What Is a Bluetooth® Handset?
Those who grew up with cordless phones and cell phones might not be aware of corded telephones with their traditional handsets at all if it wasn’t for pay phones and syndicated television. Whether it was Marcia Brady of The Brady Bunch flipping her hair aside to speak into a handset, or Commissioner Gordon calling Batman on the red BatPhone, the handset has created a place for itself in history and in pop culture. It’s even novel to own one again, except this time it’s a Bluetooth® handset you can use with your mobile phone. A Bluetooth® handset is a separate apparatus for speaking on your cell phone. It connects to your Bluetooth®-enabled phone through a personal area network (PAN) established by a Bluetooth® network. The handset, which contains a microphone and speaker for listening and talking, pairs itself with the phone. When a call comes in you can use the handset to answer and chat, rather than using the phone. Aside from the novelty of talking on an untethered, retro-style hand
