Journalists, stockbrokers, and phone sex workers have one thing in common: We all spend a lot of time on the phone, making cauliflower ear and a permanently cocked shoulder real job hazards. Plantronics' new wireless headset is the most elegant solution to the problem we've seen yet. Since it uses the 1.9GHz frequency band to connect the headset with its base station, there are no cables to get fouled with all the other crap on your desk. Sound quality is decent, but tinny; noise-canceling electronics help minimize background noise picked up by the microphone. But the CS70N's chief virtues? It's lightweight and not too bad-looking. If you look like a dork while you're talking on the phone, you can't blame this headset.
Review: Plantronics CS70N Wireless Headset
Journalists, stockbrokers, and phone sex workers have one thing in common: We all spend a lot of time on the phone, making cauliflower ear and a permanently cocked shoulder real job hazards. Plantronics’ new wireless headset is the most elegant solution to the problem we’ve seen yet. Since it uses the 1.9GHz frequency band to […]
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WIRED
Weighs less than an ounce. Simple on-off button engages headset (and answers the phone, with optional handset lifter). Works with standard office and IP phones. Estimated 6 hours of battery life is long enough for all but your most agonizing heart-to-heart conversations.
TIRED
Volume buttons difficult to locate and press without mashing your tender ear cartilage. Secondary volume and microphone sensitivity controls are located, inexplicably, on the back of the base unit where they're equally hard to find.
