Bluetooth virgin no more...
Jul. 18th, 2012 06:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisLast week I bought two blue teeth.
My EVO LTE navigation voice is just not loud enough (not to mention is at least 3 different voices but that's another deal alltogether)....
I can plug the phone into the car speakers but that involves finding the cable, fishing for the hole in the glove compartment (not conveniently located) and basically remembering to do it before I start driving.
So I started looking for an easier way. That got me to a bluetooth gizmo. But, since I don't want to be draining my phone's battery, I need a bluetooth gizmo with a charging port.
I found one on Amazon and bought it assuming it wouldn't work really and I'd send it back. It arrived today and I might not send it back. It's kind of cool. I'm going to at least give it a couple of days...
It was shockingly easy to set up and I cannot wrap my head around it works but it sure does. That nav lady (or ladies, actually) is now Loud and Clear.
Also for much the same reason - the speaker on the phone is wimpy and I really do hate untangling and plugging in earbuds and then being tethered.
I also hate those one ear blue tooth dongles. But then I found regular earbuds on a non tangling cable and, again, I went to Amazon figuring I'd hate the reality and send 'em right back. I actually like 'em a lot! And so does my new tablet.
And thus end my giant Amazon credit balance.
My EVO LTE navigation voice is just not loud enough (not to mention is at least 3 different voices but that's another deal alltogether)....
I can plug the phone into the car speakers but that involves finding the cable, fishing for the hole in the glove compartment (not conveniently located) and basically remembering to do it before I start driving.
So I started looking for an easier way. That got me to a bluetooth gizmo. But, since I don't want to be draining my phone's battery, I need a bluetooth gizmo with a charging port.
I found one on Amazon and bought it assuming it wouldn't work really and I'd send it back. It arrived today and I might not send it back. It's kind of cool. I'm going to at least give it a couple of days...
It was shockingly easy to set up and I cannot wrap my head around it works but it sure does. That nav lady (or ladies, actually) is now Loud and Clear.
Also for much the same reason - the speaker on the phone is wimpy and I really do hate untangling and plugging in earbuds and then being tethered.
I also hate those one ear blue tooth dongles. But then I found regular earbuds on a non tangling cable and, again, I went to Amazon figuring I'd hate the reality and send 'em right back. I actually like 'em a lot! And so does my new tablet.
And thus end my giant Amazon credit balance.
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Date: 2012-07-19 05:05 am (UTC)The aftermarket head unit I put in the Mazda (predates all three features when it was built) has them and it's fantastic. I can also do hands free calling via BT with it too. I just have to remember to make sure the head unit itself is set to look on my phone for my contacts list as the phone won't push it to the head unit for storage as a copy.
I've had a BT feature on my phone since 2005 when I bought a nice Motorola flip phone and all of my subsequent phones have had BT.
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Date: 2012-07-19 05:10 am (UTC)I've long had appliances that were bluetooth compatible. I've just never had occasion to use it ... until now. I'm not a good enough driver to talk on the phone while I drive.
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Date: 2012-07-19 05:19 am (UTC)Anyway, I don't talk on the phone much in the car either, but it sure is nice to just press a button, use voice dialing to initiate a call when I need to, or to receive a call and I'm not on the phone long anyway, especially if I am driving.
Plus so many car head units now are allowing audio streaming via BT so that is nice as well.