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Dual SIM phones was:Worker killed by Southern train was covering for brother
In message , at 21:49:47 on Wed, 24 Jul
2019, Graeme Wall remarked: On 24/07/2019 20:46, Basil Jet wrote: On 24/07/2019 18:21, Clank wrote: Roland Perry Wrote in message: That's why I'm sure some buy new sexier earbuds, without buying a whole new phone (or indeed waiting until it's time for them to buy a new phone and get the together). It's telling that earphones are now considered a mobile phone * accessory, despite predating the invention of the mobile phone by * decades... I don't think earphones with a microphone built into the neck area pre-dated mobile phones. The RAF used a version called a throat mic[1] which is very similar, introduced in the 1950s IIRC [1] It is literally strapped to the larynx for use in high noise situations, takes some getting used to when you are listening in. Or back in WW2: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ODkAAOSwivlcq2w5/s-l300.jpg -- Roland Perry |
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Dual SIM phones was:Worker killed by Southern train was coveringfor brother
On 25/07/2019 07:51, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 21:49:47 on Wed, 24 Jul 2019, Graeme Wall remarked: On 24/07/2019 20:46, Basil Jet wrote: On 24/07/2019 18:21, Clank wrote: Roland Perry Wrote in message: That's why I'm sure some buy new sexier earbuds, without buying a whole new phone (or indeed waiting until it's time for them to buy a new phone and get the together). It's telling that earphones are now considered a mobile phone Â* accessory, despite predating the invention of the mobile phone by Â* decades... Â*I don't think earphones with a microphone built into the neck area pre-dated mobile phones. The RAF used a version called a throat mic[1] which is very similar, introduced in the 1950s IIRC [1] It is literally strapped to the larynx for use in high noise situations, takes some getting used to when you are listening in. Or back in WW2: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ODkAAOSwivlcq2w5/s-l300.jpg Older than I thought. -- Graeme Wall This account not read. |
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