| Monday, January 05, 2009 | by: Jasper |
A while ago I was cycling and got a call on my mobile. I was listening to music, and the headset doubled as a hands-free set, so I picked up the call. A few minutes into the conversation, I noticed I was holding the microphone close to my mouth. But from a sound-quality perspective this was not necessary at all. I think I was trying to prevent confusion (similar to this situation) when standing in a group of people at the traffic lights, or just making sure innocent bystanders wouldn't think I was mentally disturbed. Since then I've noticed lots of people making the 'Hey, not crazy, on the phone here!'-gesture (as in the above pictures from flickr [left], [right]). Or maybe they just have really lousy headsets.
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I just use regular headphones on my phone to listen to music, so I have to use the mic on the phone to talk to people whilst im using them.
I also find that the handsfree microphone is fine for when you are in a quite room, but i do need to hold it up to my mouth when in areas with a lot of ambient noise.
I agree with CaseyG, that the microphone on the cable doesn't seem to work consistently.
There is another factor - I think people are not sure they are being heard. Which is another design problem, perhaps as simple as turning up the level of their own voice in the headsets (usually done on phones) to maybe some other audio level meter light or something indicating that their voice is being transmitted.
I agree with you both that the (anticipated) sound quality (whether you are being heard) plays a role. But speaking for myself, if I am at the railway station, listening to music, and then have to place a call: I detach my headset and hold the phone itself during my call; otherwise I feel like an idiot. Anyone else doing this?
I never use the phone on my ear when I know this is going to be a rather long call.. I find it to be a not very ergonomic position for your arm to be folded to your ear constantly.
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