Low Fidelity
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I tried the jawbone and I have to give it a double Ugh. Cnet totally missed the boat, or I was expecting Ferrari when I got a ford.
This is how it all went down.. The thing is $130 at Best Buy. Best buy price matched jawbone.com's price. It was black. I left the store feeling mighty good about it all. Even picked up a 12v USB adapter that goes in your cigarette lighter so I could charge it while sitting in traffic on my way to work.
The packaging was stellar. Then I opened the box.
the charger fits over the back end of the earpiece. It's just a hard rubber/plastic cradle thingy that refused to keep itself "latched" to the earpiece. I had to use a small Clamp on the sides to keep it on the earpiece so it would get its all important, initial charge.
Once charged (the little light is red while charging, white when charged) I had the great opportunity to fit the damned thing to my skull.
It is packaged with different ear sleeves that cooporate with the loop to fit around the back of the ear. There are seperate left and right ear loops, as well as Long and Regular lengths. I tried combinations of them all. The little sleeve with the lip fit the best with the long ear loop, as long as I gave it a little tweek.
It takes a bit of practice to get the thing into my ear. I had to come in from the back, like surprising an alligator. Slip the thing behind my ear and swing it in before the ear loop had a change to realize what was going on and put up a fight.
After about two hours of wearing it I was in great pain. It physically hurt me to wear it.
I tried the slip the regular ear loop back in, but the "pin" that slides into the ear piece was actually bigger in diameter on the long one, and the regular earloop would no longer stay securely in the hole.
How did I sound? Well I gave it the unofficial "Dad call." and he didn't complain about ambient noise while driving down the interstate in an old truck.
How did my dad sound? I don't know, I had to keep pushing the earpiece into my ear so I could hear him which led to more pain and discomfort.
The buttons, volume and end/answer call buttons were very difficult to press. I tried to hold onto the ear piece with a couple fingers while pressing, but couldn't do it. I just grimaced while I shoved the earpiece further down my ear canal trying to press the button to answer a call.
I'm so glad Best Buy has a 30 day return policy.
So i picked up the Plantronics discovery 665. The vehicle charger was making my day. Again though. that Call/answer button was so damned hard to push. Keep moving the earpiece out of its ideal location while trying to call or answer.
I'm so glad Best Buy has a 30 day return policy.
Enter new truck. The new truck provided a SIGNIFICANTLY quieter ride so I'm sticking with my Plantronics discovery 640. Has an adapter so the mini USB cable that I charge my Motorola Razr with, fits.
If you think my wife was unhappy about dropping over a Franklin for a bluetooth headset, imagine her shock and awe when I pulled up in a new truck saying, problem solved.
This is how it all went down.. The thing is $130 at Best Buy. Best buy price matched jawbone.com's price. It was black. I left the store feeling mighty good about it all. Even picked up a 12v USB adapter that goes in your cigarette lighter so I could charge it while sitting in traffic on my way to work.
The packaging was stellar. Then I opened the box.
the charger fits over the back end of the earpiece. It's just a hard rubber/plastic cradle thingy that refused to keep itself "latched" to the earpiece. I had to use a small Clamp on the sides to keep it on the earpiece so it would get its all important, initial charge.
Once charged (the little light is red while charging, white when charged) I had the great opportunity to fit the damned thing to my skull.
It is packaged with different ear sleeves that cooporate with the loop to fit around the back of the ear. There are seperate left and right ear loops, as well as Long and Regular lengths. I tried combinations of them all. The little sleeve with the lip fit the best with the long ear loop, as long as I gave it a little tweek.
It takes a bit of practice to get the thing into my ear. I had to come in from the back, like surprising an alligator. Slip the thing behind my ear and swing it in before the ear loop had a change to realize what was going on and put up a fight.
After about two hours of wearing it I was in great pain. It physically hurt me to wear it.
I tried the slip the regular ear loop back in, but the "pin" that slides into the ear piece was actually bigger in diameter on the long one, and the regular earloop would no longer stay securely in the hole.
How did I sound? Well I gave it the unofficial "Dad call." and he didn't complain about ambient noise while driving down the interstate in an old truck.
How did my dad sound? I don't know, I had to keep pushing the earpiece into my ear so I could hear him which led to more pain and discomfort.
The buttons, volume and end/answer call buttons were very difficult to press. I tried to hold onto the ear piece with a couple fingers while pressing, but couldn't do it. I just grimaced while I shoved the earpiece further down my ear canal trying to press the button to answer a call.
I'm so glad Best Buy has a 30 day return policy.
So i picked up the Plantronics discovery 665. The vehicle charger was making my day. Again though. that Call/answer button was so damned hard to push. Keep moving the earpiece out of its ideal location while trying to call or answer.
I'm so glad Best Buy has a 30 day return policy.
Enter new truck. The new truck provided a SIGNIFICANTLY quieter ride so I'm sticking with my Plantronics discovery 640. Has an adapter so the mini USB cable that I charge my Motorola Razr with, fits.
If you think my wife was unhappy about dropping over a Franklin for a bluetooth headset, imagine her shock and awe when I pulled up in a new truck saying, problem solved.
