| The Nokia HS-12W is the latest Bluetooth headset | | | | anyone talking on the phone. When you speak, |
| from Nokia that offers clear calls and a | | | | your voice travels out your mouth but it also |
| comfortable wear. | | | | travels through your nose and your ear as well. |
| The origins of the phrase "Bluetooth" is rooted in | | | | They are all connected, and the Nokia HS-12W |
| the development of communications and | | | | takes advantage of these connections. Some guy |
| electronics from the very beginning. One story | | | | figured that out and he didn't have to stick his |
| has it that before Thomas Edison invented the | | | | tongue in a light socket. Bluetooth wireless |
| light bulb he had one problem and that was that | | | | headphones are also loaded with so many other |
| he hadn't invented the light socket or the light | | | | state of the art developments. They are ultra |
| switch yet. So the day before he set out to | | | | light weight and feel pretty much like a pair of sun |
| invent the light bulb he invented the light switch | | | | glasses when worn. It operates on ultra low |
| and the light socket. After he completed them | | | | voltage which means one thing to the user, longer |
| both, on the afternoon of that day, they needed | | | | lasting battery recharges. |
| to be tested. So he stuck his tongue in the light | | | | Have you ever had your cell phone run out of |
| socket and asked his faithful assistant to throw | | | | power right in the middle of a phone call? I never |
| switch. After the smoke cleared, he was left with | | | | have either. Those things always happen to other |
| singed eyebrows, a blistered tongue and you | | | | people. Bluetooth has other features as well. |
| guessed it, a Bluetooth. I don't know if it's true or | | | | Suppose your driving down the road using your |
| not but it sounds believable to me. There is | | | | totally hands free Bluetooth wireless headset, |
| another story involving some guy named Ben | | | | listening to music and your phone rings. Another |
| Franklin and a key on a kite string but that story | | | | missed call? Nope! Bluetooth wireless headsets |
| sounds a little phony. For you and me though the | | | | immediately switch from stereo music to incoming |
| name Bluetooth is synonymous with the latest | | | | calls and still with no hands. The Nokia HS-12W |
| technology in communications on the market | | | | features a whole car load of functions. Stereo |
| today. | | | | music streamed wirelessly from compatible phone |
| Bluetooth has taken wireless communications not | | | | using Bluetooth technology. |
| just to the next level but right into the space age | | | | Finding a phone with Bluetooth technology is as |
| itself. A headset used to mean a bulky, | | | | easy as stepping up to the counter at your local |
| microphone system that was worn over the head | | | | cell phone dealer and by the way, you very well |
| and had basically one function, listening. Any | | | | likely already have it in the phone you are using |
| microphone for talking was always stuck out in | | | | right now. It also has control buttons for MP3 |
| front of the mouth and that was it. You talked | | | | player and FM radio. Listen though, because that is |
| with your mouth so there was simply nowhere | | | | just the start. All the standard phone functions like |
| else to put a microphone. Well surprise, surprise. | | | | caller ID and phone number and missed calls are |
| A microphone in the ear doesn't pick up any of | | | | also featured in this unit. |
| the ambient noise that has always bedeviled | | | | |