Technology is just another way to spend money if it does not make life better in someway: more efficient, more fun, less painful, ect. The Jawbone Bluetooth Headset from Aliph is a product that will make lawyers more efficient and possible safer. I will be the first to admit, people who walk around talking on little bluetooth headsets are not only annoying but also ripe for ridicule. However, there is an underlying practical purpose to those devices: in the car. In the car no one can see how silly you look, while at the same time you, the young aspiring lawyer, can get things done while commuting to or from work.

There are hundreds of wireless headsets on the market, but I recommend Aliph’s because of its revolutionary feature called “Noise Shield.” Normally talking on a headset is similar to conversing via speaker phone: the person you are talking to can hear everything going on around you. Either they will have a hard time hearing you, or will wonder why it sounds like you are standing under an airplane. The Noise Shield changes all of that. I would not believe it unless I actually saw and used the product, but it actually works. In fact it works perfectly. When making phone calls in the car I have found the person on the other end can tell no difference between when I speak to them in my office. For the young lawyer that should mean more billable hours, and safer driving.

My only complaint is that you have to actually turn the Noise Shield on, as opposed to it automatically starting when making or receiving a phone call. Still it is a much better product than anything else I have seen, and its $130 price tag will quickly pay for itself. Just do not wear it to the grocery store or while in the line at Starbucks.

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