If one uses one's pocket to carry small headphones, enclosing them in the smallest possible zip lock bag is a good idea. To avoid kinking and crimping of the cable, just be careful to wind the cord loosely before inserting it into the bag.
Craig On 5/25/13, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote: > I keep mine in my pocket when I'm out and about. I'll pull them out of > my pocket and leave them on a table if I'm at home or in the office. My > pockets are fairly capacious, and I don't worry about their durability > at all keeping them in my pocket like I do. > > On 05/25/2013 08:18 AM, Arnold Schmidt wrote: >> You say you put them in your pocket. I would think it would greatly >> shorten their life to be in my pocket a lot, with my getting up, sitting >> down, and other movements throughout the day not only stressing the ear >> bud and plug connections, but also the remote. Or, are they more >> durable than I suspect? >> >> Arnold Schmidt >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sieghard Weitzel" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2013 12:13 AM >> Subject: RE: Listening to Voiceover >> >> >>> 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. >>> >>> >> > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > chaltain at Gmail > > -- > 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. 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