A few years ago I had a jawbone headset, I thought it was an era When I was researching the device it was stated by jawbone that they worked with DARPA to develop their headsets for milatry use.
One of the reasons I went for the product at the time. -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ronald van Rhijn Sent: Thursday, 24 March 2016 5:10 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: blue tooth headsets Scott, Thanks for the clearification! The name Jawbone is a little bit misleading. I still dont want to be bothered to keep the sensor on my jaw or cheek. How does it look like, how long is such divice as the Era? Ronald > Op 23 mrt. 2016, om 13:35 heeft Scott Granados <sc...@qualityip.net> het > volgende geschreven: > > To be clear, the jawbone does not * use * bone induction. Not even close. > There is a small censor that rests on your cheek / jawbone that is a noise > gate. When you speak one of the first things that happens before sound > leaves your mouth is your jaw starts to move. That movement triggers the > censor which opens the noise gate and allows your voice in. If you’re not > speaking the noise gate is closed and sound isn’t picked up. They use this a > lot in military headsets for example helicopters and tanks. > > Thanks > >> On Mar 22, 2016, at 4:55 PM, 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries >> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> ronald does that also have a microphone or is seri picking up your >> voice through its microphone. i'd really rather go with traditional ear >> phone type instead of bone induction myself. thanks max On Mar 22, 2016, at >> 2:23 PM, Ronald van Rhijn wrote: >> >>> Just bought me a Plantronics Marque 2 (m165) single earpiece headset after >>> looking at all the options. >>> I considered the Jawbone Era and Plantronics Edge as well, but the Jawbone >>> models need to touch your jaw in order to function properly. Don’t know if >>> this is part or full bone conduction , but didn’t want to have something to >>> be on my face. The Plantronics Edge is larger than the Marque 2 and more >>> expensive. The additional features of the Edge like noise cancelling and >>> charge unit I don’t need. So I bought the Marque 2 and very satisfied with >>> it where I use it for, some reading in public transit. The unit has some >>> physical buttons for volume, on/off switch end multipurpose button for >>> Siri, answering etc. The unit speaks when turning on how much talktime >>> there is left, the pairing process, volume etc. The Marque 2 costst about >>> 50 euro. >>> Ronald >>> >>> >>>> Op 20 mrt. 2016, om 01:50 heeft Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> het >>>> volgende geschreven: >>>> >>>> Scott, >>>> >>>> I've not tried the Plantronics legend but know it was a great >>>> device back in the day, >>>> >>>> Would you still put it above the Edge? >>>> >>>> >>>> And I used one of the early era devices but at that point it's >>>> accessibility wasn't great. Still it was an excellent device, I just need >>>> to stop being so hard on headsets. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott >>>> Granados >>>> Sent: Sunday, 20 March 2016 4:53 AM >>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: blue tooth headsets >>>> >>>> Max, your brother is misinformed. Bluetooth is a series of specifications >>>> that are standardized so aside some special features in general most >>>> things work pretty well with each other. There are headsets in general >>>> though that work better than others. This is one of the favorite topics >>>> of mine and also the moderator’s Mark I believe. >>>> >>>> In my mind there are two ways to go and there have been the 2 same players >>>> on top for a while now. There is the plantronics legend and the era by >>>> jawbone. The Jawbone is the most stylish / smallest headset and the >>>> plantronics is the largest most utilitarian of the two. Depends on what >>>> your goal is. If you want to look cool, have good noise reduction, medium >>>> battery life and have the same toys as the cool kids buy a Jawbone. If >>>> you want your headset to work in all conditions, want fantastic noise >>>> reduction, don’t care about the fact there’s a boom microphone and you >>>> need great battery life then the plantronics voyager pro legend is the way >>>> to go. Hands down the plastrons works the best it’s just whether your >>>> concern is mostly function or you want some style. >>>> >>>> How’s that? >>>> >>>> BTW I use the voyager pro legend almost exclusively now although I carry >>>> both. I find the plantronics just more stable and for my professional >>>> calls and work environment the only option. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Mar 18, 2016, at 2:53 AM, 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries >>>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> hello; I'm wanting to buy a blue tooth headset to go with my >>>>> iPhone. my brother said that when he looked online he heard that a >>>>> lot of them don't work with the iPhone. so what would you all >>>>> recommend? 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