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Bluetooth headset and Treo 650

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So I finally decided to return my Scala 500 to Amazon, I can’t bear the background noise and voice quality when used with my Treo 650. Apparently a lot of people love this headset when paired with other phones. I picked up a Jabra BT250v from Best Buy tonight, I loved a Jabra ear broom I had years ago, but the BT250v sucks too, it’s slightly better than the Scala, it’s louder and more comfortable, build quality was also obviously better. But it still had some clicking noise, the range also sucks. Definitely not worth 2x the price. So it’s going back to Best Buy tomorrow. The Jabra took a long time to connect also, about twice as long as the Scala 500.

I think I’ll get a SE Akono HBH-662 on eBay, according to posts on HoFo and TreoCentral, it works really well with the Treo 650.

UPDATE: alright, just picked up a HBH-662 on eBay, wish me luck with this one! 🙂 If this doesn’t work well I think I’m gonna give up on Bluetooth handsfree for now. Well, if I won the lottery I might give the Nextlink Bluespoon stuff a try, but at >$300 for a headset it’s a bit insane for me. I will have to check out some Bluespoon headsets in person when I get to Europe.

Happy birthday Fee-Fee!

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Today’s my dog Fee-Fee’s 4th birthday! Again we’re celebrating his birthday without his mommy… He didn’t like the groovy dog birthday cake last year (but he loved it the year before). I guess I’ll just bring him there and let him pick a toy and some treats this afternoon. 🙂

Open Loops: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People With Email – Pt. 1

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I wonder if these apply to blog entries too… Sometimes I just put “foo” in the subject line coz it’s hard to think of an appropriate one… I used to use no caps but I don’t do that as often now.

I do hate people who add addresses to the CC field, don’t they realize I do know them and there was a good reason why I didn’t include them in the first place. I also have an extra header in all of my personal email messages that looks like this:

X-Copyright: (C) 2005 Andrew Y Ng. Forwarding not permitted without prior permission.

But most people don’t know shit about hidden headers and would care less about quoting or forwarding my mails without my permission.

Open Loops: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People With Email – Pt. 1