Humanistic and Minimalist Design With NoiseAssassin™ Technology Has Ten Times Better Voice Clarity Than It's Competitors
Aliph, the established market leader in noise eliminating Bluetooth® headsets, today introduced the new Jawbone® Bluetooth headset. In the tradition of bringing together science and beauty, the new Jawbone design is 50% smaller than the original award-winning Jawbone, and features breakthrough noise elimination technology to provide even better voice quality than the original in a smaller and more ergonomic package. Bluetooth headset shipments are predicted to top 120 million units worldwide in 2009. With over 60% of new phones in North America shipping with Bluetooth, and hands-free driving legislation will likely be in effect soon in Ontario. The new Jawbone combines unparalleled form and function just in time to appeal to a broad and growing consumer audience. The Best Just Got Better
The new Jawbone headset is the next step in the marriage of best in class noise elimination science with a personal design that is both humanistic and minimal. The new Jawbone features military-grade NoiseAssassin technology, which is unmatched in its ability to address real-world noise environments like busy streets, and cars and airports, and has ten times better voice clarity than competing headsets - meaning it transmits 90% less noise.
Jawbone's NoiseAssassin technology literally feels your speech with its patented Voice Activity Sensor (VAS). The Jawbone headset uses the VAS to distinguish the sound of your voice from ambient noise with incredible accuracy and then uses proprietary Digital Signal Processing (DSP) algorithms to subtract the noise so only the sound of your voice comes through.
The NoiseAssassin technology was originally developed by Aliph for DARPA (The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), which creates and delivers breakthrough technology for the U.S. military. It is tested and designed to work in the toughest, most inhospitable terrain, when clear communication is critical, which means for the average user it is designed to perform everywhere.
The new Jawbone headset is designed to be simple to use. Two streamlined buttons are operated by touching the outside shield, and they control all the functions of the headset, which is extremely lightweight at just 10 grams.
"In creating the new Jawbone we focused on improving our audio performance beyond the market-leading noise solution that we already had, and elevating the design to a point where it would appeal to a broad range of consumers who would love to wear it," said Hosain Rahman, CEO and co-founder of Aliph. "Jawbone provides amazing audio quality in a form factor that is a true lifestyle accessory - it's a new and complete departure from the typical gadgetry of the Bluetooth category." It's Not a Headset - it's Earwear
The new Jawbone is designed to look and feel like an accessory along the lines of jewelry and eyewear. "If it's not beautiful, it doesn't belong on your face," said renowned industrial designer Yves Behar, chief designer of the Jawbone headset.
Made with premium materials, including medical grade plastic with better cosmetic and health performance, the expressive aesthetic confers a premium visual and ergonomic experience. The new Jawbone provides a more comfortable and customized fit with three sizes of earbuds and four earloops that can be worn on either ear - two sizes of soft, stitched leather earloops and two sizes of slim earloops, ideal for use with eyeglasses.
The New Jawbone
Compatible with all Bluetooth-enabled phones, the new Jawbone supports more than four hours of talk time and eight days of standby time. Featuring a new fast-charge battery that charges up to 80% of capacity in just over half an hour, the new Jawbone can be charged with the included USB cable on a computer, or with the wall-charger.
Weight: 10 grams
Talk Time: Over 4 hours
Standby Time: Over 8 days
Range: Up to 33 feet (10 meters)
Charge: 80% charge in 35 minutes, 100% charge in less than 1 hour
Colors: Black / Silver / Rose Gold
Supports Bluetooth® 1.1, 1.2, and 2.0
Additional Information
50% smaller than the original Jawbone
Military-grade noise elimination technology
Ten times better voice clarity than competing headsets -- meaning it transmits 90% less noise
Three-dimensional texture on shield inspired by noise abatement surfaces
Premium materials including medical-grade plastic and fine leather
Magnetic USB cable & wall charger included
Three (3) earbuds -- small, medium, and large
Two (2) fine leather earloops -- medium and large
Two (2) slim earloops ideal for use with eyewear -- medium and large
Fits either ear
About Aliph
Aliph makes personal technology comfortable, usable and beautiful. The company's flagship product, the award winning Jawbone Bluetooth headset with NoiseAssassin technology, set a new standard for mobile voice quality. Unmatched in the industry, Aliph's NoiseAssassin technology was originally perfected with DARPA for battlefield applications, eliminating background noise and delivering unparalleled call clarity in all environments. Since its launch in December 2006, the Jawbone headset has been widely recognized as the best Bluetooth headset in the marketplace and is a top selling Bluetooth headset. The company was founded by Alexander Asseily and Hosain Rahman, who met as Stanford undergrads, sharing a belief that better user experiences around voice and device usability are critical to improving mobile communications.
Aliph is a privately-held company headquartered in San Francisco and is funded by Khosla Ventures and Sequoia Capital. For more information and a demo, go to http://www.jawbone.com or http://press.jawbone.com/
GSM technology can work with 4 frequencies: 850/900/1800/1900 Mhz.
Some GSM phones support all the bands or frequencies, or just a couple. A dual band phone supports only two, usually 900/1900 or 850/1900. A tri-band phone supports three bands, either 850/1800/1900 or 900/1800/1900. A quad-band phone supports all GSM bands. Quad-band phones are able to work with any and all GSM service providers.
On the other hand, GSM service providers support just a subset of all the GSM bands available. Before buying a GSM phone, make sure the phone supports at least one of the bands that your GSM service provider supports. Contact your service provider Rogers, Fido, Cingular, T-Mobile.
A cellular phone’s band is the frequency in megahertz on witch it operates. Band options are as follows:-Quadband GSM 850/900/1800/1900 :Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and New Zealand-Triband GSM 900/1800/1900:Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and New Zealand-Dualband GSM 900/1800 Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, New Zealand and Australia
GSM is a mobile (Cell) phone technology that uses TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access). GSM stands for Global System for Mobile communications. The competing system is CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access). GSM and CDMA are not compatible systems. If a phone is designed for GSM, it will not be compatible with CDMA and vice-versa.
An unlocked phone is a phone that can work with any sim card and/or GSM service provider. Please note that at least one of the GSM Bands in the phone should match the GSM service prodiver's bands. Check with your local service provider GSM Band they use.
No. A contract is required between you and the GSM service provider for you to get a working phone line. A contract is not required between you and GSMplus.
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My GSM service provider does not have sim cards, why?
A sim card is a small flat rectangle plastic that contains a microchip. This microchips is the heart of your phone, it contains your phone number, your address book, and the necessary information for your phone to work. All sim cards look the same, but the microchip inside is different for every GSM service provider.
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My Motorola’s dictionary is displaying a different language, how can I change it?
Bluetooth is a short-range wireless protocol that allows your phone to 'speak' with other devices in range, such as wireless headsets, hands-free car kits, and computers. It can be used for a wide array of applications- take a look at www.bluetooth.com for more information
We currently sell phones from a very wide variety of manufacturers, including: Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Blackberry, LG, O2/Imate/HTC/Eten, Sharp, PalmOne, Apple, Nec, and more. If you're looking for a phone you don't see, just ask us we may be able to get it for you.
The easiest way is to try and put a SIM card from a different service provider in your phone to see if it will accept it. If you get a message saying wrong card, enter subsidy code or SIM disabled then likely it's locked. For CDMA phones it's a little more difficult to tell.
By unlocking your phone you have the freedom of using your phone with other network providers as well as saving tons of money using a pay as you go card when visiting other countries.
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a mobile data service available to users of GSM mobile phones. It is often described as "2.5G", that is, a technology between the second (2G) and third (3G) generations of mobile telephony. It provides moderate speed data transfer, by using unused TDMA channels in the GSM network.
Short for Multimedia Message Service, a method of transmitting graphics, video clips, sound files text messages over wireless networks using the WAP protocol.
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