Rokr Bluetooth Headset Update

My main reason I wanted the Rokr bluetooth stereo headset is to be able to ride my rode bike, listen to music and automatically answer the phone when I get a call. Sometimes I need a ride to organize my thoughts. This set up would be very cool. The guy at Fry's said that it works with the iPhone, he was half right. My first ride I got a call, it beeped in my ear and I hit the answer button...no action. I had to pull over, fumble, slide to the right, during which time it switched modes. Also changing songs forward or back does not work. I tried to make the face of the phone available for song changes but the problem is the face goes to sleep after a few minutes. You have to slide to the side to wake up, total pain in the butt. I almost rode into a tree. My guess is by Christmas time there will be plenty of compatible headsets available. Stereo bluetooth on an iPhone is very new, industry has to catch up. Motorola could score if they made an iPhone compatible Rokr, this one is really close. So, back it goes to Fry's. That place drives me crazy, but that's another story.

Things change

For years I have been angry about what happened to me in the early 80's. I was transferred by my company to Las Vegas to sell terminals that read credit cards by the magnetic strip. Nobody was interested and the technology was weak. This was at the same time that AT&T was deregulated as well as a switch from analog to digital. I was stranded in a hell hole. My new boss, who was having an affair with the CEO inherited my mess. I was basically screwed. I quit before I was fired, I should have sued.

Now I read "The Tipping Point" and start to understand what happened. I was caught in the middle of a storm I didn't realize existed. I have been more aware of the cellphone's adoption as well as flat screens. Much of what exists now seems like it has always been around. Not.