JawBone recently contacted me to try out their bluetooth device called the ICON. After looking through their products, I thought that “the ACE” was the one that appealed the most to me. I liked the metallic silver look that it had in the photo and thought that it would go the most with my iPhone cover and my everyday outfits. Once the JawBone arrived in the mail, I felt like a kid on Christmas. I couldn’t wait to tear through their ubber hip packaging and starting playing with my new geeky “toy”.
Out of the box, the Jawbone ICON (the ACE) is darker than it appeared in the photo but I still like the look. What I noticed next was that set up with my iPhone was super easy. It came pre-charged so I was able to test it out right away.
I have super small ears…no seriously, my ears are so small they look like they belong on a child. Finding anything ear related is a constant struggle for me. Earbuds and such are often too large for my tiny ears and are always falling out. I was surprised when I opened the JawBone packaging to see that they had a large selecting of ear pieces to help find that perfect fit. And of course, my choice was the smallest one. As much as I would love to nnot have to use the ear hook, due to small ears that is what worked best for me and helped the JawBone stay in place 90% of the time.
Adjusting to wearing a Bluetooth is a bit strange. I feel like someone has a finger stuck in my ear all the time. But the hands-free dream is totally worth it, in my opinion.
After all of the set up and stuff, I immediately started calling friends and family to see what the audio was like. On my end, I loved putting my phone in my pocket or laying it on the counter and walking about while I chatted. Answer the phone with a JawBone was fun too, because all you have to do is push the button in your ear and you are good to talk away. Audio was good. Oh and it tells you the number that is calling so you can choose to answer it or not.
I’m a first-time bluetooth user, so my experience with the JawBone is extra exciting. Why has it taken me so long to enter the bluetooth world?
On the receiving in, a couple of the people I talked to while using the JawBone said that at times they had a hard time hearing me, something about my call going in and out. I’m not too sure what they were talking about here, but when I wear the JawBone it doesn’t sit flush up against my cheek which might be a problem. When I pushed the JawBone to my cheek however it seemed to resolve this issue.
The JawBone holds a pretty decent charge time. Its easy to check how much talk time you have by pushing the button on the JawBone twice. Another cool feature is that you can customize your JawBone to have different types of voices or add different features by using the USB provided. Another aspect that I liked with using the JawBone with my iPhone is that it shows how much battery from my homescreen. And you can easily customize the volume, etc. from your device.
Another cool feature is noise reduction. I constantly have kidlets playing in the background, with all the chatter it can make it sometimes impossible for people to hear me on the phone. I believe that the Jawbone helps with that issue.
The real kicker with the JawBone was that my husband was instantly jealous. He definitely saw the “cool factor” and declared that he now wants one.
Overall, my experience with the
JawBone ICON was a good one. Definitely a great first-time bluetooth experience.
Disclosure: Jawbone provided me with a sample of their product in order to write my opinion in this blog post. Although product was provided my opinions are 100% my own.
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