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Bluetooth Headset Deals For Anyone Who Breaks the Hands Free Law
Posted by Sean Fallon at 5:26 AM on July 17, 2008
Congrats on being a lawbreaker! Why? Because it will earn you a US$20 discount on a new Jawbone Bluetooth headset thanks to a new promotion Aliph is running on their product website. Not a fan of the Jawbone? No worries--Headsets.com is giving away a free Plantronics Discovery 925 (a US$149.95) headset to the first 734 applicants who have been busted by the long arm of the law. Apparently crime does pay! [Jawbone via Boing Boing Gadgets and Headsets.com]

See, I told you it was 50% smaller! And in case you missed it,
The Gadget: Aliph's
Aliph's Jawbone is one of the least obnoxious, if a squiz bulkier, Bluetooth headsets out there. Its hotter younger sister just popped up on the FCC, and looks to be under two cm wide, losing a fair bit of the original Jawbone's girth. Even though the earclip's not in this shot, the manual shows that it's still got one, though. The FCC unveil means something more official should be heading our way soon, so sit tight for more info. [
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Aliph is pushing its fancy-schmancy
If the official iPhone Bluetooth headset is $129, what would you expect it to have? More than just auto-pairing via the dock, right? Well, a reader just told us he called up Apple support and asked them whether the headset supports noise cancellation. They said no. Not only that, they recommended that he buy a Jawbone instead.
So what's the big deal about this headset? Auto-pairing? The Apple logo? The fact that it's small? We'll test it out ourselves and see whether it, or the Jawbone, is worthy of your cash.