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Jabra FreeSpeak Bluetooth Headset for Bluetooth Equipped Phones

Jabra FreeSpeak Bluetooth Headset for Bluetooth Equipped Phones

List Price: $79.99
Your Price: $69.99
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Perfect
Review: So you bought a bluetooth enabled phone and thought that all you could do was connect to your computer, you were so wrong. This headset works perfectly. It sure beats the ... headset that came with my T-68i. Callers say they can finally hear what I am saying. The ease and saftey when driving are the major reason you should purchase this headset. The battery life is quite good. I typically have to put it into the charger every evening before bed and I talk several hours a day on my cell. The big problem I found is that is so light and easy I often find myself running around my house forgetting to bring the phone with me. The only problem callers have noted to me is when it the mic encounters wind. There is no wind sock protecting the directional mic so callers will get the full brunt of the wind rather than your voice. Still, it is well worth your money for this purchase is you use your cell phone even a little bit.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: still needs work
Review: Like the design, but still has big problems. I use it with my Nokia 6310i but it disconnects from pairing after a minute or two when not being used. I can only use it for outgoing calls b/c it refuses to stay connected long enough for me to receive calls with it. as a result, I hardly ever use it anymore.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Cute as a bug (and a little
Review: This unit is great, except for the occasional disconnect between my Nokia 6130 and the Freespeak headset, which tend to occur whenever I drive by certain areas, such as my local General Hospital and other large facilities that probably have very strong IR signals that interfere with the connection of the headset with the phone.
Occasionaly, it develops a problem that prevents is from connecting to my Nokia and this requires that you park the unit on the charger for 5 seconds, which is not easy as there is currently no charger for the car lighter, where I use the phone the most.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Why should you buy this headset?
Review: I've had this headset for approx 2 months now, and love the feeling of wire-free communication. The unit is light, fits well in the ear, doesn't fall off unless you shake your head like a dog who's just had a bath, and looks really cool with it's Star Trek looks and flashing blue light.

However...the reception quality can be a little variable if the phone does not have a clear "view" of the phone. For example, if you have your phone in your pocket when on a call, it's sounds a little bit weird - my mum describes it as the underwater effect, as both ends of the conversation sound like you've submerged your head in a bucket of water.

Despite this, you can get a lot of usage out of the battery - I regularly go three or four days without charging, and have never had a low battery warning.

Would I buy it again knowing what I know now? Yes, without a doubt, as once you get used to the quirks, it's a lovely little piece of equipment.

And don't forget, it can swap from ear to ear with virtually no adjustmeny at all. Gotta be a bonus!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Great reception, but eyeglass-users beware!
Review: Reception, transmission, sound clarity and functionality are great. However, if you are an eyeglass-wearer, you might find the Motorola bluetooth headset a more snug fit.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Better than expected
Review: I have used this item for approx. 1 week and it is better than I imagined. So far, this is THE best "hands free" solution for a bluetooth enabled phone.

The sound is clear and I have had no problems using it to answer or initiate calls from my T68i phone.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Crystal clear to listeners, battery life not great.
Review: It's very comfortable to wear, fits great, doesn't fall off.
Although initially it took some effort to position it just right on the ear, after a couple weeks, now I am able to very quickly position it on the ear when I get a phone call.
You'll develop your own short-cut way of doing this, but mine is this (for the right ear): hold it with the right hand, with the index + middle fingers at the top edge, thumb at bottom (on the 3 electric contact points) the index and middle finger of the right hand, and ear plug pointing toward the ear. Then just push it on to the ear so the ear plug is aligned with the 'hole' in your ear. At the same time make sure your top ear lobe gets into the top loop of the ear set. Sounds like a lot to do but once you get used to it, you don't even think about it.

As for sound quality, its reception is crystal clear, and people at the other never even feel I'm on a headset!
The only annoying thing is the battery runs out sooner than I'd like -- it beeps a couple times, and then just dies. It would have been nice to have some kind of indicator that shows how much battery life there's remaining: perhaps this is too much to have on a headset.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Value!! - Great Product
Review: I started off 2003 just right by purchasing this Jabra Bluetooth Headset. I have a Sony/Ericcson T68i phone, and the connection btween the to is amazing. I took delivery of mine on December 31, 2002, so I plan to have a lot of fun with it.

So far I have not found any issues with the headset, and will definitely recommend it to others.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: An awesome headset!
Review: I am using the FreeSpeak for non-Bluetooth phones with my new T68i and I love it. The Bluetooth multi-adapter for my old non-Bluetooth phone worked great, but the phone didn't support headset initiated call answering, voice dialing or call ending []a pain if you're going to be using any headset.

So I got the T68i and I am finally enjoying true cordless freedom.

As a note, I do notice that my range with the T68i is far less than with the Jabra multi-adapter. With the adapter I got a good 30 feet of range from the phone/adapter to the headset. With the T68i, I'm geting maybe ten feet, max. Apparently SonyEricsson's implementation of Bluetooth isn't up to par. But you can't fault the headset for that.

Also, I think the belt-clip/charger needs some sort of positive lock to prevent losing the headset which with its light weight makes little noise when it's dropped and to secure its position while charging.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Very good solution...for now
Review: An excellent solution, especially for a first generation product. My criticisms are below, but overall I think folks will find this a very good product. In cars or while getting on a plane, you don't have to deal with cords (which get tangled, wrapped around your shoulder strap, etc). After about 2 mins, you forget you have it on.

Also, it has about 1% of the radio frequency of most cell phones. My head hurts after long cell calls. Whether you believe this is a serious medical threat or not doesn't matter, all I know is that this earpiece solves that headache problem. If it is totally psychosomatic, I'm even happier.

- Sound is fine about 85% of the time, only occasionally do I get a bad cell-to-headset connection.
- Usability is ok. A little hard to find the 'pick up' button if it's on your ear.
- Interaction with the phone has got a slight delay. You pick up on the headset and there is a 1/2 sec wait before you can hear or talk. It also goes into standby mode a little too eagerly (for the sake of its battery), causing it to turn on/off/on when pretty much every time you're dialing out. It does all this automatically so its not a huge issue.
- If you have a long lasting battery on your phone, you'll feel that this battery is weak -- about 2 hrs of talk time.
- The big frustation is that it is one more charger to carry around. I now basically have a small Radio Shack store in my briefcase and this added to the selection power adaptors. That they couldn't find some way to 1) piggy back on the existing adpators already in the universe, or 2) offer a set of converter plugs to those adaptors is beyond me. If Nokia offered a bluetooth that used my existing phone adaptor, I'd buy it (big hint, N).
- It has a nice blue light that flashes.

Net-net, very cool, works well and not a premature product. You can buy it with confidence.


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