{"id":1886,"date":"2012-11-01T16:08:56","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T16:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=363"},"modified":"2012-11-01T16:08:56","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T16:08:56","slug":"who-uses-plantronics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/who-uses-plantronics\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Uses Plantronics?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently moved and have been having the \u201cWhat do you do for a living\u201d conversation an awful lot lately.\u00a0 Almost everyone is familiar with Plantronics in one way or another.\u00a0 Either they have used their Bluetooth mobile headsets, or perhaps the wireless office headsets at work, or even their line of gaming headsets.\u00a0 I did run into one individual though that had never heard of us, and I was a little stunned.\u00a0 He asked me, \u201cWell, who uses Plantronics?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s a good question, and the answer is quite impressive.<\/p>\n

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A little background helps set the stage.\u00a0 Plantronics was started by two pilots who were faced with a problem. In the early 1960\u2019s airline headsets were monstrous in size, and so bulky that no one wanted to use them.\u00a0 They were so bad that most pilots switched back to handheld microphones instead of the headsets.\u00a0 There was a problem though, airliners were getting more complicated, and they needed a hands free device.\u00a0 United Airlines invited new designs for a lightweight, more efficient headset from anyone who was interested.\u00a0 Pilots Courtney Graham and Keith Larkin submitted their design which was accepted, and then formed Pacific Plantronics, now known as Plantronics Inc.\u00a0 In 1961 he FAA selected Plantronics to be the sole supplier of headsets for air traffic controllers.\u00a0 In the same year, Plantronics was selected to supply headsets to the operators of the Bell Telephone Company.<\/p>\n

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Sporting a Plantronics Headset<\/p><\/div>\n

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In 1961 NASA contacted Courtney Graham, designer of the first Plantronics headset, the MS-50) to create a design for a small lightweight headset to be used in the Mercury spacecraft.\u00a0 To say 1961 was a big year for Plantronics is an understatement.\u00a0 Pacific Plantronics created its SPENCOMM division (Space Environmental Communications), to begin designing the headset for NASA.\u00a0 The headsets had to be built with significant redundancy in case of failure of one or more parts, and the headsets were used in pairs in case one had a total failure.\u00a0 NASA continues to use Plantronics headsets, and the famous words spoken from Neil Armstrong \u201cThat\u2019s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind<\/a>\u201d was transmitted through a Plantronics headset.<\/p>\n

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Wireless Office Headset<\/p><\/div>\n

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Plantronics line of office headsets has filled call centers, helpdesks, and businesses around the world.\u00a0 Whether you work in HR, IT, Sales, Marketing, or anywhere else, you probably have seen someone wearing one of these.\u00a0 They make answering calls easier, and less stressful on your wrist and neck.\u00a0 Risk Management loves them just as much as the employees do.\u00a0 They are used in health care, education, government, public and private sectors, just everywhere.<\/p>\n

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Voyager Legend Headset<\/p><\/div>\n

What about mobile?\u00a0 Now if you live in the country I\u2019ll admit, you may not see a ton of these on people\u2019s heads.\u00a0 But walk through a city and really pay attention; they are everywhere.\u00a0 Normally we only notice the jerk who won\u2019t stop talking on the phone long enough to order his coffee and makes everyone else wait, but there are a lot of people out there getting great use out of these.\u00a0 Staying in touch with work, friends, and family while on the go has never been easier than it is right now, especially with Plantronics new\u00a0Voyager Legend<\/a>\u00a0model.\u00a0As someone who works on the road from time to time, I could never do my job without it.<\/p>\n

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GameCom 780<\/p><\/div>\n

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Here is the fun one, the gaming headsets.\u00a0 I\u2019m a big gamer (when I have the time).\u00a0 Nothing makes me happier than putting on my GameCom 780\u2019s, loading up Steam, and playing whatever sounds the most fun.\u00a0 There are a huge group of gamers out there who use our headsets, some on PS3, some on 360, and some on PC. If you haven\u2019t picked one up yet, you should.\u00a0 I highly recommend the GameCom 780, and I\u2019m saying that as a gamer, not a Plantronics blogger.\u00a0 It\u2019s the best sounding, most comfortable headset I\u2019ve used in over a decade of gaming.<\/p>\n

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So let\u2019s recap a little.\u00a0 Plantronics is used by air traffic controllers, NASA, government, health care, education, and business all around the world.\u00a0 Check back soon as I will being showing results of a survey to why people chose Plantronics, and maybe why you should to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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