Bluetooth is incredibly important for helping you look like a huge douche while on the phone.

>turn on bluetooth device in a public place
>have instant access to everyone's files
>see that person over there? you now have their nudes

Outside of my PS3 controller and headset, no. I don't understand the criticism of those who do, either.

It's hands-free. What's the problem?

My cell phone has Bluetooth and USB.

I used to be able to connect with the computer via USB, but the drivers broke in Windows 7

So now I connect with Bluetooth.

>>1309
It's fine if you're driving. It drives me mad when people are walking around a department store doing it. Of course it also bothers me when they're talking loudly on their cell phone in the middle of Target either way.

Also working in retail, I get sick of the people who completely ignore you while they talk on their headsets, especially at the register and then they wonder why it took so long to ring out. Maybe cause I needed to ask some information from you to finish the transaction and you were too busy chatting about your fucking lunch with some asshole in Tulsa.

>>1308

Nudes you say...

>>1315
Fucking this. I work at a drive thru coffee place, and you would not believe the assholes who pull up to the window, and tell US to wait while they finish their fucking phone call. Wireless headsets were supposed to be cool, but these douchebags ruined them for me.

My phone has a bluetooth connection, but I have it set to only work with my computer. I only use it to grab photos off my phone so I don't have to mess around with cables or emailing them. It's pretty useful in that respect.

I haven't used a headset, but I also think they're redundant and don't like having unnecessary things on my head.

My father uses bluetooth. I don't know if it's because he's the kind of guy who breaks everything (he's clumsy) so he just buys the cheap stuff, but every time he calls me I get shitty noise in our conversation until I tell him to pick up his goddamn phone instead of using the headset.

He also loves PMPs that include bluetooth functionality for headphones. Which means he's limited to three models at most. >_>

I borrowed the headset I use with my PS3 to try out with my phone for a while--it just wasn't for me. It's a pretty basic headset I picked up on sale, though, and finding the sweet spot on the thing in order to answer/hang up was more of a pain than just sliding the phone open/closed. I might get a USB dongle someday?

Funny you made this thread, because I just returned a set of Motorola S305 headphones. The sound quality was ok, but there was a constant hiss coming from the receiver and you couldn't go more than 15 feet away from the source without the playback warping or dropping out.

One use of Bluetooth is for transferring stuff back and forth between your cell phone and PC, but cell phone USB cables are a couple of dollars on Amazon and will charge the battery instead of draining it. You could also use a wireless headset if you drive a lot or feel like being a lazy douche. They do make Bluetooth keyboards and mice, but: 1) those cost a lot more, 2) a Bluetooth dongle would take up the same space as a regular wireless receiver, and 3) have fun getting it to work during POST

In my opinion, Bluetooth isn't really useful (still). When a lower power, larger bandwidth spec becomes widely available, then it might be nice to have.