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Old 06-04-2007, 11:25 PM
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Man... you guys suck!

I might have to buy this now... :evil:
LOL -- I was thinking the same thing as I read these comments! :devilboy:
 
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Old 06-04-2007, 11:31 PM
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BTW I found a recent comparison (saying a lot of the same things):

Shorter version
Longer version
 
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Old 06-05-2007, 12:30 AM
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Our own Julie did a review earlier on her Gadgeteer...
http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/...etooth_headset

It includes sound bites of her voice as heard by others and what she hears.
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Old 06-05-2007, 01:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Don Tolson
Our own Julie did a review earlier on her Gadgeteer...
http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/...etooth_headset

It includes sound bites of her voice as heard by others and what she hears.
Thanks Don.

I'm starting to see that when this headset works, it works extremely well, but from reading the comments, the experiences seem pretty split with highly polarized opinions.

I'm in the midst of making a decision for a new BT headset as my old one (almost 3yrs old) doesn't work with my new Nokia. So I decided to go with a safe choice in the Nokia BH-800:

http://www.amazon.com/Nokia-BH-800-B...1002134&sr=8-1
 
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Old 06-05-2007, 02:08 AM
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My main gripe with the Jawbone though is the proprietary charge cable. Sure, it's USB, but it'd be much nicer if the connector on the headset was a mini-usb, like my phone. Not that the 5500's proprietary connector was any better...
I almost forgot about that. That'd be my #1 gripe also. All of my devices and last bluetooth headset have used mini-usb. I hate having to buy yet another charger for my car or remembering to bring it!
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Old 06-05-2007, 03:02 PM
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Default Feeling like a putz

I tried out this BT headset and had nothing but trouble with it. I'm wondering if it was the iMate JAM that was the culprit. The people I was talking to would complain that my voice would cut out completely after about 2 mins of talking.

I also found that the interchangeable ear piece would not stay attached to the headset - i actually lost the one that fit the best and had to use one of the other ones that came with the set.

I'm wondering now if I should have accepted their offer to exchange the headset instead of returning it outright.

Is anyone using it with MS VoiceCommand? I'm currently back on the Motorolla HS850 ($40 at costco) and loving its size and battery life.
 
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Old 06-06-2007, 02:22 AM
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I've had mine for two months now.... Yes I love it! Sound cancellation works great. I'll echo other complaints.

1. Non standard charging connector. I hate lugging around the extra cable in my allready packed laptop bag. In future revisions, i don't see why they couldn't include a standard mini usb connection.

2. My ears are a bit large ( I have strong facial features :? ). It took me awhile to find a fit that worked for me. What made it nice is that they did include an assortment of shapes and sizes of earbuds. I also had to tweak, bend and shape an earloop into something that worked for me. I ended up snapping the loop and but was able to bend the 2nd one directly to what fit for me. I should also note that the opposite loops are identical except that the last bend is an opposite one... All one would have to do is to manual bend it to the same angle in the opposite direction and you would have changed the orientation. So you could use all 4 loops on the same ear.

3. There are some apparent issues with verizon treo users. My brother in law had one of the latest window flavored treo's and there were some compatibility issues with the using the earpeice and a bluetooth gps at the same time. He called the jawbone company and they had allready known about the issue and gauranteed that it would be fixed in their next revision of the jawbone... due out in mid-july...

Let me say I've used it with my MDA, Dash and now my Wing and have had multiple bluetooth devices operation on each while in voice calls and have had absolutely NO issues. If I were to guess, I'd say his treo issue had something to do with verizon.

Customer service from the company is top notch. My brother in law had a battery issue (honestly, I thought it was user error from what he described to me) and they had another on his doorstep the next morning... no questions asked.

So far it looks as though they've got a good thing going. BTW, I like the form of the device and the way it looks.

Another odd experience... when my loop broke, I was still able to comforably use the device by sticking it in my ear like normal with the larger bud... It actually stayed rather well. If I vigorously shaked my head, it would finally fall out, but it was pretty functional without the loop... that being said, I wouldn't recommend loosing attaching $120 to your ear and hoping it stays... :wink:

I highly recommend!
 
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Old 06-06-2007, 02:28 AM
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Is anyone using it with MS VoiceCommand? I'm currently back on the Motorolla HS850 ($40 at costco) and loving its size and battery life.
I can comment on this as well. Yes I am... I've used it with my MDA with both WM5 and a cooked WM6 ROM. Also on my wing.

It worked as expected in all three scenarios.
 
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Old 06-08-2007, 09:47 PM
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Default Its ugly and not comfortable

And most people who had heard me using it (on the other end of my phone)said they noticed little from my Motorola BT when I was out side and it was windy. So much for great noise cancellation.

And its ugly!!!! Damn! Who wants a cheese grater for a BT Headset!!!
 
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Old 06-11-2007, 08:48 PM
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Default Mutli-point Capable?

I regularly use my Plantronics 640 with my notebook (Skype) and my mobile phone. I switch headset's connection between them with a press of a button - no re-pairing needed.

Can the Jawbone do this?

I've not understood why more headsets don't support multiple simultaneous (but not necessarily active) pairings. Is it a question of the amount of memory integrated into the BT module?
 
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