Comments on: Dave’s New Blueteeth (Jawbone, Solar)

By: Glenn

Glenn — Sat, 23 May 2009 00:30:05 +0000

I wish all these things were solar rechargable. I tend to keep my Jawbone in the car, and would just leave it on the dashboard if that would keep it charged. Or in a little cradle up there if need be. But no…

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:49:36 +0000

Lenny, long time no see! From what I’ve read, the Jawbone battery life isn’t substantially improved. (I haven’t even paired mine yet – hope to find a free moment today.) PC Mag says 3.5 hours of talk time. I assume it’s the extra overhead of the noise cancellation technology coupled with the small size. Sascha Segan (PC Mag) tweeted me that the Plantronics Voyager Pro has better battery life (over 6 hours) and is more comfortable. But man is it huge, and old school in appearance. I ain’t wearing it.

By: Lenny Ilkovich

Lenny Ilkovich — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:37:26 +0000

how’s the battery life on the new jawbone? I returned the previous version cause I thought the battery life sucked.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:41:42 +0000

You are correct Dave about the CA law

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:09:17 +0000

I had an older Blueant a few years ago with multipoint pairing and my Jabra mentioned above does it. I believe the CA law was amended and now allows items in the lower left and lower right corners of the windshield.

I forgot to mention above how impressed I am with Jawbone’s packaging. Each generation has gotten better and is among the very best in my experience. It helps sell the exclusivity and style of the Jawbone.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:36:54 +0000

Dave,

Odd that. In California its “illegal” to suction cup things to your windshield for some reason. The justification is that it impacts your visibility. Course all those parking stickers and reminders for your next oil change are fine…

Anyway, my wife has a very nice BlueAnt speakerphone that attaches to the driver side visor (attaches to a clip with magnets no less). Would seem easy enough to remember to pull the visor down so the speakerphone would be exposed to the sun while out of the car. Odd they don’t offer a way to attach the LG to the visor.

I’ve certainly been waiting for a device like this for a while.

As far as the new Jawbone, yup worthwhile improvements. Of course other headsets have had multiple pairing for ages, and I still don’t like the lack of visible buttons, but as far as I’m concerned the audio quality of the Jawbone is unmatched.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:52:50 +0000

Tom, it came with a clear hard plastic sleeve that the speakerphone slides into with one small suction cup on either end. There’s no other mounting method. And given the location of the talk button, you couldn’t Velcro it to the dash either.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:15:06 +0000

Did the LG comes with any other way to mount it besides the suction cup method?