I think he means his shirt pocket.

I do the same thing.


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On May 25, 2013, at 9:18 AM, "Arnold Schmidt" <[email protected]> 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
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