Jawbone II - The Return
My favorite Bluetooth headset (actually, I've only ever owned 2) just got updated this week. The Jawbone II is smaller and lighter than the original, and still packs all that top secret electronic wizardry to prevent noise that shouldn't be in your speech (like the 40 mile an hour wind as you walk from the airport to the rental car office) from being there.It's been initially released in black (like the pic here) and apparently silver and gold (!?) are coming soon. The only downside to the smaller size is that the talk time has gone down from a supposed 6 hours, to just 4, although standby time has been increased. I have a feeling that the first gen never actually got to 6 hours, so maybe they're just re-rating to a more realistic number, but what would I know.
posted by Aaron at
7:22 AM
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I had to return my new Jawbone 2. I just could not get reliable operation. My outgoing voice was garbled, and broke up probably due to inconsistent contact by the front sensor on my cheek. I also noticed, in the short time that I had the device, that it would disconnect or shut down. Then when I would place a call the headset would not activate. Restarting and keeping it active through use seemed to prevent this from happening. If I held the device against my cheek it seemed to improve the outgoing voice quality. When I returned it, I offered to try another one to see if my problems were unique to the particular item. The store clerk told me not to bother, they were getting a lot of returns. I have the first version and have been very pleased with its performance. A little uncomfortable to wear, but great voice quality and reliable operation. The JB2 was really comfortable, but unfortunately did not duplicate the noise isolation and voice quality of JB1. I hope they get it fixed.
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