Good morning all and welcome to another exciting installment of Tech Tuesdays.  Today we have a fortuitous little coincidence: this Tech Tuesday posting happens to fall on a day that Newegg.com is our Daily Double special. What does that mean for you? Simple: from the time this posting makes its way out into cyberspace, you will have somewhere between fourteen and fifteen hours to log on to your Ebates account and you will get a 2% rebate instead of the usual 1% that you save on the already-great deals from Newegg. 

As you may have gathered from the title, I've got a special deal that I discovered at Newegg if you didn't know exactly where to go to put that 2% rebate to its best use.

By now, most of you know all about Bluetooth technology. Most of you have phones that are Bluetooth-compliant. But the thing is, I'm sure there are a number of readers here who haven't jumped on the bandwagon and gotten a hands free Bluetooth headset to use with that great cell phone of yours. If you're like me, you probably share in the sentiment that I once had that Bluetooth was just a clever ploy for the cell phone companies to get us to spend more money on more technology that we don't need, but I have to say, I've been converted.

Before I continue, I feel that I really need to qualify something. In my humble opinion, unless someone is constantly dealing with phone calls swarming in by the bucket load, you should never wear your Bluetooth headset all the time. People will mock you behind your back if you never take the earpiece out. If I see you, I might mock you for doing such a thing. Still, they are a wonderful accessory that allows people to not develop a cramp in their neck if they talk on the phone and need to use their hands elsewhere, but please, keep the headset in a pocket or something when you're not using it. I am amazed at the number of people I see in public, at baseball games, in the subway (where there is no reception) with their Bluetooth headsets stuck in their ears, making sure they're ready for calls that never come. It takes all of about three seconds to put a headset up to your ear, so just grab it and answer the phone, don't leave that little blinking piece of equipment hanging off your ear unless you absolutely have to. Also be prepared: if people don't see your headset while you're talking, they may well think you're schizophrenic and talking to yourself.

Now that I've gotten that off my chest, I have to say, that a Bluetooth headset is a pretty awesome accessory. I particularly like the design style of the iqua BHS-603WUS, which goes directly into the ear without the need for an over-the-ear hook. I wear reading glasses, and almost always have a pair of sunglasses whenever I leave the house, and it gets pretty uncomfortable to have the hook on my headset over my ear, competing for space with my glasses. The iqua avoids all that discomfort while providing a clear signal to go along with the comfort. There have been blog posts in the past about the hands-free cell phone laws in various States, so I won't bore you with that. Rather, I'll just tell you that you get your double rebate today from Newegg, and at $5 off of retail, this is a deal that may be too good to pass up if you don't have a Bluetooth headset yet.