Lori, you should try the no hands version at the website I originally sent you. It is a pretty good product and the owner of the site is great to work with. Unfortunately, I have no experience with the BLUEANT people.
Mike~ -----Original Message----- From: Lori Michaelson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 6:26 PM To: Mike Murach; [email protected] Subject: BLUEANT BLUETOOTH EARPIECE FOR HANDS FREE CELL PHONE USE The earpiece that I have been using for the last 2 years with my Motorola RAZR phone was great but it died last week and now they do not make that style anymore. Ugh! I forget the name but am lost without it. In the meantime... I just got the BLUEANT headset [suggested by Mike below]. HOW they can claim that it is "hands-free" is behind us! In addition, I do not have a malformed or unusually shaped ear or anything but the 'little sponges' they give you to use will not stay in my ear no matter what we try. Even WITH the earclip. Further, without us saying anything and not programming it to do anything...it automatically started making calls (long distance calls and "information") that is going to cost us money just for trying to use it!!! Just before purchasing the BLUEANT... my husband ordered me a top-of-the-line Plantronics earpiece. When I showed my high techie-husband the website that Mike shows below... my husband decided to order that one as well for me [thinking it might BE AS DESCRIBED] but so far we have had nothing but trouble with it. Can't believe that not only do you have to push the off button once but twice to turn the phone off. I know that once the party on the other end has disconnected then it can/should automatically turn off this earpiece but when I was trying it out and calling a friend the other night... she hung up but the BLUEANT did not. Thank goodness my husband was here to turn it off or my juice/power and cell minutes would keep clicking away. Just my thoughts but I am not very happy at all and BEYOND FRUSTRATED. Including their customer service who talks to you like you are moron via e-mail after giving them detailed information on the problems we were/are having. It is like they do not read what you wrote at all but just decided to respond with some stupid platitudes that we told them in our complaint form and that we already knew/know. It would be different if we were "unexperienced" with these types of units, technology, etc but we are not. Can't return it w/o a re-stocking fee and because the ear sponges are not 'sanitary' once opened. Unhappy camper and gonna use the Plantronics one and suck up the money ($125) we lost in purchasing the BLUEANT. Lori C4/5 Complete Quad, 30 yrs post On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Mike Murach <[email protected]> wrote: This is the Bluetooth that I use ( http://www.nobuttonsheadset.com <http://www.nobuttonsheadset.com/> ) in conjunction with the Samsung Trance. Mike~ Please check out my paintings at: www.MurGallery.com <http://www.murgallery.com/> -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Espinoza [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 7:25 PM To: 'John S.'; [email protected] Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Bluetooth cell phone Bluetooth is a technology not a company. My favorite headsets and microphones are made by Plantronics. Check them out at http://www.plantronics.com/ Daniel Espinoza 26/m/California Occupation before accident - Network engineer / SR. Network security engineer What happened: I broke my c2,c6,c7 and had to get donor bone at c2, which left me as a Quadriplegic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadriplegia> . I had a Traumatic_brain_injury <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traumatic_brain_injury> from blood going to my brain from my spinal cord, but its getting better with time. I am off a ventilator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventilator> "woohoo" however only half of my diaphragm <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoracic_diaphragm> works right now "due to an asymmetric spinal <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_cord_injury> cord injury....." http://www.thespinalcordinjured.net <http://spinalcordinjured.net/> http://www.myspace.com/dannylnx From: John S. [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 11:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Bluetooth cell phone Yes, Bluetooth makes headsets and they can connect to your phone thru your cell or your computer. They require some dexterity to hit the little button. Definiutely, do not buy one unless you can use it. You may want a usb headset to your cell or computer. It is one of the things you need to try out your self before you buy. BW, john _____ From: KK <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 10:24:14 AM Subject: [QUAD-L] Bluetooth cell phone I am getting a new cell phone. My son uses the ear speaker & mic. My hearing is roaring all the time & I have lost upper hearing in one ear & lower hearing in the other. So I currently use a headset. It covers only one ear but it is totally covered so I can hear without moving the phone around on my ear. Is there a headset for a Bluetooth phone? I'm sure the headset I have now will fit but now is the time to ask for all the goodies that go with the new phone. KK -- Lori Age - 45 C4/5 complete quad, nearly 30 years post Tucson, AZ
