http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/ Engadget Comments for Best Buy's $10 headset pairing service includes testing, finger pointing http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 5:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 5:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 5:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 5:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/
I'm just thankful they're only charging $10 and not $25 or higher.]]>Jul 14th 2008 5:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 5:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Also since the one doing it will have to explain some stuff and answer some questions to very clueless people it might be fair to give them $10.

]]>Jul 14th 2008 7:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/
Driving-while-on-the-phone fines begin at $20, so it's really just BestBuy taking advantage of the situation. "Pay us $10 instead of paying the police $20".]]>Jul 14th 2008 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/The govt isn't forcing anyone to use these devices. They are simply banning a dangerous activity. If people are that desperate to be in constant contact, they can pay for it themselves.]]>Jul 14th 2008 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/
I find this development more sad than anything else. Either this is so simple that you should be able to figure it out or at least know someone who can help you for the 3 minutes it takes.]]>Jul 14th 2008 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/
The point wasn't that a state (not federal!) subsidy would be an appropriate measure, it was a rhetorical suggestion that the legislation was misplaced in to begin with. If people are having such a problem learning how to use handsfree, how are they any safer on the road? Thinking about whether or not your earpiece is connected, or if you pressed the correct button to make/answer a call, getting frustrated because you can't hear through the headset, etc -- that's still unsafe because your attention is taken off of the road.

So my problem is not that people are paying for setup that is otherwise included free "in the manual" (I don't have a problem with any other kinds of optional setup services), but that BestBuy is helping people continue the conversations that distract them from driving while they themselves make a little extra money on the side. Handsfree isn't going to make everyone a better driver, and you shouldn't be paying someone to make you feel that way.]]>Jul 14th 2008 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/
This is an attitude problem, not a competency one.

Many people are very averse to technology for some reason. They would easily and readily accept learning some incredibly basic task for a job or a game if it didn't involved electronics, but as soon as you pull out a calculator/cellphone/computer/etc they absolutely REFUSE TO EVEN TRY. ]]>Jul 14th 2008 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 15th 2008 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 15th 2008 11:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 5:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 5:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/
Even though I knew exactly how to pair my BT Car Stereo the installer was kind enough to do it for me... although I guess that kinda goes with the $90 installation fee :P]]>Jul 14th 2008 5:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/
watch the amount of money you lose add up

come back to me and see if you have the same opinion

stop reading engadget and stick to your crappy consumerist.com]]>Jul 14th 2008 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/
I don't know what Best Buy you shop at, but when we went to get my gf a bluetooth, one of the sales reps told her not to buy the one she choose because he couldn't find the batteries for it anywhere. He assured her he looked all over and couldn't find AAAA batteries.

BTW. They were in the store, on the battery display, near the check outs. Stupid kid didn't even know they sold the very batteries he claimed didn't exist.

This is typical of my experience at BB stores. I go in there, get what I want, and only talk to the door greeters and the cashiers. The toolboxes that general work the sales floor couldn't match a pair of gloves, much less a pair of bluetooth devices. To call the knowledgeable is a joke.]]>Jul 14th 2008 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/
last i checked, best buy workers weren't on commission, so your theory is completely false]]>Jul 14th 2008 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/
Most good retail employees will go out of their way to help customers get setup with their new stuff, but when you have a bunch of other people waiting on you to be helped, the extra fee helps encourage customers to figure if out for themselves. I mean it is kind of ridiculous that customers can't seem to read the 3 step quick start guide.]]>Jul 16th 2008 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 5:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/
$20 sounds pretty good for a copy of Ubuntu on disk, without having to download it or wait 10 weeks for the free CD.

I know if either of these things were offered in the UK, they'd be a lot more than that.]]>Jul 22nd 2008 5:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 6:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/
Grown men can't ask 16 year old boys anything these days, without getting put on some sort of register...]]>Jul 14th 2008 6:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/
Just because it may be an easy situation for your family and friends doesn't mean it works the same for everybody.]]>Jul 14th 2008 6:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/There HAS to be something illegal about charging money for something that's actually free to stupid consumers. If not, it should at least be legal to bring a gun into the store after you found out you've been hosed.]]>Jul 14th 2008 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/
They are not selling Ubuntu, even though you are allowed to do that. The money is funding the support.]]>Jul 14th 2008 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/source: http://blog.canonical.com/?p=18]]>Jul 14th 2008 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 6:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 6:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/
1) Dock iPhone + Headset in supplied cradle or with supplied cable
2) There is no step two
3) There is no step three either.

;)]]>Jul 14th 2008 6:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 6:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 7:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/Jul 14th 2008 6:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/best-buys-10-bluetooth-headset-pairing-service-includes-testin/
Bluetooth might not be the easiest technology to use but its not rocket science either.]]>Jul 14th 2008 6:52PM