This device I was interested for a long time, but still could not been able to get the Thing in the hands of Crazed. Rather, opportunities were there, but if fate would not let her see me - say, for example, that on several occasions asked me to bring all sorts of acquaintances Jawbone from abroad, and every time something unexpected happened ("Lost," "taken away at customs!" "The money is not enough!" etc.). Nevertheless, shtukentsiya did she sailed into my fingers, and she's nowhere to go.
Legend
Start a review is necessary not standard story about the device itself, but about how it was conceived at all. If you do not start from the beginning, the headset produces a company Aliph, here is a link to her site, as you can see, they are redirected to www.jawbone.com, official resource dedicated to the headset. That Jawbone, what we see now did not appear out of nowhere to Bluetooth-solutions has been and a wired headset, which have been implemented almost all the same technical findings. But until then what happened? If it simply, then, as I understand it, the company Aliph - not just a company, because it is its experts carry out an order of the Ministry of Defense as part of the creation of individual equipment Marines of the new century. The task was simple: create a communication device that would provide high quality voice transmission on the battlefield, that is, that the voice was well heard the noise of explosions, screams of wounded and others. I do not know how the engineers have coped with the problem, I do not know whether the order is executed, the fact that the developments on this issue have been used in a wired headset Jawbone.
In the market, she appeared in 2004, many Russian journalists then strongly entangled as in the western press releases Jawbone was associated with the incomprehensible name of Yves Behar, some even mentioned in the news that this hitherto unknown company, and other nonsense. In fact, Yves Bear - a famous designer who has developed for Aliph external component of the product, he also worked on wireless solution that offers continuity of the design visible to the naked eye. In general, the value of the headset was at that time, an impressive, $ 150 for the wired stuff. I recall that while the best specimens of wireless solutions cost about the same or even cheaper. I understand that phenomenon Jawbone on the market have passed virtually unnoticed in terms of tangible sales, although in terms of design trick was interesting, but also in terms of the technical component, too.
Little about the design and "chips" of the product, for a start I suggest you read the patent such a system, noise reduction, going here at this link. If in a simple way, the work here is organized as follows (if I'm in something be wrong, then we can discuss it on the forum): There are two microphone sensor voice activity, it should touch your cheeks.Actually, it reads the vibration of the bones in your jaw, or rather, responds to this vibration, and includes a microphone, which is responsible for capturing votes. Hence the name of the device (jaw - jaw, mouth, bone - bone, skeleton, etc.). The second microphone is located on the front and is responsible for capturing all other sounds. For what you hear and your partner, responsible computing system, which throws away all the unnecessary noise and reads only the necessary. In the end, you hear a clean and high quality voice, and you too can hear well in all noise conditions. But is this true? We'll discuss this in the relevant section, and now turn our attention to marketing Jawbone Bluetooth Headset. Most likely, the company realized the disadvantages of a wired solution - and there is a problem with connectors for different phones, and the cable itself, which can interfere with driving, and the absence of certain final innovation (because the consumer will not speculate on supertehnologiyah in the main unit, he sees cable and immediately refused to buy). Therefore, in 2006, the network first appeared different teaser about a new product, but at the very end of it there was a formal announcement. But during 2007, Jawbone, without doubt, become one of the most popular accessories for mobile phones in the world. Moreover, she received several awards for design (in particular, Red Dot), it experimented with hundreds of my colleagues around the world and made it the highest rating. If I were writing an advertising article, then I would have finished this paragraph, but it is not. Therefore, when the official site of the product refers to the highest assessment on Cnet.com, I could not see the article itself on the adequacy and such, it is not found. Everything is so smooth and sweet that even the saints of the house removal. And in actual fact there are many incomprehensible.
Yes, more than once in the text, I will mention the similarity of the products from Apple. We are talking about the similarity of marketing. It can be seen in the company decided to go the same way as not to create a product, but to create a phenomenon, not the player, and iPod, not a headset, and Jawbone. What steps have been taken to create such a phenomenon? Let's see. First, there was a high-areola, a completely new product, such as the Inland content, functionality and design, Jawbone like no any similar device on the market (so they say). Secondly, pay attention to the fact that the device was sold in stores Apple Store, it is recommended for use with the iPhone product, it says a lot, agree? For example, the best attracts the best and so on Third, the number of reviews Jawbone on the Internet is truly enormous, if you go here in this section, you probably wonder, not every phone gets so much attention. Certainly was sending device to the editors, must have been some interesting event, where all was explained about innovation and stuff. Fourth, the product is, of course, can be condemned for some moments, but overall it was a success. It was only "is a couple, choose an example to follow, well, better than iPod example did not find it. As a result, we have a popular brand, sverhaksessuar, things to just have to have any Caucasian with a good income (this is true for the U.S.). Competently? Absolutely.
Design and construction
In order not to be unsubstantiated in his comparisons with products from Apple, let's turn our attention to packaging. This is a pencil case made of transparent Plexiglas, inside a special pedestal for the headset, it seems that it hovers in a rectangular container. Excellent package, is just excellent for headsets while this was not. Looks inside, find two cardboard boxes with neatly packaged sets. Boxes in black with the symbols of what is inside. Sound familiar? Yes, yes, it's ears stick out Apple. As you can read, set sufficiently thought out, nothing is superfluous, there's everything you need, and even in excess of - five tips to the speaker, four additional bow. All this stuff has a different size and slightly modified form for the ears of different shapes, you'll probably be able to find the right. Now, about the very headset, currently there are three options for color, this red, white and black Jawbone.
I have visited in the hands of the headset in red, in general, I usually do not like this design, but in this case, we can not think of crossing the preferences of women or members of sexual minorities. All color options for aggressive enough because of the original form, not only red point is not feminine. Actually, the only colored front panel, under it is a microphone, which is responsible for receiving external sounds. Immediately behind this panel is a thin transparent line indicator light, located on multifunction key. At first glance, you will not see any buttons or LEDs, they are cleverly written in the panel, and virtually no stand out. For example, the key to answering the call / end call, you will be able to identify only the protrusion on the lattice of the microphone is what we'll talk about in the head office management. The size of the headset is great, there is nothing to be done, design refinements would not fit into the body of a smaller size in comparison with many modern devices Jawbone looks like a giant. Nevertheless, such razmerchik many like it - veshchichki visible on the ear from afar and is uniquely defined as a kind of expensive shtukentsiya so, at least, spoke interviewed ladies and gentlemen. Aggressive design, is there something from futuristic combat gear and Japanese phones - mesh front panel, with a convex underside pimpochkoy sensor, similar to onion ergonomic ear. Cool, that's what the word turns on the language, when you look at this thing. Not only is cool, so also has some unusual moments, such as connector for charging on the rear side of the case and in the stowed state closed a removable rubber plug, it's easy to lose.This connector, I have not seen, look at the photos.
Way of wearing, comfort
Jawbone can be worn two ways - with or without bail, the second option I did not seem reliable, the headset does not fall, then I would not leave the impression that she is about to fall out by careless movement of his head. Despite its size, the weight of the device is small, it sits on your ear close to the ideal, no discomfort, no. As you can see, the bow is made interesting with the auricle touches stretched rubber band, and not part of the wire. Therefore, no pain as a class, you can safely wear it and wear it. Change the position is very simple - you just need to pull out and insert the handle of her other hand. The groove is in the spring, which presses the headset to the cheek, or rather, pushes the sensor. If you clear the bow, then you may need to adjust the fit accordingly. To summarize, I note that in terms of ergonomic product is unusual, then applied all sorts of their "chips" that make it easy to use, make it convenient. By the way, totally amazed pedantry in trifles - the tip of the bow is a mark with the letters R and L, so that you are not confused by. Moreover, two bow there is a mark Standard, on the other two - Long. It is gratifying to see such care.
Management
Like I said, the keys are initially hard to find, I recommend to look into the manual. Thus, the key pair, on and off the array is inscribed in black on the front side, for coupling to simply include Jawbone, the indicator will flash white and red lights. The key response to the call is under the overhang on the front, pressed it hard, for it needs the habit. Again, with management without a hundred grams could not tell. For example, the volume is adjusted automatically, but you can take part themselves by pressing the multifunction key. So, everything has five levels, they correspond to five clicks. Let's say, the fifth depression - the maximum volume. Pressing for the sixth time, we return to the minimum volume, it's not very nice, agree. Pressing a key rebound unclear, several times I was faced with the fact that talk, pressed the button and removed the phone with a headset in my pocket, and a curious companion continued to listen to what is happening around me. After that I began to "beat" calls from the phone, not trusting the Jawbone. In general, the biggest disadvantages of the device are connected with the administration.
Operating time
I have already said about the connector for charging, you need to pay attention to the way in loading. So, is there a cable with connector, where you are, literally, put in Jawbone, on the other end - the usual USB. You can use it two ways - to insert into your computer or laptop or in the included power adapter, as you can see, you will need an adapter for our outlets. The strange thing is that journalists are different editions so much talked about using a car, but I somehow did not notice that they noticed the absence of an adapter for charging in the car. On the official website also no mention of this accessory. Claimed battery talk time is 6 hours of standby time - 120 hours. In the language of the letters, it is small, in reality, the device runs somewhere around four and a half hours of talk time. Moreover, during the conversation, you can forcibly enable or disable the system noise, the constant of integration at the beginning of the conversation further reduces the battery life - we get about four hours. Cool? Not really, honestly. Full-charge time on the computer is about two hours from the wall - sometimes a half hour.
Communication with the phone and sound quality
Pairing is very simple: you turn on the Jawbone, and she goes into. You just have to find it using the phone, enter the code (0000) and enjoy life. I tested the headset with the Sony Ericsson P1, and, frankly, after all the legends and marketing flair disappointment not long in coming. Well, yes, it's pretty clean, volume is good. If all around me was a loud noise, then had to include a "denoising" by pressing the multifunction button for a couple seconds (you will hear a beep). When the system was activated, I thought about the military connection, there is something similar - a clearly audible voice, but there is a little unnatural in the absence of sound from your side, so at least people say. Well, well, like I Jawbone evening. Then, like morning, afternoon and evening the next day. And then, they say, rasprobovali. The whole point of stability in sound quality when other DSP headsets work may be different, here it is flat, you can always be assured of quality sound, how you hear. Moreover, there is still such a moment as the pleasure, here it fully - and the design and ergonomics of a really have to use. On the other hand, if I'm in the bathroom, where water is turned on, turn, did not include a noise reduction system, you still hear the noise of the other party, however, and your voice too. In addition, the voices of more than noise, it can not but rejoice.
All possible features such as last number redial are working properly, only slightly stiff buttons spoil the impression.
Conclusions
You know the anecdote about the camel and the camel, where the end is given by the perennial question: "Dad, well, what for us this tuning in Irkutsk zoo?" Here I am after more than eight days of dense want to ask the same guys from Aliph . See, Jawbone is worth about three thousand rubles in equivalent U.S. Dollars, to carry it to us and then resell somewhere in the five thousand. I decided to compare it with Nokia BH-803, its price in Europe will be a little more, it is an image product, which is equipped with uncomplicated system DSP. For testing I used a volunteer, my friend, a lover of headsets and car, and gave him a couple of days, both products are requested to report.Here are some estimates have turned out with him, tested the device with a Nokia N95:
Jawbone
BH-803
Sound quality
Basically, I liked it, in the mode of active noise appears impression half-duplex
I liked the sound is natural, hear me well, but when the radio and opened the window, the parties are complaining of noise
Design
Looks cool, fits well, comfortable
Same as for Jawbone
Hours
Enough for a day, more than three hours of conversation, the evening started blinking red
And not the village, was a half hour conversation, back Kuzmin
Management
An Inconvenient button answer the call
It's pretty convenient
As a result, a friend gave preference to the BH-803, select it back from Crazed ruchonok was challenging. And I agree with all of this. Body understand that Jawbone - this is a phenomenon as the headset is good but nothing special, all the bells and whistles, the above tuning may not be needed, there are many other products that are exactly the same way will do the trick. Nevertheless, I firmly decided to buy a Jawbone in black. And who will stop me?
Downright insulting to complete a review on such a mundane note, I want after all and a little dreaming about what would happen next. Go tell from Aliph received a "nail" a product, in the sense that all this plush (the best design, military technology, a lot of awards, elitism, etc.) firmly enters the consciousness, and other things like a longer taken seriously . I mean just the consumer who does not care about all sorts of subtleties and tricks. So, what's next? I believe not far off something like a Jawbone 2, which will be more compact with better governance, support Multipoint and all the benefits of this product. Itself suggests the idea of creating stereo, something like the Jawbone Stereo, but can we be in such a case, save the sound quality? And should I? It would be better once a year to the shock thing and quietly sell it, remaining as if out of the market, at a distance from other manufacturers. I think it will be for Aliph correct position. And quite rightly it would open a small intimate boutique in Moscow, calmly and quietly sell otreklamirovatsya megaprodukt. Potential consumers in our country rife.
Specifications:
Profile Bluetooth: 1.2
Weight: 13.5 grams (own measurements)
Hours Talk Time: 6:00
Standby time: up to 120 hours
Wearing: a bow, you can use without
The author expresses his appreciation to the store www.utility.ru for providing the equipment and interesting things
