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The Baltimore Sun Mike Himowitz column: Verizon LG needs work on acoustics(Baltimore Sun, The (KRT) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Jul. 10--Not long ago, if you spotted someone walking down the street and having a conversation with an imaginary companion, you were looking at a candidate for the funny farm. Today it's likely to be a friend or neighbor chatting with a spouse, significant other, office mate or boss on a concealed but very real cell phone -- completely oblivious to the fact that he looks like a raving lunatic. The only way to separate a fake raving lunatic from a real one is to look for a strange, metallic growth protruding from the fake lunatic's ear. These are called Bluetooth headsets, clever gadgets whose main job is to take us a step closer to true hands-free operation of our cell phones. With evidence growing that using a traditional cell phone behind the wheel is an invitation to an accident, Nanny State advocates around the country have been pushing legislation that would require driver/gabbers to have hands-free phones. They almost succeeded in Maryland this year, and I'm sure it's only a matter of time until they do. To see more of The Baltimore Sun, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.baltimoresun.com. Copyright (c) 2008, The Baltimore Sun Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email [email protected], call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. |