really enjoyed our visit Sat. I know you had a tough trip from top to bottom & back.KBCraig wrote: I'm about to start parent-taught driver's ed with my 16 year old daughter. We'll be using the family van. The stereo has a detachable faceplate. Before she's ever turned loose to drive on her own, the faceplate will be in my desk drawer.
Kevin
Yes I also think your daughter is one good young lady. Give her my encouragement on the Drivers Ed. I
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Hi Tom,Tom wrote:Good point. And even if not 911 at least an operator. I have collected all of my 3 daughters old cell phones and have stuffed one in every glove box of every vehicle just for that purpose. We don't subscribe to cell service out here as the local company offers no usable plans, but they do have operators. All of the national cell
companys have yet to reach us. So in the mean time we keep the old units just in case we have a breakdown, or worse, out on our lonely highways. An old cellphone can literally be a life saver.
Best Regards,
Tom
Way out in NW Kerr County
Yes, you can voice dial using the earpiece. At least you can with mine. Simply press the button on the earpiece and say "Call 911" or "Call [telephone #]". That is if you have a phone that has voice command capability. You can even do this with the phone lid closed and in the belt holster.(i.e.: both hands free to maintain good control over the weapon, and not have to fumble and take too much attention off the situation at hand...etc etc)
The one thing I am not sure of, and will have to ask around about is if I can voice dial 911 from the earpiece (with of course the obligatory touch of the activation switch, one time)...
I don't have 911 put in my directory, and wonder if that number is embedded in the phones memory anyway???