Wireless Headsets? 22
An anonymous reader asks: "My girlfriend has moved off to grad school on the opposite side of the country, and we've been video conferencing over GnomeMeeting instead of using the phone (we don't have landline phones, only cell phones, so we can't use the phone before 9pm w/o burning through minutes). GnomeMeeting works well, but we are tethered to our computers by our headsets (since headsets seem necessary to prevent echoing). Are there any inexpensive wireless computer headsets with microphones out there? I saw the DIY Bluetooth headset story, but I don't feel like scrounging for parts this time... I want to by a working headset right now. I've seen $200+ headsets out there. Are there headsets out there with roughly 20 meter range for less than $100?"
You mean like the Logitech Cordless Headset? (Score:3, Informative)
Fixed URL (Score:3, Informative)
$99 from HelloDirect. Cheaper elsewhere, I'm sure.
Re:Fixed URL (Score:4, Interesting)
$24.99 after a $10 rebate at
http://www.compuvisor.com/logcorfreedh.html
Re:You mean like the Logitech Cordless Headset? (Score:1)
Not a headset, but cheap (Score:2, Interesting)
The base station plugs into the wall for regular calls, and into your sound card's mic and spkr jacks.
The handset has a "phone" button to use just like any other 900 MHz phone, and a "VOIP" button that connects to the sound card.
It is headset ready, but you're gonna have to carry the handset around with you.
so obvious... (Score:3, Funny)
Hmm (Score:1)
see the suprisingly general MS thing here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/se
A good microphone should be a touch cheaper then a wireless headset at least anywhere I could find them.
Glad the distance thing is working out for you, may have to do it soon myself (
Hmmm..... (Score:1, Funny)
Joke. (Score:2, Offtopic)
{GROAN! Blame the article's department.}
Dear Slashdot, (Score:2, Funny)
Please tell me how do I use Google.
Slashdot:
Dear Moron,
Here you go [google.com].
IBM.. (Score:3, Informative)
the cheap solution (Score:1)
A driver problem (Score:4, Informative)
The alternative solution is to make something similar to that guy who made his own headset and make a headset that connects to something that connects to your soundcard - in this case one would be emulating the functionality of a traditional cabled headset.
Staples has Logitech (Score:1)
They're only $30-50 CDN (~20-35 US), and can be used with a landline too. Here's the URL from Logitech that I think are the one's:
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm?page=products
Hope this helps, as maybe Staples is clearing them in other stores.
Simple Solution (Score:1)
That should make you pretty mobile...