Picked up a Jawbone BT at a local Cingular store yesterday. They didn't have any on display, no signs, nada. But had 3 in stock when I asked.

Synced up easily with my Pearl. The noise cancelling seems to work very well, I tested it by talking over our garage door going up and down. It's eerily silent to the listener on the other end! Haven't used it enough yet though to determine if there's any clipping due to voice activation.

The inbound sound volume and quality is a big disappointment, though. Using it side-by-side with a Moto H700, the latter is louder and has a much deeper, more natural sound. The Jawbone is quiet and the sound quality tinny.

I ditched the earloop and factory ear adapters and fit a Jabra eargel I had hanging around. It doesn't fit as tightly as I'd like, but stays attached when taking it out of my ear.

Volume is much improved with the Jabra eargel, which makes the sound quality less annoying. And it's much easier to put on and take off, the standard loop was a bit of a wrestling match.

I think I'm going to stick with the Jabra eargel, if these fit your ear it's a definite improvement in the product.

The next step is I'm going to see if I can disassemble one of the standard earbuds to use the "mount" in conjunction with the eargel to see if I can get a tighter fit.

Got one last week....

Great device!
I had the same thing happen at the Cingy store. No display, no ads.. nothing. But when i asked..they had a bunch in the back.
This is one of the best BT headsets out right now...strange they don't advertise it at all.

I bought a Jawbone yesterday from my local Cingular store.
I charged it last night and paired it this morning.
All that went as expected.

I am having mixed results with sound quality, both incoming and outgoing. I have tried different ear buds with different results - but no consistant results.

In all cases, checking in a mirror, the little white voice/cheek sensor appears to be contacting my skin in every case. Sometimes the pressure is light - with std bud to very secure and much firmer contact with some of the curved buds. In both cases though I more times than not get a staticy and clikcy sound - probably more in the later case. I even tried a Jabra ear bud - this was very secure and the incoming sound was better but the static and clicking was worse and the white nipple seemed to be pressed even harder against my cheek. I have only used the standard right earloop. Also was able to use the Jabra bud without the loop. I liked this the best but it still had the click/static issue.

The perception from the person on the other end is that the connection is not good and I'm breaking up. I asked about background noise and that seems to be non-existant - so atleast that part is working.

Anyone got thoughts on this?

Thanks,
Matt

Have you tried pairing the Jawbone with a different phone to see if you get the same results?

Nope. Will try this evening with the wife's phone. Thanks for the suggestion.

For those who are having success, how firm (I know this is really subjective) is the little white sensor being pressed against your cheek?

Thanks again for the responses/input/feedback.

I picked up a new Jawbone to go with my BB8800 and must say I was really hoping it would be perfect...but it's not.

The device works as advertised, period. Very good, best out there IMO.

However, the tinny sound everyone talks about is exactly what I said prior to even reading anyone else's thoughts. That's a disappointment. I can live with it, but for a a product that is supposed to come from military applications, one would think they would have incoming sound quality down pat and perfected.

The ear pieces are also not good at all. every ear is unique I understand, but the fitment of pretty much all of them is poor for me. I am spoiled by the Jabra 250 I have in terms of ear fit and inner canal fit. I think they have the perfect design ergonomically. I can pop it out of my pocket and put it on my ear in less than one full ring. The ear gels that comes standard fit perfectly inside my canal too. Volume is actually too loud so I have to back it down, but the quality is dead on like you were on a real phone.

I will likely keep the jawbone as it's doing excellent in terms of my sound quality. I have however adapted the eargel from my Jabra to fit on it and will have to go buy more in case it wears out since I had to force it to expand for fitment. Hopefully Jawbone will come out with better ear buds.

I have had a terrible time getting any of the provided earbuds to work very well with the Jawbone. I found this thread on another forum and this guy came up with an awesome idea. I have tried it and it works great!

HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource - Aliph's Jawbone® Bluetooth Headset, part 2

I hope this helps some of you having issues with the earbuds.

Doug

Thanks for the info dlbrock. I have had no problems with the clear ear jells. In fact they have made the Jawbone a completely new headset. I may give the mini earbuds a try just for fun.

I received by Jawbone from the jawbone website and received it pretty quick. I love the way it fits, but I can't get it to work. I am assuming it is not hitting my cheek correctly. I have searched and can't find a good description of how it's suppose to fit. I have paired it a couple of times with my 8703e and it either has a lot of static or the person on the other end can't hear me.

If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. I haven't given up yet.

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I am also having problems with the fit. I have tried various combinations of loops and earbuds. None seem to fit snug in my ear. In fact if I tilt my head to the side, it will almost fall off of my ear. It also seems like the noise-shield doesn't work very well(less than haf the time). This may be a result of not fitting correctly. This is my first BT headset, so I have no point of reference for fit, sound, etc. Anyone else having similar problems?

Jabra Minigels + Jawbone = Happy Consumer.

Tried the Jabra eargels and the fit wasn't right for me (but certainly could be for others). The minigels minus the Jawbone supplied earpiece (disconnected) for some reason eliminated the tinny effect and the volume was awesome. Using the earhook to keep the plastic tip touching my check for the "noise cancellation".

This was my 3rd one and thought for the $7 minigel add-on, I thought I would give it another shot.

Couldn't be happier! Thanks Jack T. and dlbrock.

Giddyup

here are some better photos. This is what I did with mine. I still use the ear loop though. Each persons fit is different.

Jawbone Ear Piece for Cell Phone Photo Gallery by Tim at pbase.com

I'm on day 1 of my new Jawbone and so far the fit is nothing but worthless. Having come from the Jabra BT250 line...this is terrible. I have however tried the Jabra eargel from my BT250 and it's not bad. I also went back to the standard jawbone ear gel and it's not bad either. The best change I made, however, was to twist the earloop while on my ear to make the fit snug. Seemed to work the best. I'll test the true noise canceling capabilities tomorrow when I'm at the airport.

good advice. thanks to all. I got a mustek BT off woot and should not have wasted my money. I think I'm headed out to get a jawbone within the next week. Thanks again.

Are you stating that you put your BT250 Ear gel onto the jawbone?

I have a Blackberry 8700c latest OS from Cingular (v4.1.0.377) using the Jawbone.

People tell me they can hear me very clearly which was the whole reason I got it. My Motorola H700 got really annoying when people couldn't understand me and I had to repeat myself many times. No complaints at all and I am very satisfied in this department.

Noise cancellation works very well. I am talking to people with my head right next to the speaker with music playing at modest volume and they tell me they can hear me perfectly. They say they can faintly hear the sound of the music. The volume of the speaker is loud enough that if I make it any louder it would start to hurt my ear. Also I can talk in my normal voice and not have to shout.

The sound quality that I get from the headset is pretty bad compared to my Motorola H700. Voices doesn't sound as full BUT I did get used to it and it doesn't seem that bad afterwards. And the sound quality isn't bad in a way that I don't understand what people are saying. It just doesn't reproduce the voice of the people I am talking to anywhere as well as the H700. But what's the point of using the H700 if people can't hear me.

Jawbone fits my ear just fine with the provided ear molds and ear clips. It is pretty comfy for me. Everybody's ears are different so it might work for some and not work for others. A tip: there is a certain way to slide it onto your ear since the clip fits tightly. (There's instructions in the manual.) Just put the bottom tip of the ear clip onto the top of your ear and slide the headset down and it should fit snuggly.

Volume control can be adjusted from the headset or the phone. I mainly do it from the phone because my phone has a better volume control. If you do it on the headset, you can only increase the volume and after it hits the max volume, it goes to the lowest volume. This is a little annoying because it gets a little loud at max which isn't good for my ear. And there's only 3 or 4 different volumes.

There's two buttons on the face of the headset. I am not a big fan of the buttons. You have to push really hard for it to work. I also have to hold the headset with my finger and push it a certain way or I will be shoving the headset into my ear and face really hard. I will probably get used to it with time.

The Jawbone is just as light as the Motorola H700 as far as I can tell. But the Jawbone is bigger. I don't understand why it won many awards for its design because IMO it's a bit clunky.

I dislike the charger. It's a proprietary charger so different chargers won't work on the Jawbone. It's also hard to unplug and it feels very flimsy. I am afraid I will break off the four connector pins which are used to charge the headset. For something that you might need to charge (plug and unplug) daily, it sure seems poorly designed IMO.

Final Thoughts: The Jawbone is definitely not a perfect headset that I expected for the price. I get poor sound quality from the headset which is my biggest complaint but it's nothing that makes it hard to understand whoever is talking to me. Bad charger design would be my second complaint. Luckily I don't have any problems with the fit so it's pretty comfy. The big reason I like the Jawbone and makes it superior to other headsets is people can hear me perfectly no matter what the environment I am in. I do not have to repeat myself or talk especially loud. I just talk in my normal voice and it works perfectly.

I don't know if this is tried but for people with fitting problems, try using the Jawbone without the earclip. The headset stays in place for me without the ear clip. The headset is now even easier to take on or off my ear.

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The ear clip is the only thing keeping it on my head. I can't get the ear post to fit snugly in my ear with any of the included buds. I have even tried the Jabra mini gels. No good. I am not happy with the fit. I have considered switching to a Motorola model or something, but this is my first bt, and everyone says it is the best with regard to noise cancelling. I don't think the noise cancelling is all that great, but maybe that is due the piece not fitting correctly.

I think this just shows how many different ear sizes we all have. I can wear it without the earpiece and just the supplied small bud. It's a little bit uncomfortable after about 15 minutes. Next time I'm near R Shack I'll pick up some jabra gels...

I've tried both the Jawbone and the Plantronics 665

I have to say for me the 665 is more convenient (because of car charger and no need for ear loop) also, the other person sounds less tinny. However, I have not had a good opportunity to test the noise cancel for guy on other side.

I'll have to try that out more.

I've got both a Plantronics 655 and the new Jawbone. Like you, the incoming sound quality on the Plantronics is LIGHT YEARS better than that of the Jawbone. Incredible sound, actually better than what I get just holding the Pearl or 8800 up to my head.

But the outgoing sound on the Jawbone is unbelievably good when compared to the 655. The 655's noice cancelling feature basically makes you sound like you are on a distant speaker phone....very weak and still picks up a lot of road noise when in the car. Almost unusuable in a noisy airport. The Jawbone is simply amazing in both venues. Try this sometime...go somewhere noisy, and leave yourself a voice mail message on your home/office machine then listen to yourself later. Amazing difference.

I've actually used the Jawbone while sitting at a Cubs game....the person on the other end had no idea I was anyplace else other than my car.

I recently got the Jawbone and I have to say overall it is fantastic I just wish I could get the fit a bit better. It's comfortable and I don't have much trouble keeping the nubby thing against my cheek but I want the ear things to be farther in my ear which really helps the sound, just can't seem to get it right. I've tried the mini-gels which feel like they are almost there but not quit because of the stretching to get them on the jawbone. I may try trimming one of the mini gels down to see if that makes it better.

Does anyone know if the Mfg. Part is 71459 ?

Cellular / Bluetooth - Wireless Bluetooth Headset w/ Noise Shield - Silver (Jawbone) - eCOST.com - electronics, computers, laptops, mp3 players

$85.

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I JUST PICKED ONE UP AND I LOVE IT!!!!

BEFORE THIS, I COULD TALK TO PEOPLE ON THE TRAIN, IN CAR DRIVING WITH WINDOW DOWN, OR IN THE SERVER ROOM.

NOW ALL THE BACKGROUND NOISE IS CANCELLED OUT!

If anyone can shed some light on this issue, I would appreciate it.

I have been using a BB8830 for months now but just this week-end purchased a Jawbone. Sound is great, pairing is fine and fit is good. However, after charging both the phone and Jawbone last night, I turned both off. This morning the BB turned on automatically at 7am, yet after only 15 minutes, the charge indicator was showing a roughly 33% discharge.

The Jawbone claims 6 hours of talk time but unfortunately, at this rate, the BB won't even last 1/2 hour!

Thoughts anyone?

My battery lasts a long time. You may have a defective battery.

Ditto on the bad battery. I run my phone and jawbone it seems non stop all day and usually have to recharge when I get home (I'm a road warrior). Sometimes I will need to charge the phone in the car near mid afternoon, but it always involves pretty heavy usage.

I'm normally pretty pessimistic about everything, but the 8830, it's battery and jawbone I'm pretty satisifed with - performance and quality.

The weird thing is, after I recharge the BB and leave it on, the battery charge seems to drop at a normal rate. This only seems to happen after Auto On/Off.

You might want to go to this thread.

http://www.blackberryforums.com/gene...s-8-hours.html

One thing that was mentioned in that thread that I didn't in the previous replies to you was the jawbone and disconnection process. I'm sure you are charging it at least every night/day, but I shut mine down every night, then plug it in, thus disconnecting the device from my phone. They talk about it in that thread as well. Might help, but maybe one of the other suggestions in the thread above is your problem.

thats exactly why i'm on this forum right now, to see if theirs anything better then the jawbone i just bouth. after 2 weeks of using it i can't hear for shit when the windows are down in my car. and the noise canceling is not all it's cracked up to be.

Use the jabra eargel mod and it is louder than you need it.

what mod is this? will it work with jawbone?

Get Jabra ear gels at Radio Shack or ebay and it fits better in your ear than the earpiece they give you. You don't even need the ear hook with it.

Ok so I took back my LG HBM 730 because I did not like the low sound on the receivers end. I went ahead and forked over some more dough and got the Jawbone. My gosh this thing really is the best headset ever. Ok, I have only had it for one day but here are my thoughts. I am using it with my verizon Pearl 8130.

Fit - The fit is great and so comfortable. After awhile you really do not feel it. The ear gels it came with are great. Fits my ear just great. Yeah it takes a little getting used to putting it on but once you try it a few times it does get easy. It is very secure also. I can put it on and shake my head a good bit and it stays secure.

Looks - Well of course this thing looks very high tech. I have the black one. I did not like the size of the jawbone ever since it came out but for what it does I can live with it. It really does look great. Besides, I am not the type of person that walks around with my bluetooth in my ear all day unless I am actually having a conversation.

Sound - I heard so many people complain about the sound that I was kinda scared to get it. I was afraid that I would be disappointed. Many people have said it was not loud enough. When I put this thing on and made my first call it scared the s*@&t out of me. It was so loud I could not believe that people were actually complaining about the sound. I have to turn it down to no more than half way. Any higher and it really hurts my ear. The sound on my end and the sound on the receivers end sounds very good. No complaints at all from me.

Noise Shield - All I can say is WOW!!!! Finally a bluetooth that really does block out the noise. I am really blown away at this thing. I thought that it would not be as great as advertised but was I wrong. The noise shield really works.

In all I really have to say this is the best bluetooth I have ever owned and I have owned quite a few. It has everything that I could ever ask for in a bluetooth. Great loud sound, noise cancellation, looks, comfort and no static up to about 30 to 40 feet. I can actually put my phone in my pant pocket on the left side and use the jawbone on my right ear and it works fantastic.

If anyone has doubted this device, you should just try it for yourself. If it doesn't work you can always return it. I almost did not get it because of the feedback that some people gave. I know that not all bluetooth work great with all phones but it does work great with mine.

And to think I almost gave up on bluetooth technology. Way to go Aliph Jawbone for a remarkable device.

I seem to be in the same boat as many others. I tried the Jawbone on one time and did not like the way it fit, so I kept trying others. I bought the 655, the JX-10 II (I like it for fit, there is nothing to it), and the Motorola H681, and even the Motopure 12. Then I decided to quit playing around and finally take the dive on the Jawbone. First, I got the fit right after messing with it for just a short while, then I tried it. Oh, my! The thing sounds great to everyone when I talk on it. I have never tried one that sounded so great and could fit so well. It is a bit bulky, but it is about function first, and form second.

so i bought a jawbone about 2 weeks ago, it's my first BT so i have no idea what these are like. anyways after a few days use i'm like yeah whatever this isn't bad, the noise-canceling thing kinda sucks but whatever i'll use it. after a couple weeks of use i thought it was a big piece of junk, from the fitments to the sound quality, everything.

so i return it to best buy today and i ponder and browse and browse for a better one... read some more reviews so finally i decide to give this jawbone one more shot (lol...). so i'm like i MUST be using this wrong or something, so anyways i give this one a shot and it's TOTALLY BETTER. i have no idea why or how, but i can hear WAY better, the noise-canceling thing ACTUALLY works really well (tested with a friend while i did the dishes).

i think what it is you have to have this thing on TIGHT, or really snug at least. that little tip sensor NEEDS to touch your cheek and the ear piece thing NEEDS to be in your ear. it's a combo of both that need to work together so you can maximize the features of it. and for the record i didn't have to bend anything or get the jabra ear gels, WHICH i think i'm going to get anyways just to see what those are like. but as it is the jawbone worked fine and stayed in my ear very well, i actually had to turn the volume down one notch lol.

anyways i help this review helps someone down the line, thanks for readin...

For the life of me I cannot get mine to fit. went online and ordered the ear gels. Free shipping from jabra was nice. Waiting for those to arrive.

Aside from that, the people I call say the background noise cuts in when I am not talking and cuts out when I talk. Really annoying to the listener.

I totally love mine ... My only minor gripe now is the size, I wish it were just a tad smaller.

i have used the jabra ear gel on the jawbone since i got it. i tried all the sizes and the best fit for me is the biggest one. this way i can remove the ear clip (unless i am going to be moving around a lot) Has also increased the volume.