When I last upgraded my phone, I made it a point to purchase one that would be hands free bluetooth ready. Excited about all that I had heard about the device, I hoped the it would be the perfect addition to my girl on the go lifestyle.

Boy was I wrong.

Hands free bluetooth? They should call it hear free bluetooth. I live in Ohio where the winters require your eyes to be on the road and the other drivers. You can’t exactly be playing with your phone when you’re trying to conduct business (personal or otherwise) so you buy devises like these to avoid having to pull over. My hands free bluetooth caused more problems than it solved. My friends constantly said that they didn’t hear me talking clearly enough, leading to me constantly having to repeat myself at a higher volume and sometimes at a slower rate. To hang up or transfer my calls, my hands were needed. I though this was supposed to be a “hands free” deal. While trying not to kill or maim myself or other Ohio motorists, I would have to use at least one of my hands to push on the thin tab that was supposed to navigate this features.When I wasn’t yelling to be heard or fumbling to use the teeny buttons, I had to adjust the device on my ear several times to avoid the uncomfortable pain the would result from having it on too long. Again that was distracting from driving.

Now I know that my experience may have been different if I’d purchased a hands free device that worked thru the radio as opposed to the bluetooth, but once again I was sucked into the buying the bluetooth by listening to other Gen Y-ers who sprouted the propaganda the company fed them. Personally this was my one and only hands free Bluetooth. I’ll stick my mobile on its own.