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[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] Quilliam:
JAWBONE REVIEW

So here is my short review of the Jawbone (Bluetooth) based off only a few hours of testing. Look for an edit if things change.

First of all... this is the best presented Bluetooth I have ever received. Just wait until you open the box, it almost makes you want to take a picture.

But that's just fluff now the real stuff.

Calls are noticeable better on my end.

The Bluetooth hiss is almost gone for me, and I imagine most would say non exist at all.

Noise Shield seems to work well. I turned on my bathroom fan and shower as a "loudness" test then called my wife. She could not hear the fan at all, and could only hear a slight static from the tub running. (which is very loud).

Outgoing calls seem to be the same as my Jabra JX10. At least to my wife. I think it sounds better when I had some one call me on my new jawbone.

It fits very well. I have trouble with some ear loops and ear buds on other Bluetooth I have tried, but they provide you with enough to get a near perfect fit. I can wear it without the ear loop like my JX10 with only minimal fear of it falling out.

I do not use voice command so I cannot rate.

I do use voice dial and so far it has not had any trouble in a variety of noise levels (further testing needs to be done for me to feel comfortable on this, but it is at least as good as the JX10).

It does not call back someone when double clicking (like it should on some phones) I love this as I store it in my pocket and am prone to clicking the button by mistake.

It rings faster than my phone rings. Meaning that I can hear it in my ear before it ever rings out loud on my phone.

Pressing the phone answer key auto connects to the jawbone. I can live with this, but I personally would like it not to auto answer... I mean normally if I hit the green talk button on my phone it is because I can't find my Bluetooth so I would rather talk on the phone and not it.

It is noticeable larger than the jx10. Which see my last part about loosing my Bluetooth is not necessarily such a bad thing. however it is very light not light enough to drop it by mistake, but light enough to wear on your ear for a long time. (Although IMHO you should not wear it on your ear all day long, the borg look is just not in. but this is just my editorial opinion.)

The manual says it is Bluetooth 1.2 complaint. So I am not sure if it is really a Bluetooth 2.0 that happens to work down to 1.2

Despite that I can still reach the same range as my JX10 (which I am pretty sure is 2.0).

It comes with an AC charger and a USB cord. (USB plus into AC charger so you can charge either way). The Manual it comes with is top notch.

OVERALL: I like this Bluetooth. If my opinion changes I will post it. Sound is the best I have used on incoming and ties for outgoing with my JX10. And I have used about 6 different BT over the past 2 years. It looks good and feels good.

Oh and for all you who hate the flashing blue light... this one is a much less annoying dim white.

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[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] jasjamming:
sounds great, too bad we cannot get them here in Australia.

Might have to Ebay it....
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] HHumbert:
D'oh! I realize that I wrote my previous post a little ambiguously... I had 5 other BT headsets, and they're all just sitting around.

I only have one Jawbone, sorry :-( There's a guy selling them on ebay...

-Humbert
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] warmkiwi99:
don't need to apologise - i wasn't being serious :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] Wiper:
Welp, instead of switching that lame sound quality SE bluetooth to Jabra JX10, I decided to for Nokia BH-900. Sound quality is a bit better, but not as good as it is with old Nokia HW-4 and Jabra 250.

Talk time by manufacturer is ~8hrs with stand by time around 180h.

Pairing with TyTN went without a hitch. The retractable boom is handy and it also works as answer/end call button. It is quite comfy and light. The buttons are well placed.

One not-so-good-thing about this head set is the charger. It uses smaller jack so no regular nokia chargers will fit.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] NeoCole:
Best Bluetooth

I've had the following BT Headsets:

HBH-10 - Ericsson's first Bluetooth headset

Short battery life

Big and Nerdy

Blinky Nerdy light at the end of the boom

HBH-30 - Sony Ericsson's Best version of the boom headset IMHO

No blinky light, Great Battery life. Not as nerdy

Jabra BT200

Too big, don't like being interrupted with a loud beep every 5 seconds when there is about 2 mins of battery life left.

Bluespoon AX

Nice and small, too bad my callers couldn't hear me.

Short Battery life, bugs and issues

My EAR Hurts!!

Bluespoon AX2

Bah.. Nice if the callers could hear me.

My EAR HURTS.. Damn ear spring.

Plantronics 645

I liked it for the first month cause my ear didn't hurt.

I used it without the ear hook.

The thing fell out of my ear constantly, ear hook made my ear sore.

The gel that goes on the ear bud started to decay

(Plantronics sent me some new ones for free.)

Sony HBH 835

WAY COOL, however....

So small there are no volume buttons.

Volume can be controlled on a BT2.0 phone

The metal ring above the ear plunger hurt my ear

The battery life was short. Last a day, maybe.

DSP rocks on the device. Callers don't know I'm on a headset

Sony HBH-GV435 (current bt headset)

BT 2.0, but has all the buttons for volume and such

Battery life lasts about a week

Doesn't irritate the ear after long usage

DSP rocks on the device, callers can hear me in noisy environments

I haven't tried the jawbone. I like the looks of my HBH-GV435 better.

I've purchased most of my headsets through www.blueheadsets.com. They cost $3 - $10 than eBay, however, they have a great exchange program. If your headset breaks, ship it back and you get a new one for free. READ THEIR DETAILS ON HOW THIS WORKS. Well worth it. I had to trade out my HBH-GV435 once for a bad button, plus they cross-shipped. Plus when I was using those Bluespoon AX's I've swapped them out 5 or 6 times.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] Quilliam:
I'll add this about the Jawbone to my review, now that I have spent a ton of time talking on it.

I actualy like talking on my cellphone using jawbone better than my land line.

I don't know what the return policy is on it, but I encourage everyone to consider giving it a try.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] maxgohan:
does the jabra only connect when you answer via the jabra, i.e. if you push the green answer key on my phone will it connect to the jabra instead?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] Quilliam:
On my Jx10 with the cingular 8525 pressing the green talk button does not transfer it to the Jx10.

On my treo650 pressing the talk button does transfer it....

So who knows bluetooth stuff can be crazy.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] dwella:
I am taking my jawbone back tomorrow as I find it not to fit well, to heavy, for tinny sounding and volume levels not good. Going back to my jx10 and discovery 655. Had to try it though as in the pictures looks kind of cool but is pretty large and goofy looking on your ear.

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[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] wratran:
Bluetake BT450rx...stereo with AVRCP and A2DP...small profile
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] keijjoo:
Plantronics pulsar 260
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] mayerr2:
I couldn't agree more with your comments. I love the Jawbone. I have tried virtually everything out there and nothing has come close to comparing with this. Run out and get yours now...you won't be disappointed.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] frustin:
have you tried this: Sony HBH-GV435 ? how does it compare?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] RemE:
These BT headset evaluations are very subjective, from this thread I tried the Sony GV435 and the in-ear model, returned them both as they were just OK, I was told that they gave some echo to callers.

I've tried all of the Motorola's, 1 Jabra, Plantronics, and all were fair to very good on my end, however, I always ask my more technical friends for their inputs on what I sound like.

After 10 different headsets, the Jawbone stands alone as the best sounding to my callers, they say "by far". Car noise, virtually gone.

Sound to me is good, no echo, fairly loud. It does do some heavy processing but the conversations are clear and the headset stays connected all day with my 8525 without drop-offs. After a few weeks now, I now have 2 Jawbones and most of my friends have bought them after talking with me and hearing the difference.

You can turn the noise cancel on and off so A/B comparisons are fun to try with callers.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] spiritofseth:
I am more than happy with my samsung WEP200
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] frustin:
i suppose the next question is: where in the UK can i buy a Jawbone?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] _shift:
Well I have a Motorola HT850. Havent had a problem, aside from my friends mistakingly thinking that im talking to myself with the headset on.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] frustin:
anyone with a jawbone: can you charge it using a normal usb to computer connection or do you have to use the AC adapter it comes with? what is the DC rating that the adapter converts it to?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] RemE:
Jawbones can be had direct from jawbone.com in Red, Silver, or Black. Cingular stores have them in silver only same price $119.00

It comes with a custom charge cord, one end cups the rear end of the earpiece nice and secure, the other is standard PC USB. The supplied charger is a compact "switching" 120-240V to 5v 1amp module with USB connector on it. You could easily charge it from a PC.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] luchino san:
Samsung Wep 200 even for me. Very good and light weight bluetooth earpiece, also quite cheap...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] frustin:
thanks for the info, clearly the charger supplied will not fit into a UK plug socket but if i can use a pc to charge then thats great news.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] Roy_S:
With the voicedial is the volume of the number its dialing that the phone plays back loud enough. Have a thread posted about this as I can't hear it and have to look at the phone to see if it's picked up the right name.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] Wam7:
Thanks for the feedback and reviews. I have just ordered a Jawbone and as I am in the U.K at the moment it will be interesting for those people from the other side of the pond who want to get hold of the Jawbone now (until they get European distributor. :))
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] IGGYCORP:
I have been using the Jawbone as well and it is by far the best looking and functioning headset.

http://iggycorp.com/45
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] RemE:
Jawbone and voicedial's confirmation audio level,

On my 8525, the comfirmation voice tag playback is very low, this is an 8525 problem.

I have tried the Jawbone with a V3 Razr and the tag playback is very loud.

Sure wish there was a way to change this, the connected subsequent phone call is nice and loud so it must be in the dialer app?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] Blobstrom:
I have a Nokia HDW-3 for my nokia (work phone) but it works perfectly on my Vario2 as well
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] Wam7:
Well my Jawbone arrived all the way from Sunny California to sunny (for a change) England in 4 days. I tracked it's amazing journey across the globe via the UPS tracking system, quite interesting! Anyway,

I have to say it is an excellent piece of kit. It's not cheap but you also get that same feeling when you open the box. It's extremely well presented, more akin to a Rolex Watch (no, I don't possess one!)

Just to give a brief summary it is a brilliant headset. I used it via a Skype for nearly 3.5 hours today continuously and it was comfortable and clear. My brother was amazed when I demonstrated the noise canceling feature with the aid of my trusty vacuum cleaner. He could not hear it and my head was next to it.

My minor gripes are; the volume controls and noise canceling are the same button, no biggy really. Also it is a little on the large side compared to some of the small headsets around but it looks oh so beautiful.

Highly recommended. Even if you wait for the price to come down a little. ;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] pkley:
Just to throw a off brand in there - I've had my Bluetrek G2 for 2 years of non-stop daily wear and use. I wear it all day long, M-F, and the earhook has a wire inside so you can mold it to your ear. Got my wife a updated G2+ and it fits her ear comfortably as well!

Noise canceling is good, better than some Plantronics co-workers had. Volume is fair, possibly a little low.

My only complaint is that it is still BT1.2 and they don't have a 2.0 version yet. If it wasn't for that, I'd never leave. As it is, 2 years later and it's possibly starting to have some issues. While I don't NEED the multi-paring right now, I don't want to spring for a new headset with the current limitations of this one.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] xtac:
Can any user of Jawbone comment on the battery life of this headset? My Jabra bt250v is able to hold its charge for 4 days with heavy usage without turning it off overnight. Is the Jawbone able to achieve this?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] donsaxena:
Jawbone hands down. I drive a convertible m3 and the other party on the line can't hear engine noise nor road noise. Much better than what comes in the car. I also use the jawbone in restaurants it works well in there too. I don't have the very low volume of the voice tag.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] daikuma:
Jawbone by Aliph: There Is None Higher!

The Jawbone Bluetooth headset with noise cancellation is by and far the best bluetooth headset I have ever used (or even heard of).

The device uses a dual microphone pattern (one a wide extrenal array, one a pressure switch activated voice pickup) which utilizes military grade noise cancellation circuitry in the earpiece to cancel out external noise.

Shipped with two different sized ear hooks for each ear and four different sized ear gels, the unit is very customizable. It also comes in three colors: black, grey/silver, and fire engine red (very shiny!)

I work in a broadcasting server and duplication facility, with a constant noise level of 75+ decibels (and yes, I am probably going deaf) but my senior citizen mother can make out what I am saying perfectly when I call her (long distance) from that room (though I have to mush the device a little further into my ear to hear her replies - no fault of the device, I have rather large ear canals, and the "custom fit" ear gels that it comes with are not so much for folks with my size dome).

Check out one great review here.

The only modification that I am going to make is getting true custom ear gels made for the device. [If you really want to hear on any BT headset, get a hearing aid fitting shop do some custom molds of your ear canals, and you can find a custom shop that will build an adaptor to fit the "shoe" that is utilized by most Jabra-style gels - they are pretty much universal - if your headset uses this kind of shoe, customize it, it makes a world of difference]. This also helps save your earing because you can hear a lot more at a lower volume level when you shut out the external interference.

Here is one of many shops I have found that do such custom work. Here is another (just so nobody thinks I am advertising or advocating a particular product or manufacturer).

At $119 USD (plus tax), and only available from Cingular stores, the Jawbone is a little hard to come by. It was one of my first true "impulse" purchases (I got it the first week it was available) and worth every tax deductable penny (if you work in any sort of business capacity, write off every cell phone deduction you can - it's worth it!)

-G.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] frustin:
got my jawbone yesterday. not bad at all. demonstrated with my wife using the TV up loud. works a treat.

my last headset was a jabra 250 so its quite a step up by comparason.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] Wam7:
Haven't tried it for that long yet but the specs say 6 hours usage and 120 hours standby. Unlike most quoted specs I expect the Jawbone to get pretty close to this.

I've found there is a fair amount of hiss on my Jawbone but I slightly expect my phone might have a bit to do with that. Any other comments from other Jawbone users on this?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] margatenj:
there is no getting around the simple fact that no one looks like anything else but a huge geek wearing one of these ...

I have a Jabra Jx10 that I got for 10 bucks refurbished on ebay. .. that I use while driving.

I also have a pair of Motorola HT820 Bluetooth Stereo Headphones, that sound great for music and on phone calls, but I'll never wear them out of the house. The AD2P is great (lets you control the device playing the music, fast-forward, rewind, etc) and with a 100 meter range on my bluetooth transmitter on my pc, I can move thru out my house w/out any problems.

The Sony Ericsson Bluetooth Stereo Headset HBH-DS970 look like they'd be great, but the ear buds are to snug in my ears ... the neat thing about these is that the lcd display shows song name while playing music, and switches to the name of incoming callers ... these look like a apple ipod shuffle and hang around your neck, letting you keep your phone out of sight ... don't want to walk around with a 600 buck cell phone visible.

Unless you have to take every last call or people will die ... uh, you have voice mail right?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] pbratton:
I have the Jawbone and it is a great replacement for my BT500V.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] layer1:
Read through the forum and it appears the Jawbone is an excellent headset. There's only one question I like to ask cause I only saw one post regarding low sound level with the Cingular 8525.

Anyone tested the Jawbone with an HTC TyTN ? If so, how is the sound level, not the quality (as we know the qaulity is great). Curious as if the sound level is low, medium, loud with the volume level at max.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] chenga:
I think the sound level from the Jawbone is pretty loud. I get the earpiece inside my ear canal as much as I can (so the jawbone stays still even when I move my head around), and I can always hear people.

The beeps that it makes are super-loud (turn-on, turn-off) to me.

I don't have the HTC TyTN, but the CHT9000 should be the same since it's also HERM200.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] RemE:
The Jawbone has automatic volume adjustment, it steps up the volume in noisy enviornments. You can also adjust the volume manually by pushing the combo pairing/vol/noise reduction On-Off button. The volume can be adjusted in 6 steps from low to hi. It can be set high enough to be uncomfortable.

On some phones, adjusting the phone volume also adjusts the Jawbone via bluetooth. On my 8525 this doesn't happen, I must adjust vol at the headset.

My only complaint still, is the low "feedback" volume level of the voice tag confirmation from voice dialer when in a noisy place, the caller volume is fine.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] chenga:
If you turn up the "PDA Volume" (left slider in the volume taskbar meter) on the 8525, the voice tag confirmation will be louder.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] layer1:
One last question.

Does the JawBone connect via BT with Windows XP/Vista ?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] RemE:
If the XP/Vista machine has a Bluetooth radio and stack, no problem. I've used it with a Fujitsu notebook on XP.

Thanks Chenga! That works great, too bad it works this way however. When I raise it up nice and high, the Jawbone works well with the voice tags, but the 8525 speaker BLASTS for all other sounds. Arrrgh!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] chenga:
Yeah, I just hope that I got the right voice tag because having the PDA volume up loud is too much.

Maybe somebody can hack the voice dialer programs (Voice Dial, Cyberon Voice Commander, or MS Voice Command) to change the PDA volume when the programs are running, and then change it back after the program closes?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] pkley:
Just to update on the battery life - it's rated at 6 hours and hits that almost right on the money!

Drove 8 hours today listening to podcasts and audio over BT, died right on the 6 hour mark, give or take 15 minutes...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] mmoonsamy:
Jabra JX10 - worth every penny. Sound is so superb that I have not yet touched the volume buttons on it :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] Wiz:
Not entirely true. Even with 3 sizes of adapters, you have to have the ears for it. In my case, not one of the adapters provided a comfortable fit. I ended up with picking the HBH-PV705 (excellent talk time, approx 10 hours) and the HBH-GV435 (the ultimate in style & coolness)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] naveen:
i like this one from sony, but i have never tried it. i am currently using the blueant x3 micro which i love.

http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp...1&template=pp4_1_1&zone=pp&lm=pp4_1&pid=10418
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] margatenj:
I have yet to get Vista 64bit to work with bluetooth audio ... it sees it, just will not connect... but I do believe there is a hack out on web to kinda get it to work for the 32bit version.

...its a "waiting for drivers" problem. :(
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] donsaxena:
GET A JAWBONE! I drive a convertible carrera and i can always talk with the top down going 70 mph. In my other car it works better than the in car bluetooth.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] diaftia:
I'm not... people constantly say that it sounds like I am talking in a jail cell. Lots of echo and background noise. Fitment and usage is good. I do really like that it gets LOUD. My BH-800 was somewhat better but I lost it. Too small! ;) I have had the Jabra BT350 and it fit like garbage. Really loose and the volume would not get loud enough. NxZen was garbage. Noise cancellation cancelled me out too. Awesome. Had a Motorola H700 and I had to press it against my head to hear anyone. Volume sucked. I think I am going to try the Jawbone.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] Pumpiron579:
I have had quit a few, Mostly sony ericssons, Problem is that they do not last long... I know have a Pair of Oakly Razrwire's and I have had them for 2 years... I am in Az so it is sunny 98% of the time and use them daily. Higghly recomend them.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] diaftia:
I went and got a Jawbone today. Its on the charger now. Gonna do some tests on the way home. I will let you know how it goes. :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] odie3:
Okay, today I picked up a Jawbone from my local Cingular store for my 8525. I must say, I LOVE this headset. Before I had a Motorola [took it back the next day] and moved to a Logitech [which I have had for almost 2 years]. The Logitech seems like it would fall off my ear if I farted to hard but at least I could hear the person talking [the Motorola I could not hear crap].

The Jawbone, I basically keep it at level 4 and its way louder than my Logitech and this thing sticks to my ear like it was made for me! I did a test in my lab [we write broadcast automation software] and I put my head to one of our video servers [it has a crap load of fans] and my boss or my wife could not even tell I was in my lab!

+1 for the Jawbone!