[HW] Ear phones with microphone, for hands-free calling?

[Toni Mueller]

Hi,

On Sat, 28.03.2009 at 16:20:11 +0100, arne anka <openmoko at ginguppin.de> wrote:
> I wrote: 
> > external in-ear head set that also features a microphone be a good
> > thing to have for this device.
> afaik the package included a wired headset too.

mine didn't, and afaik, the offered headset does not include a
microphone.

> resellers of the fr do imo offer the matching headset.

... w/o a microphone.

> for other see either the archives or the wiki. there have been lengthy  

I was already looking out there, but didn't turn up anything useful
there.

> sure, but i am not sure, if handsfree equals headset. at least headphones  
> are forbidden (even for bicycles, but nobody cares).

If it would be possible to connect the phone to a car radio - some of
these include an USB connector, that would imho solve the problem and
provide muting as well as the option to use the car's stereo for voice
output. But I don't know how this can be made to work.


Kind regards,
--Toni++