Real Estate Mobility - Mobile Offices for Real Estate » Hardware http://functionaltech.com Online Intranet office structure with custom databases to run your brokerage. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:36:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Jawbone – The Bluetooth Headset That Works http://functionaltech.com/2009/02/jawbone-the-bluetooth-headset-that-works/ http://functionaltech.com/2009/02/jawbone-the-bluetooth-headset-that-works/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:30:17 +0000 jimkimmons http://functionaltech.com/?p=861
Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth Headset
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I’ve had a Jawbone bluetooth headset for over a year, and love it.  I tried six others before this one, and couldn’t find one that had the features I wanted:

  • Good ear piece fit via multiple replaceable ear buds
  • Clear speech transmission and receiving
  • Ambient noise suppression was very important

As you can see from the video, the noise suppression is amazing.  And the Jawbone met the other criteria as well.  Check out the rest of the story of Jawbone here.

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Basically, I was about to take a trip and found that the hotel where I’d be staying wanted to charge me extra for Internet access.  I had been thinking of checking out using cell service for my Web access for a while, but this forced the issue.  I purchased the broadband modem at a mall kiosk on the way to the airport.  It only took a few minutes to install the software and get online access.

The speed is sufficient for everything I need to do on the road.  And literally, I’m typing this post in the right seat of the Jeep while my wife drives down I25 between Albuquerque and Santa Fe on the way home to Taos, NM.  Be careful though, as the supposedly “unlimited access” isn’t.  The allowance is generous, and probably will not cut you short for all your normal web work.  But, uploading a lot of large files or watching videos incessantly may take you into the overage charges … and you don’t want that.

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Once installed, it places an icon in the toolbar that will give the application or page being viewed the entire screen, getting the use of the area usually taken by the top navigation, url bar and tabs.  It actually gives me a lot more room when I really need it.  I just go back to normal view with an item on the right-click toolbar when I’m finished.

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