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Great Gifts for Your PC

'Tis the season to reward your trusty machine--and yourself--with the coolest add-ons and accessories.

By Michael Lasky and Dennis O'Reilly   

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Let Your PC Do the Dialing

What if your PC and telephone worked as a team? The ArialPhone PC-connected wireless telephone headset doesn't entirely integrate phone and PC functions, but it comes close. The base station connects to the PC via a USB port and communicates wirelessly with the headset. The device uses a standard phone jack, is simple to install, and doesn't require any voice training.

Press the headset's Action button, and a voice asks, "How may I help you?" Say the word "call" to access the names and telephone numbers in your Outlook Express, Outlook, or Windows Address Book. Say "John Smith," and his number is dialed for you. Or say "dial" followed by the number you wish to call. Answering calls is just as straightforward. In fact, you can do anything with the ArialPhone that you can with a standard telephone, except that it's hands-free.

Priced for people who conduct much of their business from their PCs, the ArialPhone works only when the PC is powered on. People have been talking to their PCs since the machines first arrived on their desktops. Now with the ArialPhone, you may get the impression that your PC is talking back.


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