http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:01:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1060979 Robert Gable Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:13:16 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1060979 Comment #3 above is exactly correct. I bought a Bone Fone. I either returned it or threw it out after I tried it. It was a good example of false advertising, and I never bought anything from the JS&A Group again. Comment #3 above is exactly correct. I bought a Bone Fone. I either returned it or threw it out after I tried it. It was a good example of false advertising, and I never bought anything from the JS&A Group again.

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1057391 philspil Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:54:21 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1057391 windy52, If it's working, I might be interested in buying your Bone Fone. Let me know at dlb@ezrider.info windy52, If it’s working, I might be interested in buying your Bone Fone. Let me know at dlb@ezrider.info

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1057213 Brian Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:29:01 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1057213 windy52, if you get this, i am willing to make an offer for your bone fone windy52, if you get this, i am willing to make an offer for your bone fone

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1057191 windy52 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:07:21 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1057191 i have a bone fone complete and am open to offers i have a bone fone complete and am open to offers

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1054830 philspil Tue, 13 May 2008 20:31:03 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1054830 Does anyone know a way to find the copyright holder, anyone who worked for the company who made it, or anyone who has one for sale? Any information would greatly be appreciated. Does anyone know a way to find the copyright holder, anyone who worked for the company who made it, or anyone
who has one for sale? Any information would greatly be appreciated.

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1048132 Glenn Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:23:54 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1048132 Is the Bone Fone truly still available?? I have a granddaughter who uses a bone condution aid to hear & would love to attain one of these for her. Is the Bone Fone truly still available??
I have a granddaughter who uses a bone condution aid to hear & would love to attain one of these for her.

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1047789 Matthew Hurst Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:01:22 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-1047789 I had one and it was a normal radio with two speakers in the area near your ears. The only thing unique about it was the layout of the radio - the speakers in the sleeve on each side of the area that rested on you should area under your ears, battery back on one side for the AA batteries and the tuner controls on the other side. Nothing at all scary about it and, unfortunately, not unique sounding either. I was an OK radio and was well made, but not worth anything near the $70 it cost back in 1979. There was more creativity in the writing of the ad for it than in the design of the unit. “The sleeve comes in brilliant Bone Fone blue-a color designed especially for the system.” Ok, right the blue color was designed especially for the system! Sure it was. You were supposed to place the speakers downward towards your body so that the sound would vibrate through your body/bones. Well, that simply didn't work and just made the sound coming out of the speakers more muffled. It worked so-so with the speakers pointed up towards you ears and was in some ways safer for jogging et. al. than being cut off from the world with earphones. Everyone heard what you heard - the was no "Your Own Space" involved. The Bone Fone was brilliant in its marketing and placement of well-written ads in magazines like Popular Science. Having it in PS somehow bosterled its claims of conducting sound through the bones in your body I guess. Only trouble was those claims were pure fantasy. The Bone Fone is right up there with the ads to make a hover car using a vacuum cleaning, Mr. Microphone, Inside the Egg Beater, Pet Rocks and Sea Monkeys! I had one and it was a normal radio with two speakers in the area near your ears. The only thing unique about it was the layout of the radio - the speakers in the sleeve on each side of the area that rested on you should area under your ears, battery back on one side for the AA batteries and the tuner controls on the other side. Nothing at all scary about it and, unfortunately, not unique sounding either. I was an OK radio and was well made, but not worth anything near the $70 it cost back in 1979. There was more creativity in the writing of the ad for it than in the design of the unit. “The sleeve comes in brilliant Bone Fone blue-a color designed especially for the system.” Ok, right the blue color was designed especially for the system! Sure it was. You were supposed to place the speakers downward towards your body so that the sound would vibrate through your body/bones. Well, that simply didn’t work and just made the sound coming out of the speakers more muffled. It worked so-so with the speakers pointed up towards you ears and was in some ways safer for jogging et. al. than being cut off from the world with earphones. Everyone heard what you heard - the was no “Your Own Space” involved. The Bone Fone was brilliant in its marketing and placement of well-written ads in magazines like Popular Science. Having it in PS somehow bosterled its claims of conducting sound through the bones in your body I guess. Only trouble was those claims were pure fantasy. The Bone Fone is right up there with the ads to make a hover car using a vacuum cleaning, Mr. Microphone, Inside the Egg Beater, Pet Rocks and Sea Monkeys!

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-404262 More Osteo-Musicology « The ARChive Blogoschmeer Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:29:28 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-404262 [...] sale.  The principle the same as your Tooth Tunes; vibrations are sent through your collarbones “all the way into the sensitive bones of your inner ear,” eliminating the need for clunky headphones.  Perfect for that hot new fitness craze sweeping the [...] [...] sale.  The principle the same as your Tooth Tunes; vibrations are sent through your collarbones “all the way into the sensitive bones of your inner ear,” eliminating the need for clunky headphones.  Perfect for that hot new fitness craze sweeping the [...]

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-143107 fluffy Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:55:30 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/25/bone-fone/#comment-143107 That seems really freaking scary. It could also possibly affect bone regrowth and osteoperosis and so on. That seems really freaking scary. It could also possibly affect bone regrowth and osteoperosis and so on.

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