Do You Wear Your Bluetooth Headset Around?

When can you say that a technology has reached a point where it really is broadly accepted and adopted be everyday people? I used to see Bluetooth wireless mobile phone headsets on middle aged men driving expensive cars. Early adopters to be sure. Now, increasingly, I am seeing them on middle aged professional women at the grocery store. These things are truly useful when you are on as call but for a woman to just wear them around and visually scream "I'm a geek!" is remarkable. That being said I wonder what the different genders perceive the message they are sending. For men it's all about the cool factor and priding themselves on having the latest and greatest technology. I think men would wear them when they are with their friends and coworkers. Women, by nature use them because they are useful and practical but they are a bit of a barrier with face to face "copresent" interactions. I doubt many women would wear them when they are with their friends. The message they send is "I'd rather talk with someone on my phone than speak with you."

What do you think? What is your take on men and women using Bluetooth wireless headwsets?

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Comments

[Yvonne DiVita]

You got it right, David. I see women with the ear-attachments, but they are clearly talking business - in a social setting, it's quite taboo. More and more young (30 and younger) women seem to be utilizing the WiFi solution, though. They carry on multiple IM conversations, so maybe they can do the wifi thing, and also talk face-to-face? (I doubt it.)We baby boomers are slower to adopt this convenient way to connect - we're getting our feet wet with blogs, and PDAs, so...the wifi headsets will follow. I, personally, crave one!

[Julie]

When I see folks wearing the bluetooth headset on the weekend, I think they look silly and people need to focus on enjoying what they are doing and not catching the next phone call. Way too much time is spent on the phone. An overated appliance from someone who is too young to think so.

Scariest is seeing them on the playground. Now that's together time with your kids.

[Opie]

I call them "people walking around talking to the voices in their heads."

[Kenmore Spice]

The wind chill has been below zero the last few days. I found much better to wear a bluetooth headset in this type of weather. It is better to press one botton to answer & hang up calls instead of taking your gloves off, getting the phone out and answering it. My girlfriend loves the idea.

[JH]

I would not wear a blue tooth headset around, cause the doctor: http://www.simonourianmd.com/

[jemkveywoa]

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[Tom S.]

I think women should not be allowed to use the telephone because they are socially inept and will probably wreck a marriage with it.