Motorola slapped with lawsuit over Bluetooth headsets
We've personally had more trouble with headsets not being loud enough, but a California man has worked himself into a lather over "injury" allegedly suffered from using a Motorola Bluetooth headset at high volume. A lawsuit has been filed (naturally) against Moto on behalf of the suffering individual, seeking class action status with unspecified damages -- suggesting that many of us are victims of our own stupidity and are hard of hearing as a result. Ultimately, the issue is that the headsets can apparently reach 85-100 decibels, a volume that risks causing gradual hearing loss, and nothing in Motorola's safety documentation makes mention of the danger (someone actually reads that booklet?). Though we think this is a typically silly suit looking to shake the Motorola tree for some free goodies, we'll admittedly be the last to complain if a free H5 comes our way. Sorry, could you speak up a bit?[Via The Inquirer]
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Tristam @ Oct 23rd 2006 3:13PM
Is it top? Where is comments?
xultar @ Oct 23rd 2006 3:34PM
A Moto BT Headset can get loud enough to damage.
That's funny. The guy is lyin right there.
Better check to see if he owns an iPod.
T-Will @ Oct 23rd 2006 4:03PM
Slightly off-topic: Does anyone know where to get a current Bluetooth headset review round-up or could recommend one?
TIA
miklm @ Oct 23rd 2006 4:06PM
Funny; my H500 headset is nowhere near loud enough. I'd like to sue to have it replaced with something that I can hear while driving, outdoors, or not in a silent room.
What a stupid lawsuit.
kangshi @ Oct 23rd 2006 4:15PM
i too should spend all my days looking at the catalogue of large corporations and finding where i can sue said corporations for unspecified amounts of damages because of my "own stupidity". its better then sitting in a cubicle all day because your "sticking it to the man"
That Guy @ Oct 23rd 2006 10:41PM
it's funny, people like that make it harder for companies to provide a quality product.
Memo to the Plantiff- Thanks alot for your continued impact on the general population. Each time I'm on my headset and can't turn the volume up any louder I'll thank you for protecting my hearing although I'm competent enough to use the volume buttons.
jason @ Oct 24th 2006 12:44PM
What a dumbass. This guy should be put on the same island as the fat people who tried to sue McDonald's and Wendy's for making them fat. Idiots.
John G. @ Oct 25th 2006 11:34PM
I have the solution for all who need better sound that bluetooth. I have created an earpiece that works with infrared light. It has digital high fidelity sound and only weights 3/10th of an ounce. It fits in the cocha of the ear so it can eliminates ambient noise. Yes I can hear fine when I am driving and a semi goes by I can still talk and listen. It has about 60-100 hours of battery talk time using a standard hearing aid battery. Just got the patent from the US Patent Office. Interesting events of Bluetooth, I think there will be more than just this.
John G.
Critch @ Oct 26th 2006 1:00AM
This is a silly lawsuit. I’ve owned a few generations of Motorola Bluetooth headsets and I have one complain for all of them, they are not loud enough. I had to switch brand to hear my clients using a wireless Bluetooth in my car, which has a quiet ride to begin with.