Despite the number of beautiful people wearing headsets in the promotional literature, what do you think of headset wearers? Are they geeks? Working in a telecommunications company, I would expect most every desk to be equipped with a headset. To my surprise, people here prefer to use their handsets. Even the sales reps who have headsets at their desks use their handsets most of the time. What gives?

I don’t use the phone that much, but when I do, I have a Plantronics CS10 wireless headset so I can get up and wander around if I need to while I’m on the phone with a supplier or something like that. I like headsets. I use one at my home office although it’s nowhere near as nice as the CS10.

Funny thing – just looking at the headset that came with the CS10 unit – there’s no model number on it. Have they heard of branding? Also, just got off the phone with Plantronics tech support – you can use any Plantronics H-model headset with the CS10 as long as you purchase a little adapter cable. Pretty cool.

While I like what I’m using, I think the 9210 wireless headset from GN Netcom is pretty cool as well. Just so you have a point of reference, here’s links to the different headsets I’ve mentioned.

http://www.telephonemagic.com/phone-headset/plantronics-cs10-wireless-headset.htm

http://www.telephonemagic.com/phone-headset/wireless-headset-gn-netcom-9120.htm

(Those links oughta keep the boss happy…)

Anyway, headset wearers. Geeks or enlightened telephone users? I’m on the enlightened bandwagon (mainly because I’m wearing one right now) but I’m curious to know what other people think. I don’t see many people with their headsets on in business settings (or even HAVING headsets) and certainly I haven’t seen anyone around here using a headset with their wireless phone. Maybe I need to live in a larger urban centre to see the beautiful people wearing headsets…