This weekend I’ve got Sony Ericsson’s PS3 Remote Play-capable phone, Aino, and the Jawbone Prime to play around with. I’m also battling with the Mac Mini with Snow Leopard Server to see if I can bend it to my will, making it a solid home server option. So far, I’m not doing too well…
At yesterday’s Jawbone launch, there was a very interesting conversation at the end of the session around the future of Bluetooth headsets. The representative from Aliph (who make the Jawbone) said that in the future, they are hoping to have the ability to customise the noise cancellation to exactly the situation you are in, right in the device itself.
If you were to ask the US Gizmodo team what the best Bluetooth headset on the market is, they’d probably come back at you with the Jawbone Prime. The great news is that these funky headsets (as much as a Bluetooth headset can be funky, I guess) are now available in Australia.
Motorola is rolling out the Endeavor HX1 Bluetooth headset which combines bone conduction and noise cancellation.
Aliph’s just gone and improved the second-generation Jawbone Bluetooth headset in both the sound quality and the looks department, which means there’s even more reason to buy one now.
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, check out the full review.
The Gadget: Aliph’s second-gen Jawbone has a revamped design, improved noise-blocking technology, and is 50% slimmer than Aliph’s original Bluetooth headset.
