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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on World's Most Overrated Gadgets and Technologies]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</guid><description><![CDATA[Enrages us?  Enough of the hyperbole, especially with so much going on that really does and should enrage us.  It is, though, mildly amusing watching all those folks walk about with those things clipped to their ears, talking non-stop...though some probably really do need it.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fred]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 7th 2008 2:21PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on World's Most Overrated Gadgets and Technologies]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</guid><description><![CDATA[And think of all the jealous homeless people--for they were the only ones who looked like they were talking to themselves.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rosullivan1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 7th 2008 7:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on World's Most Overrated Gadgets and Technologies]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</guid><description><![CDATA[To me if you don't like the Bluetooth headsets your dumn. The M-710 is the best one to get for the price. Everybody that drives while talking to the phone is Dumn for not having it and using it while driving. It's very light and you can  forget you have it on it's so light. Since I've been using on for over two years now I'll be lost with-out. Just like the way we feel about our computers. To me there should be a LAW that makes ALL DRIVERS to have them while DRIVING!!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[strawn40]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 8th 2008 1:13AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on World's Most Overrated Gadgets and Technologies]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</guid><description><![CDATA[AMEN TO THAT!! AS AN AVID M/C RIDER IT IS THE DUMB F**K ON THE CELLPHONE UP TO HIS/HER LEFT EAR THAT WILL EVENTUALLY SIDESWIPE ME AT 70 MPH. HAVE YOU NOTICED THE DELAY IN REALIZING THE LIGHT HAS CHANGED BECAUSE THEY ARE INVOLVED IN AN ARGUMENT OR LAUGHING ON THE CELLPHONE, NOT TO MENTION NOT BEING ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR LANE OF TRAFFIC OR MAKING A SPLIT SECOND DECISION TO TURN BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THE WERE APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION OR EXIT.I COULD GO ON ABOUT THIS BUT I GUESS THE POPULATION HAS TO BE THINNED OUT BY SOMETHING.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DANIEL GOMEZ]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 7th 2008 2:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on World's Most Overrated Gadgets and Technologies]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</guid><description><![CDATA[Last time I checked,the word you were searching for was spelled "dumb".....Not dumn!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[RL]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 7th 2008 2:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on World's Most Overrated Gadgets and Technologies]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</guid><description><![CDATA[Strawn40 is so Dumn they can't even spell it.  "Dumn" is spelled DUMB.   I think Bluetooth gadgets look like a big roach on your ear.  I would never wear one!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jolie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 7th 2008 6:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on World's Most Overrated Gadgets and Technologies]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ummmm....strawn40 ....it's spelled DUMB!!  Not dumn.  I think you need to stop wearing your bluetooth headset so much.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sarah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 7th 2008 6:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on World's Most Overrated Gadgets and Technologies]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</guid><description><![CDATA[I FOR ONE AT AGE 64 YRS. AND AFTER 30+ YRS. OF RIDING A MOTORCYCLE  NEED THE BLUETOOTH IN ORDER TO HEAR AND FOR HANDSFREE COMMUNICATION. I OFTEN REALIZE THAT PEOPLE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF ME THINK I AM TALKING TO MYSELF OR TO THEM. I DO NOT DO THIS FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME NOR UNNECESSARILY AND USUALLY ONLY WHEN I HAVE RECEIVED A CALL AT AN INCONVENIENT TIME THAT DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO HOLD THE PHONE TO MY EAR. IT IS A TRICK TO KEEP THE EARPIECE ON ESPECIALLY WITH LONG HAIR AND I OFTEN FORGET IT IS THERE KNOCKING IT OFF MY EAR WHEN FOOLING WITH MY HAIR OR PUTTING ON SUNGLASSES.FOR ME IT IS A VERY WELCOMED GADGET. I AM ALSO A SANTA CLAUS AND I TELL CHIDREN IT IS A DIRECT LINE TO MY ELVES.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DANIEL GOMEZ]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 7th 2008 2:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on World's Most Overrated Gadgets and Technologies]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</guid><description><![CDATA[I have to use a bluetooth. I'm in a wheelchair, and when I'm out and about, I can't hold the phone to my ear and still push my chair. If it makes people angry, then so be it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[amy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 7th 2008 2:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on World's Most Overrated Gadgets and Technologies]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</guid><description><![CDATA[If you have to talk on a cell phone when driving in California, the law requires every driver must use the Bluetooth. This became law beginning of July of this year. It is one of the leading causes of vehicle accidents in California. Since July, there have been 20,000 tickets issued to drivers talking on the handset w/o use of the bluetooth. Teenagers cannot use cell phones, be it Bluetooth or otherwise while driving. At first I thought the new law was senseless, but I understand. Now I'm so used to it that my wife has to remind me to take it off when I'm not driving.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 7th 2008 2:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on World's Most Overrated Gadgets and Technologies]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</guid><description><![CDATA[actually, the California law doesn't say you must use a bluetooth when telephoning while driving. what it says is you must use a handsfree device. there are others besides bluetooth.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 7th 2008 8:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on World's Most Overrated Gadgets and Technologies]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</guid><description><![CDATA[To be direct...I don't think enough research has been done to have such equipment "attached" to the head.  If putting it by a TV Etc. causes static, you can't argue that it has to be doing "something" to the physcial side.  No thanks.  I'll leave my phone off and check the messages later!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 7th 2008 3:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on World's Most Overrated Gadgets and Technologies]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</guid><description><![CDATA[STOP TYPING IN ALL CAPS TO GET YOUR POINT ACROSS.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mello]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2008 5:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on World's Most Overrated Gadgets and Technologies]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</guid><description><![CDATA[The bluetooth cellular device is really nice to have when you have to talk and       drive alot, but most people who use them on a regular basis feel that they have to use them all of the time. I work with people who use them religiously, and I wouldn't be supprised if they slept while wearing one. I appologize to those who use them correctly,but to those who walk around  all day with one talking non stop, wake up get a life losers. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ray phillips]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 7th 2008 4:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on World's Most Overrated Gadgets and Technologies]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</guid><description><![CDATA[How about someone wearing the device all the time thinking that they are so important, It looks ridiculous when someone has it as a fashion accessory. Use it when you drive silly fools]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[yoadrian1974]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 7th 2008 4:37PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on World's Most Overrated Gadgets and Technologies]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's all fine and good if you can do that. It's not something I can do. I have to have my phone turned on and readily available at all times.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 7th 2008 3:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on World's Most Overrated Gadgets and Technologies]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</guid><description><![CDATA[Don't we have better and more important things to be concerned about than whether we like using a bluetooth or not? Yeah I think they are abnoxious, however, they are a necessity these days...I know, what did we do before cellphones? oh yeah we had beepers and we had to stop the car, find a public phone, and call the number back...yeah, there used to be these things called "public phones" and people used them to call other people when they were away from a telephone at home or the office...and what did we do before beepers? oh yeah, we waited to get home to listen to our messages on the answering machines...oh wow, remember answering machines?...anyway, my point is, since our cell phones are attached to our hips these days, use a bluetooth when you are driving, or use one of those headset things that attach to your cell phone with a wire, but don't hold your phone while driving and become a statistic :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 8th 2008 12:04AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on World's Most Overrated Gadgets and Technologies]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</guid><description><![CDATA[Maybe I am mistaken, but the people laughing during phone calls or arguing while driving will be just as preoccupied when the light turns red at an intersection, whether they are holding a cell phone in one hand or not.  It is the idea of being engaged in something else while driving.  There are just as many "multitasking" accidents caused by anyone not fully paying attention to the road.  I at least agree with teenagers not being able to use either while operating a vehicle.  While I do see the benefits of a bluetooth, it just seems that it gives people more reason to do something that before was more socially unacceptable whether it be talking on the phone at the dinner table in a restaurant or interrupting someone else's conversation for the sake of being convenient.  At least having a cellphone ringing and excusing yourself from the table or the room was polite, where as many of the bluetooth users don't seem to look at the situations the same anymore and feel comfortable just staying put.  I have to say it is annoying when you are in mid-conversation and start to get responses that don't quite make sense only to realize that one person has clicked to a headset phone call and is carrying on with someone else.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[startingover]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 7th 2008 4:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on World's Most Overrated Gadgets and Technologies]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</guid><description><![CDATA[last time i checked.. it was ILLEGAL to drive WITHOUT a bluetooth on.. and you CAN be not ponly pulled over ONLY for that, but they can ticket and fine you as well.<br><br>they may look "dorky" but they save lives.  whoever wrote this article is a freakin moron!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[timmy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 7th 2008 3:40PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on World's Most Overrated Gadgets and Technologies]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/07/worlds-most-overrated-gadgets-and-technologies/</guid><description><![CDATA[Timmy,It's only illegal in certain states to drive without a Bluetooth. Not all states have such a law in place.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christina]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 7th 2008 5:42PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
