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rogermccoy@startrek.website ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I have one. I want to say ThinkGeek used to sell them, but I definitely recognize that backing as being from the same device I have.

It’s cool and fun to wear, but not amazing as a Bluetooth device. Microphone didn’t pick up super-well, which isn’t too surprising when it’s clipped on your shirt. Magnet would sometimes slip off if the shirt bunched up or something too. (I haven’t used it in a few years, so I’m a little hazy on some of this.)

A Bluetooth version of the TMP communicators might have better success, albeit at the cost of having to hold your arm up for the whole conversation.

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alekwithak@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

ThinkGeek

Now that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long, long time.

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IcedRaktajino@startrek.website ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

not amazing as a Bluetooth device. Microphone didn’t pick up super-well

That’s disappointing. Seemed to work well in that video, though it was quiet; I did wonder how it would fare in the real world, though.

A Bluetooth version of the TMP communicators might have better success albeit at the cost of having to hold your arm up for the whole conversation.

I’ve used smart watches for phone calls like that, and it was pretty annoying after not very long at all.

I could probably easily make a Bluetooth TOS communicator, but that would be two roughly phone-sized things to carry around, so not really practical.

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- Davel23@fedia.io ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  I could probably easily make a Bluetooth TOS communicator
  
  You've been beaten to it, though they're not making it any more.
  
  https://www.thewandcompany.com/communicator/
  
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  - IcedRaktajino@startrek.website ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Would love to have one of those. Guess I’ll have to settle for 3D printing one and hacking up a Bluetooth headset/speaker to make it work.
    
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