THIS HEADSET FOLLOWS YOU FROM WORK TO WORKOUT
Your home, neighborhood coffee shop and, on better days, the beach have all served as your mobile office. Unfortunately, not every headset can accommodate such an on-the-go lifestyle.
Sennheiser’s latest Bluetooth headset, the VMX Office, works with landlines, computers and mobile phones, so you only need one device as you move from car to office to home office.
The Office’s Bluetooth compatibility (1.0, 1.1 and 2.0) allows for hands-free calls up to 30.5m away and a single button lets you switch between landline and mobile devices. The VMX’s VoiceMax technology reduces invasive background noise and picks up and enhances human voices, a feature that’s bound to come in handy during those power business walks.
The US$280 VMX Office, out now, also comes equipped with five hours of talk time and more than 100 standby hours. Your 3pm treadmill session/conference call awaits.
AN OVERSIZE MOUSE CAN EXTEND AND TILT FOR A BETTER FIT
Technology should fit your needs, not the other way around. At least that’s the sentiment behind the ergonomically designed Switch Mouse, which can stretch and tilt to fit your hand.
Created by Humanscale, which makes adjustable keyboard and monitor supports, the US$120 Switch Mouse is about 30 percent bigger than a typical mouse. The size is intended to mitigate wrist injuries like carpal tunnel syndrome by incorporating a built-in palm rest and encouraging users to move the mouse with arm motions rather than the more vulnerable wrist muscles.
The device can even be stretched using a ratchet-like internal extender to accommodate larger hands so that fingers fall properly on the mouse buttons.
Also, in an attempt to prevent repetitive stress injury, the underside of the Switch Mouse has a V-shaped bracket that tilts the pointer at a 45-degree angle to keep one’s wrist as straight as possible and minimize pronation. Better still, the bracket can be set for left-or right-handed users.
Just don’t expect it to feel natural the first time you use it. Discouraging bad but ingrained mouse habits can take some time.
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