More headgear with fewer wires

This world that we live in today is increasingly obsessed with convenience and gaining any sort of efficiency advantage that is possible. How we gain these small advantages to save a bit of time or effort is by investing in and using technology. With its help, we are able to free up time by multitasking or just look a little tidier.

Heavy users of cell phones will be able to testify that they can now answer calls at the push of a button in almost any situation imaginable. Up until quite recently, there was no genuinely safe way of answering a call whilst driving. Now, hands-free kits are readily available. The earliest iterations of this revolutionary device physically connected the user to the cell phone. Now, as technology has advanced, a Bluetooth headset is increasingly common place.

Another headset that has evolved with the changes of technology is headphones. Although much older than hands free kits, headphones now come in various different shapes and sizes. Today, it is not only nightclub DJs that wear headphones, but ordinary people who listen to music on the go also use them. Wireless headphones are not out of place and allow people to go about their daily lives without fiddly wires getting in the way. From skateboarders to commuters, all sorts of people can be witnessed going about their business in a wire free environment.

Of course, both wireless headphones and Bluetooth headsets are up against the same foe. Wired earphones can easily be used as substitutes for either, although they may need further adaptors too. Although they have more substance, wired earphones are cheaper as technology has the perverse logic that less on show or smaller devices are more expensive. In their own right, earphones are probably just as convenient in that they are not easily seen and take up negligible space when not being used. However, they are frustratingly easy to get tangled up.

Wireless headphones and Bluetooth headsets are probably only just an indicator of what the future holds. In their respective fields, both have managed to drive advances. Futuristic designs and usages are becoming very much part of the present world. This is possibly just the start and we may well expect to see more headsets appearing outside of call centers.