The Jabra STONE Bluetooth headset is revolutionary… and expensive
By Will Park on Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 at 11:28 AM PST In AT&T, Accessories, Announcements
The Jabra STONE has been officially announced as the Bluetooth headset maker’s latest bit of noise-canceling kit. Those of you following the STONE will be happy to hear that Jabra’s latest Bluetooth headset isn’t actually the stone/rock that Jabra sent out to the media as a publicity grab. It’s actually a new Bluetooth headset that literally hides from plain view by tucking itself behind your ear – a design Jabra calls “revolutionary” (we call it “cool”). And, in keeping with its namesake, the Jabra STONE comes with a compact portable charger that looks like a river stone.
At $130, the Jabra STONE Bluetooth headset isn’t cheap. But, with its hideaway design, wireless portable charger, Noise Blackout Extreme technology, A2DP support and touch-sensitive controls, the Jabra STONE might just be worth it. It’s the first headset to do away with the traditional microphone stub by hiding the dual-microphones in the headset’s body, so you can actually wear the Bluetooth headset in public without drawing too much attention to yourself.
Jabra says they’ll be launching the STONE exclusively through AT&T (NYSE: T) retail stores starting November 8th.
[Via: press release]
I purchased one and it was horrible. The earpiece actually hurt my ear to the point of not being able to wear it after about 5 hours or so. I need to keep it on for work, while I work with my hands, and it is sometimes on for 8+ hours. I couldn’t possibly do that with the Stone. It is bulky and unforgiving in the ear canal. The sound was horrible, I had to yell in order for people to hear me over the background noise while in a normal store setting or in my 4WD car. I returned it after 2 days. I wouldn’t pay $25 for this thing, let alone $129…