Hi, I would like to point out 1 thing. Apple headphones are definitely not inconspicuous . Those white headphones are like a lighthouse to a ship on a stormy night. haha. 1 glance, and people will assume your using an Apple product of some kind. In some instances, this can even put ones safety in jeopardy. I agree though, using wired headphones do have some definite advantages over a BT model, and I do get your point.
hth Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On May 25, 2013, at 12:13 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Brice, > > As Chuck and Richard already pointed out, a Bluetooth earpiece is one > solution. But as you say, it is another item you have to make sure is > charged up and I personally don't like it if I have to do any amount of > typing. I do own one and use it at times, but first of all I feel I look > like a nurd (no offense to anybody who wears it all day) and I just don't > like the small lag when I am typing, it makes typing on the virtual keyboard > even slower as it is. There is also a third reason why I don't want to have > it in all day and that is the fact that nobody really knows if it is all > that healthy. > > I very much prefer the Apple earpods, they are less conspicuous and even > lighter than even the lightest Bluetooth earpiece. Depending on where I am > and what I am doing I often just have the right one in my ear since it has > the microphone and remote and I just have the left one hanging around my > neck. It's become total habit for me to grab them in the morning, wrap them > around my hand and put them in my pocket. > > In short, if you are in public and you don't want anybody to hear your phone > a headset or earpiece of some sort is your only option. I personally > wouldn't be too worried about people listening to a text message I might > type, somebody really would have to pay attention to put together what you > are typing if they hear a letter at a time, but of course if it's noisy a > headset really is the way to go and it has the additional benefit that you > can keep your phone on your belt or in your pocket when a call comes in. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Brice Smith > Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 9:29 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Listening to Voiceover > > Hi, > > I'm curious to know how you all listen and use your phones when you're > out in public. Do you use earbuds and an earpiece, or do you turn the > speech down low and do your best? > > In noisy environments most people can just look down at their phones. > If you use speech, you want to be able to hear the speech without > everyone else hearing it or becoming distracted by it, too. Sometimes > I'll just hold the phone up toward my shoulder/ear and type/text so I > can keep the volume down real low for privacy, but this looks really > odd and unprofessional. I've thought about grabbing an earpiece or > earbuds, but I usually forget, or it's just something else to charge > and keep track of. > > What works for you? > > Brice > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
