{"id":2575,"date":"2012-11-18T03:38:25","date_gmt":"2012-11-18T08:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2575"},"modified":"2012-11-18T03:38:32","modified_gmt":"2012-11-18T08:38:32","slug":"handset-for-my-mobile-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/11\/18\/handset-for-my-mobile-phone","title":{"rendered":"Handset for my mobile phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was recently in Japan and picked up in-store a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0091DR3O8\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0091DR3O8&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=colincharles-20\">Native Union Authentic Retro POP Phone Handset for Mobile Devices and Tablets<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=colincharles-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B0091DR3O8\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. It is a nifty little device that is great when you have to make long calls (think group meetings, conference calls, etc.). It also means I don&#8217;t keep my phone to my ear. The audio quality is pretty good as well, and you can hang up on the call from the phone.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=colincharles-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=B0091DR3O8\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>It isn&#8217;t something I&#8217;m carrying when I travel, but it is a welcome addition to the office. Best thing about it? It uses a regular headphone jack, so no worries about it working on my Android, iPhone, or BlackBerry.<\/p>\n<p>Now, would I get away with driving in a car with this? :-)<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Handset%20for%20my%20mobile%20phone&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2012%2F11%2F18%2Fhandset-for-my-mobile-phone&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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