I'm a prepaid T-Mobile user who might make three calls in a month and receive
two. I think I've received three calls in my life while driving, and
I personally am bothered by phone use on the road.
Next month it will be illegal in California to use a hand-held phone while
driving.
What's a reasonable option for the infrequent phone user? If it matters, I
use a V3 Razr and my car happens to have a jack on the dashboard for
connecting stuff like iPods to the audio system.
It seems a Bluetooth earset might be an obvious answer, but strikes me as
overkill given the rare expected usage.
And while "just don't answer the phone and call back later" is a valid answer,
it turns out that those rare calls while driving have, in practice, been such
that I was glad to receive them at the time.
Informed opinions solicited.
Art
Steve Sobol - 13 Jun 2008 19:11 GMT
> It seems a Bluetooth earset might be an obvious answer, but strikes me as
> overkill given the rare expected usage.
I disagree. And if you don't want to spend tons of money, Target has one
for $20.

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Arthur Shapiro - 13 Jun 2008 20:09 GMT
>I disagree. And if you don't want to spend tons of money, Target has one
>for $20.
Thanks - I thought they were far pricier than that.
And by coincidence, I was just about to walk over to the next-door Target for
a few odds and ends. I'll check it out.
Art
Steve Sobol - 13 Jun 2008 21:52 GMT
>>I disagree. And if you don't want to spend tons of money, Target has one
>>for $20.
>>
> Thanks - I thought they were far pricier than that.
Many are. :) You can pay over $100 for a Bluetooth headset. Obviously, for
$20 you aren't going to get lots of bells 'n' whistles, but it should still
work.

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