Made me chuckle also. A bluetooth ear piece looks exactly like a hearing aid. So in my opinion, this would be less noticable or questionable when out and about, where having one part of a pair of earphones dangling would definately draw attention from people.
Donna > Okay okay, your message below made me laugh. You say that you don't want to > look like a nerd with a Bluetooth headset on your ear yet aren't you looking > like a nerd with the earbuds around your neck with one in your ear and one > hanging around? It just presented a funny image to me is all. That's like a > parent going up to a child and smacking him because he was hitting his > friend. And as he smacks the child he says, we don't hit. > > --- > Sent from Raul's iPhone - (832) 554-7285. Please excuse any dictation or auto > complete errors. > > On May 24, 2013, at 11:13 PM, 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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