Comments on: Review: Jawbone Bluetooth headset

By: Federson Langly

Federson Langly — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:37:49 +0000

I love my jawbone bluetooth head set, it’s one of the finest products I have ever bought! It works great, the sound quality is amazing, and its extremely comfortable. I found a great deal on one at http://www.BuyJawboneBluetooth.com

By: bhang

bhang — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:40:30 +0000

asking anything to eliminate wind noise in a convertible is a bit much to ask, don’tcha think?

BT headsets are a very personal thing to be able to recommend 1 for everybody: ear size, version of BT your handy supports and how well that’s implemented differ greatly, not to mention expectation(a biggie), distance between headset and phone and RF environment, those play a big part as well in the performance of any headset/phone combo.

what I’m saying is not every headset will be great for everybody, Ive had tons of them in the ~8 years Ive been using them, right now I have the samsung wep 200, but I’m looking at the jawbone, now that you can get them for like 60$ shipped… Ive had headsets I loved and some I hated, none of which My wife liked, I got her a sony ericsson akiono(sp?) its big but fits her small ear well, has an incredible battery life and good reception both ways and she loves it, I hate it but that’s my point isn’t it???

bhang

By: Don

Don — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:50:15 +0000

I purchased a Jawbone, because I was hoping it was the solution for my Sebring Convertable. I use my phone allot and drive with the Top Down. The person I was talking to said it sounded like I was taking through a Fan. I recorded my voice using the cell phone voice recorder and I could bearly make out what I was saying. I don’t know if there is some magic in making the unit work properly. I was sitting still at an intersection and there was a light breeze blowing across my head and the jawbone picked up that noise as well. I hope some company makes inprovements and tests with the Top Down at 70MPH

By: Jackson

Jackson — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:03:28 +0000

I bought a Jawbone unit back in 2007, it didn’t work as effective as everyone advertised. I might have dampened the background noise, but the people who I was calling was constantly complaining about not being able to hear me well. Which is why in 2008, I RMAed for another unit, but the results are the same. You can test this by calling your voicemail and recording a personal message then replay it. I am somewhat disappointed by the Jawbone, but oh well, it’s all spilled-milk now. The bluetooth headset hunt begins anew.

By: Jawbone! « ifindkarma. elegance is refusal.

Jawbone! « ifindkarma. elegance is refusal. — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:58:50 +0000

[...] Chad Dickerson’s review of Jawbone is right on the money. [...]

By: scoot03

scoot03 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:20:58 +0000

Thanks for your review but not much help for me you see I’m using 665 ( its light&I a beard)but need a swap 4 my Treo(755&Centro)keep hering about 510 but they rnt made anymore(antique) thanks anyway but I’m still lost.Oh need 2.0 enabled noise reduction.

By: Flip H

Flip H — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:04:22 +0000

BUT, there are a bunch of features missing. The Jawbone, although highly rated for it’s technical design, lacks simple functions. For example, you get ZERO audio feedback when you press buttons. So, unless you actually look at your phone when receiving or making a call, you don’t hear anything that tells you it’s safe to talk. Also, THERE’S NO MUTE BUTTON!! So, now I can’t be on a conference call from my car. I have to keep pressing the mute button on my phone. So, let’s face it, the Jawbone is NOT hands free; or at least not “eyes” free. This lack of design consideration needs more press. When I contacted Aliph about whether or not there would be an upgrade forthcoming, they said no. So, I’m done. Time to go back to my Plantronics Voyager 510. It’s quiet as a mouse in a car and it HAS all the above features. Tsk tsk. Never let an engineer design the front-end.

By: Chad Dickerson

Chad Dickerson — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:01:07 +0000

Hi Scott,

I think you might have a bad unit, or there could be an issue with the Bluetooth in your iPhone. I haven’t had any problems at all with static — works like a charm.

By: scott regan

scott regan — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:11:27 +0000

Hey Chad, great review, thanks! Say, I also bought one of these for my iPhone and experience a lot of static at random times, other times it’s clear. Also, the sound quality is nothing like the sound quality of the iPhone headset, so I ended up just going back to the headset.

Is this consistent with your experience? Or is yours always crystal clear and do you think I got a bad unit? It would make sense to me that it would be really tough to make a btooth headset that can compare to the iPod audio quality, but my experience hasn’t been as glowing as yours so wondering if my expectations are too high or I got a dud and should try again.

cheers, scott