Why Use a Bluetooth headset
2010-07-13 06:32:40
Bluetooth headsets are considerably more expensive than regular corded headsets (or no headset at all!). They are also somewhat more complicated to set up, and you then have the added complication of having to keep their battery charged.
Firstly, whether Bluetooth or not, you should try and always use some type of headset with your cell phone. This will vastly reduce the amount of radiation that you're pumping out of the phone and into your brain - some scientists believe this radiation could be harmful, although studies to date have been inconclusive.
In some states and countries, you are not allowed to hold a cell phone while driving, and the use of some type of headset is mandatory. Even if it is still legal to hold a cell phone and drive, it is safer to avoid this whenever possible.
A simple wired headset is a satisfactory solution for many people, but it literally ties you to your cell phone. With a Bluetooth headset you can have your cell phone in your briefcase on your car's back seat, and still place and receive calls.
Note that this can be a deceptively dangerous freedom. If you don't physically keep your phone on your person, then you run the danger of leaving the phone - for example, in your briefcase in the car, while going somewhere else (eg into a store to buy something) and finding yourself with a useless headset that is way out of range of the forgotten phone!
A Bluetooth headset can also be used to connect with other devices such as your computer. For example, if you're using your computer for teleconferencing , you can use your headset for this purpose, too. This can be very convenient, because it then enables you to use one headset simultaneously for cell phone calls and computer calls too - you don't have to be shuffling between one headset and the other, depending on the call that is coming in.
If you have several different Bluetooth equipped phones, your Bluetooth headset should work with them all equally conveniently, and/or if you replace your phone handset, your headset will work with your new phone just as it formerly did with your old phone. This is much better than the profusion of different type of headset plugs on mobile phones at present, making it very unlikely that your headset designed for one phone will ever work with a different phone from a different manufacturer - and sometimes even it will be incompatible with different phones from the same manufacturer.