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 enlarge | Brand: Jawbone
Category: Wireless
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $52.99
You Save: $47.00 (47%)
New (6) Used (1) from $52.99
Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 205
Color: Gray
Media: Wireless Phone Accessory
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 2 x 0.8 x 1
MPN: JAWBONESILVER
Model: 320195
UPC: 898404000142
EAN: 0898404000142
ASIN: B0018KWVMQ
Release Date: May 20, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Fabulous Quality....The Best Headset Yet! October 12, 2008
I've tried a handful of bluetooth headsets from both motorola, as well as, plantronics, & this is the only one where I have yet to receive any complaints from someone on the other end of the line. Even in windy environments or the loud surroundings of a grocery store, neither I nor the person I'm talking to has any trouble hearing. Moreover, the headset sits on your ear extremely securely but also extremely comfortably. It may be one of the more expensive bluetooths on the market, but if you're looking for quality, it's definitely worth it.
 Just Terrible! October 12, 2008
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DON'T FALL FOR THIS POORLY MADE GIMMICK by ALIPH, WITH ITS UNCONCERNED CUSTOMER SERVICE. The Jawbone is, by far, the worst headset I have ever come across! Aliph seems more about marketing than substance. I wish I could reassign the rating and give one-eighth star. This company is bad news!
I barely got to use the Jawbone three times before the earplug into which the earhook slides came loose, exposing the wires. I have cases for all my headsets to protect them and gingerly care for them.
The Jawbone came apart just before the warranty ran out, therefore my letter reached Aliph after the warranty expiration date so Aliph has refused to replace the headset - THAT WAS USED NO MORE THAN 3 TIMES BEFORE COMING APART!
Although the Jawbones are highly marketed, there are innumerable customer complaints over the Internet about how poorly built these headsets are. Aliph seems to turn a deaf ear and seems to feel it is their due to gimmick poorly designed, ill-built, over-priced dross.
The way Aliph markets the Jawbone and at the price, no one should have to tweak one thing to make the headset work or fit.
I wish I had known the Jawbone was all utter hype before getting fleeced by Aliph for $149.50! This earplug is extremely difficult to get on the ear. I had to fight with my Verizon UT6700 to get it working and most of all the sound was little better than the UT6700, which is disastrous!
I have the Plantronics Voyager, as well as several other headsets by BlueAnt, Jabra, and Motorola. I bought the Plantronics 925 and received a BlueAnt V1 after the Jawbone dispatched itself. The Plantronics Voyager 510 Bluetooth Headset with Multipoint Technology, Plantronics Discovery 925 Bluetooth Headset (Black), the Jabra are much better quality head sets and work distinctly better. I haven't tried the BlueAnt V1 Voice-Controlled Bluetooth Headset (Silver) yet. None of the headsets are any where near the "SHABBY JAWBONE" Category! Aliph owns that one!
Don't fall for the name and shiny back and don't get RIPPED OFF!
Good product - non-existent customer service. October 7, 2008
I've had this headset for over a year now and found it to work very well with both my RAZR and KRZR Motorola phones. However when I had a problem with it, all my emails to Aliph were simply ignored. So the warranty and customer service are non existent. I have managed to fix it myself but when it comes time to replace it, it will not be a product from Aliph.
 Works great....sometimes October 4, 2008
I bought this because I heard how good they were.
Pro - the transmitting quality is great. I've actually switched over to it while talking on my phone and people tell me that talking through the headset is better than talking into my phone.
Cons - about 50% of the time, it just WILL NOT WORK. People call me and I answer and I can hear them them fine, but they cannot hear me. At first, I figured that I was just placing the little sensor on the wrong part of my face. So I adjusted and adjusted the position of the sensor, tried calling people back and still nothing. At one point, I got so annoyed that I actually threw it at my windshield. Oddly enough, once I pieced it back together, it actually worked 100% of the time for about 3 months. Now it's back to sporadic function.
Fit is really bad no matter which size of ear loop I use. If I turn my head too quickly, it falls off. I've taken to wearing it and putting the temple of my sunglasses over the ear loop and that definitely helps. But when I'm driving at night and turn my head before changing lanes, it falls off.
I wouldn't buy another one, but I may try out the new version because I think the call quality is really good when it's working. Hopefully the new one won't have as many issues.
 Pretty good, not optimal October 3, 2008
Positives: the noise cancelation works well and is a nice feature, Blue Tooth recognition is quick, easy and reliable over long separations between base and headset. And unlike another Amazon reviewer I have as good a result with the Motorola Razr and voice recognition as I have with any other headset. The appearance of the Jawbone is kind of spiffy, which you would expect from any product designed by Yves Behar and the people at Fuseproject Design in San Francisco.
Negatives: there are little parts that tend to come off and the ear piece tends to get tangled up with things in your pocket and get bent. For instance there is a rubber cover for the charger connector terminals. I lost this in the second day of use and haven't seen it since. The rubber ear pieces tend not to stay put, but they give you spares of these. I may take to glueing these in place. There is no obvious place to put this thing when it is not on your head. A shirt pocket clip, of the sort that you find on a fountain pen, might help.
Conclusions:
I liked the out-of-production Jabra BT500 very much. This sat behind the ear, like a hearing aid. The ergonomics on the Jabra were just about perfect, but the Jabra BT500 is now out of production, and the follow on Jabra is said to be easily broken in normal use. The Jawbone is as good a head set as any on the present market. No vendor seems to have a really outstanding solution at the moment. This is kind of surprizing given the number of people who rely on these tools. Industrial designers awake! The world needs a better headset: one that defines the genre!
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