Wired headset and RAZR V3m question

I'm thinking about getting a wired headset for my V3m, but I wonder if they
provide completely "hands free" operation? I know many have an answer/end
switch, but can you initiate a call using voice commands with that switch
the way you can with a BT headset?

In article <ZBANi.820$R95.520@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com>, Victek
<Victek@xyz.com> wrote:

> I'm thinking about getting a wired headset for my V3m, but I wonder if they
> provide completely "hands free" operation? I know many have an answer/end
> switch, but can you initiate a call using voice commands with that switch
> the way you can with a BT headset?

That wire does a nice job of getting tangled when you're driving. Be a
man and go with a BlueTooth headset.

"Victek" <Victek@xyz.com> wrote in message
news:ZBANi.820$R95.520@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com...
> I'm thinking about getting a wired headset for my V3m, but I wonder if
> they provide completely "hands free" operation? I know many have an
> answer/end switch, but can you initiate a call using voice commands with
> that switch the way you can with a BT headset?

Yes, you can initiate voice dialling from the button on a wired headset.

At least you could on my V3xx

Lofty wrote:
> "Victek" <Victek@xyz.com> wrote in message
> news:ZBANi.820$R95.520@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com...
>> I'm thinking about getting a wired headset for my V3m, but I wonder
>> if they provide completely "hands free" operation? I know many have
>> an answer/end switch, but can you initiate a call using voice
>> commands with that switch the way you can with a BT headset?
>
> Yes, you can initiate voice dialling from the button on a wired
> headset.
> At least you could on my V3xx

Just an aside, while I used to have a BT headset, I went with wired... why?
I live in northern idaho, IMO handsfree is not just for the car, and the
wired let me put the cell in my pocket, with the cable and switch running
outside my jacket in the winter... If I was snowmobiling/atv'ng/skiing etc,
I didn't have to worry about that thing in my ear falling out... Guess it
depends what you do... and I could initiate voice dialing by hitting the
button and saying the contact name... handy with gloves/mittens.....

On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 09:16:59 -0700, Randall Ainsworth <rag@nospam.techline.com>
wrote:

>Be a man and go with a BlueTooth headset.

Yeah. Be a man and look like all the other assholes walking around with big
globs of plastic on the side of their heads all day long.

-- Larry

>>> I'm thinking about getting a wired headset for my V3m, but I wonder
>>> if they provide completely "hands free" operation? I know many have
>>> an answer/end switch, but can you initiate a call using voice
>>> commands with that switch the way you can with a BT headset?
>>
>> Yes, you can initiate voice dialling from the button on a wired
>> headset.
>> At least you could on my V3xx
>
> Just an aside, while I used to have a BT headset, I went with wired...
> why? I live in northern idaho, IMO handsfree is not just for the car, and
> the wired let me put the cell in my pocket, with the cable and switch
> running outside my jacket in the winter... If I was
> snowmobiling/atv'ng/skiing etc, I didn't have to worry about that thing in
> my ear falling out... Guess it depends what you do... and I could initiate
> voice dialing by hitting the button and saying the contact name... handy
> with gloves/mittens.....
Thanks for all responses, and the confirmation that the button works for
initiating voice commands. By the way, the reason I'm "going back to wire"
is that every BT headset I've tried does not work reliably. Some have been
better than others, but call quality with all of them has been
unpredictable. Yes, the wire presents it's own problems, but at least the
call quality is the same as holding the phone to your ear.

In article <qaigg3lpaf9dg6ftpf61rkmr7g4tdcb876@4ax.com>, pltrgyst
<pltrgyst@spamlessxhost.org> wrote:

> Yeah. Be a man and look like all the other assholes walking around with big
> globs of plastic on the side of their heads all day long.

Some people are certainly retarded. But a wireless headset is much more
convenient than a dangling wire.

On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 22:52:24 -0400, pltrgyst wrote:

> On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 09:16:59 -0700, Randall Ainsworth <rag@nospam.techline.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Be a man and go with a BlueTooth headset.
>
> Yeah. Be a man and look like all the other assholes walking around with big
> globs of plastic on the side of their heads all day long.
>
> -- Larry

Actually, I use a Moto H700. Since it automatically answers the phone when
I flip the boom open I carry it in my shirt pocket and only remove it to
make or answer a call. Then it goes back into the pocket.

I use it because I have, on several occasions, got out of the car with my
wired headset and pulled the cell phone out of the dash holder because I
forgot I had the headset on. Dumb I know, but I'm sure I'm not the only one
that did it.

At 09 Oct 2007 15:38:17 +0000 Traveling Man wrote:

> Actually, I use a Moto H700. Since it automatically answers the
> phone when I flip the boom open I carry it in my shirt pocket
> and only remove it to make or answer a call. Then it goes back
> into the pocket.


My Cardo came with a lanyard that plugs into the charging port, so I
just wear it around my neck under my shirt and, like you, only whip
it out when I make/take a call.


> I use it because I have, on several occasions, got out of the car
> with my wired headset and pulled the cell phone out of the dash
> holder because I forgot I had the headset on. Dumb I know, but
> I'm sure I'm not the only one that did it.

Certainly not! ;-) I've also stuffed my phone into my belt pouch and
left the car in a hurry not realizing I still had the lighter cord
plugged in! Nothing will help me with that until they invent a
wireless recharger! ;-)


--

"I don't need my cell phone to play video games or take pictures
or double as a Walkie-Talkie; I just need it to work. Thanks for
all the bells and whistles, but I could communicate better with
ACTUAL bells and whistles." -Bill Maher 9/25/2003

In news:ibekdxn18s83$.k9by58rlzcdb.dlg@40tude.net,
Traveling Man <none@none.com> typed:
> On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 22:52:24 -0400, pltrgyst wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 09:16:59 -0700, Randall Ainsworth
>> <rag@nospam.techline.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Be a man and go with a BlueTooth headset.
>> the dash holder
>> Yeah. Be a man and look like all the other assholes walking around with
>> big globs of plastic on the side of their heads all day long.
>>
>> -- Larry
>
> Actually, I use a Moto H700. Since it automatically answers the phone
> when I flip the boom open I carry it in my shirt pocket and only remove
> it to make or answer a call. Then it goes back into the pocket.
>
> I use it because I have, on several occasions, got out of the car with my
> wired headset and pulled the cell phone out of the dash holder because I
> forgot I had the headset on. Dumb I know, but I'm sure I'm not the only
> one that did it.

Now you get out with the wireless headset and leave the cell phone in dash
holder in the car lol

On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 19:16:27 -0500, IMHO IIRC wrote:

> Now you get out with the wireless headset and leave the cell phone in dash
> holder in the car lol

Yep, but I rarely take the phone with me to pump gas or make a quick pit
stop. No phone call is so important it can't wait for a reply in a few
minutes!