New technologies are being discovered and are brought to use everyday, making our life simpler and better. But supporting every technology, lies the wires, that destroy all the fun of using them.
There are things powered by Bluetooth and other wireless technologies that can cut the cords, but most of us don’t use them, or are unaware of them. This article outlines most of the things that have replacements, which will help bring the cords out of your life.
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1. Start With The Landline In Your Drawing Room
Mobile devices have already replaced the landlines decades ago. But, if you still have that long wired telephone sitting in your home, go ahead and get a cell phone.
There are obviously some drawbacks of using mobile phones and the call rates may also be costly in your country than the landline phones, but if you are serious about removing the wires, you must do it.
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2. Still Use A Computer?
If you still use a PC at your home than try replacing it with a laptop. If you still want to use your PC, then buy a wireless mouse and a keyboard. These are the two things with wires that you have to struggle with daily.
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3. Use WiFi And Not Ethernet
If you are still living in the rock age and using the Ethernet cords and hubs to connect to the internet, then it’s high time to get a WiFi capable router.
The WiFi connections are absolutely fine for surfing the web, but you may find it slow while transferring files from one system to another. You should keep an Ethernet cable handy, for times when you want to transfer huge data.
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4. Leverage The Power of Bluetooth
Bluetooth has come a long way, from being extremely slow, it has become a great and fast way to share files and listen to music. We use Bluetooth everyday for sharing files from one mobile device to another, but we don’t use it for playing music.
There are many, both portable and immovable speakers that are capable of playing music via Bluetooth. Almost all devices (laptops and mobiles) today can play music over Bluetooth. Buy a Bluetooth speakers to relieve yourself of wires hanging with your device whenever you want to listen to music.
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5. Transfer Data To And From Your Mobile Using WiFi
Still use data cables to transfer data to/from your mobile device, you can obviously use Bluetooth for that if speed is not an issue.
If you want speed along with the removal of the cable, use AirDroid to transfer files between your computer and your Android device. AirDroid is an application for Android that lets you transfer data between your mobile and your PC. Not just that, it has many more features too, like sending Messages, watching photos and many others.
LINK: AirDroid
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5. Charging Mobile Phones Wirelessly
This may cross the budget, but if you are very serious about removing those ugly wires, you can buy a phone that is capable of charging wirelessly. Many mobile phones from Nokia, LG, HTC and others have this feature and you will see tons of them coming in the near future.
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6. Keep Your Earphone Cables Organised
There will be no one who would have never dealt with the problem of earphones being tangled. To cut the cables, you can buy a bluetooth headphones/earphones. But if you still want to use the earphones then try iCoil. You can put any of your old piece of earphones in the iCoil and they will never get tangled again, thanks to the great system based on which iCoil is built.
You can also use this to manage your earphones.
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7. Buy Some Cable Management Systems
If the wires are really necessary and can’t be removed, buy some cord management stuff from IKEA.
You can also use binder clips to manage your cables that keep lingering around your desk.