Any chance of making athena usable as a handset?

[raskell]

I have been using the LG Style-i. Yes, it is another device to keep charged up, but the battery time is several days with modest use. The sound and volume quality are very good. I had an interferrence problem while using the Style-i near an active 2.4 GHz cordless phone, it totally garbled the call. The LED screen is difficult to read in bright outdoor light. Overall it is much more desriable than using the Athena as a speakerphone. I would not ever consider holding the phone up to the side of my head. I also have a Jawbone but wearing the earpiece full time isn't acceptable in business and fumbling with it when a call comes in problematic. Picking up the LG is simple and quick by comparison.

 

[LTxda]

I have been using the LG Style-i. Yes, it is another device to keep charged up, but the battery time is several days with modest use. The sound and volume quality are very good. I had an interferrence problem while using the Style-i near an active 2.4 GHz cordless phone, it totally garbled the call. The LED screen is difficult to read in bright outdoor light. Overall it is much more desriable than using the Athena as a speakerphone. I would not ever consider holding the phone up to the side of my head. I also have a Jawbone but wearing the earpiece full time isn't acceptable in business and fumbling with it when a call comes in problematic. Picking up the LG is simple and quick by comparison.

I've been itching to buy a new toy for my phone. I think I'm going to order one.

 

[raskell]

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-OEM-LG-Silv...145055038QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item140145055038

E-Bay $19.99 + 2.99 shipping in the US.
(I'm bidding on another one there at the moment. Would appreciate it if you didn't out-bid me! there are several there available and they aren't jumping off the shelves. ) It really is a great solution for PDA 'Brick' phone users.

 

[LTxda]

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-OEM-LG-Silv...145055038QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item140145055038

E-Bay $19.99 + 2.99 shipping in the US.
(I'm bidding on another one there at the moment. Would appreciate it if you didn't out-bid me! there are several there available and they aren't jumping off the shelves. ) It really is a great solution for PDA 'Brick' phone users.

Thanks for the heads up. Appreciate it.

 

[thetruth1983]

Athena

I have an "LG style" too and it works pretty good. Another good alternative is the "Motorola Bluetooth Stereo S705 SoundPilot". It works with caller I.D. out of the box and also has controls for mp3 playback. It does not have a dial pad but you can use it for voice calling. I use it in the car because it has a 3mm jack but if I could find a very tiny speaker with a 3.mm plug, this could easily be used as a 'mini phone'!

 

[jimmunsw]

Athena usable as a normal handset

To all Athena owners ,
if anyone out there wants to use your athena as a regular handset without disturbing other with it's loudspeaker , you may try sticking a thick black double sided tape to the left side of athena's speaker and also stick half the tape for the right side of your athena's speaker covering only three hole lines instead of five lines , then you adjust the phone, pda and while speaking volume , adjust it to your required volume according to the enviroment you are in , also when you speak try to adjust the distance between your athena and your mouth . i hope this may help for some of you athena owners , cheers

 

[sergiopi]

The REAL problem is the low quality of speakerphone call.
Really poor in noisy environments, people from other side hear "fragmented" voice.
N oway to use ATHENA without BT (or wired) headset in real life

 

[imperiallight]

I am not finding the black tape that useful.