My headset quest began the day I killed my poor, unsuspecting landline telephone.  I won’t say it didn’t hurt to off that precious 212 telephone number I’ve had for years, but it made sense.  I noticed that none of my friends had landlines any more, only cell phones.  And none of them ever really call me at home.  They call my cell (which makes sense - it’s always within reach at home, work or walking around).  In fact, as popular as I happen to be, I found I was getting more calls on the landline from telemarketers than from anyone else.   And those annoy me to an extreme degree.  Not to mention Verizon was charging me an insane amount of money each month for strictly local service with caller ID.  And with the increased cell phone bill the iPhone was hitting me with, logic dictated that it just had to go.

That’s been working fine.  No one has had a problem getting in touch with me and I am free of telemarketer annoyance.  But there is one small problem.  I don’t mind talking on my iPhone when I’m walking around.  But when I’m home I’m used to talking on a “real” phone.  I get tired of walking around the house with my iPhone held up to my ear.  So I figured I would get a headset of some type.

I checked out the Apple Store to see what was compatible and immediately got drawn to the whole bluetooth thing.  The wireless aspect sounded really handy and I narrowed my choice down to the Aliph Jawbone - either the original or the new one. But, as I was about to pull the trigger, I noted that some reviews said that the person on the other end couldn’t always hear you clearly as the mic picked up all noise.  So while the noise canceling works for you and you could hear them crystal clear…it might not be the same for the person on the other end.  That’s when I realized this wasn’t my original objective: to have comfortable, clear phone calls from home.  I might go for the Jawbone at some point if I feel I need it for walking around.  But my quest continued.

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