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Next-generation Bluetooth Headset
- Excellent HD-quality audio
- Updated features
- "Shakeshake" and "taptap" motion sensing
- Stylish
- Excellent wind and noise reduction
- No dedicated volume rocker switch
- Uncomfortable ear piece
- Pricey
The Aliph Jawbone Era provides leading-edge technology to deliver excellent HD-quality audio and a new way of interacting with a Bluetooth headset -- through tapping and shaking it. The Jawbone Era combines sound quality, extended functionality and style in a way no other headset does. The headset is widely reviewed, and professionals and users alike highly praise the Jawbone Era for its sound quality and noise suppression though the latest version of Noise Assassin. Its light weight and style also draw rave reviews, though users find the headset to be expensive. The Jawbone Era is considered to be the front-runner of high-end Bluetooth headsets. It's called the "most advanced headset of the lot," and "a potential audio computing platform." It's unique in its motion-sensing technology that allows the user to shake and tap instructions to the headset. Tap the outside of the headset twice to answer or end a call, or shake it twice to answer a call if you're not wearing the headset.
Professional reviewers at CNET, PCMag.com and PC World have extensively tested all the Bluetooth headsets they review in their labs and in the real world. Their websites explain their testing methods and the criteria they use for their ratings. Many of the 100 users who posted reviews of the Aliph Jawbone Era at Amazon.com are passionate about their experiences with the headset, and provide details to explain their ratings.
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1. CNET
Nicole Lee calls the Aliph Jawbone Era "the most advanced headset of the lot," and makes it an Editors' Choice. Lee awards the Era 4 out of 5 stars, with its "high-end features, amazing audio quality and innovative design." She also likes its motion-sensing software and built-in accelerometer which allows users to tap and shake the headset to issue commands. Lee identifies that one drawback is that the fit of the Era is not as comfortable as she would like.
Review: Aliph Jawbone Era, Nicole Lee, Jan. 20 , 2011
Lead Analyst Sasha Segan names the Aliph Jawbone Era as one of his top 10 Bluetooth headsets, with 4.5 stars out of 5. He says that it's "more than headset; it's a potential audio computing platform." The sound quality for A2DP streaming audio is rated as excellent.
Review: Aliph Jawbone Era, Sasha Segan, Jan. 20, 2011
Aoife McEvoy gives the Aliph Jawbone Era 4 out of 5 stars and identifies its "shakeshake" gesturing feature as a standout element of its design. She is impressed with MyTalk, the company's integrated web service, and recommends the Era for people who make calls in a variety of noisy environments.
Review: Jawbone Era, Aoife M. McEvoy, March 29, 2011
4. Amazon.com
Over one half of the 100 user reviews on Amazon.com give the Aliph Jawbone Era a 5-star rating (out of 5). Many of the reviewers praise the excellent sound quality of the Era as well as its light weight and style. One on the main critiques is that it is too expensive.
Review: Aliph Jawbone Era, Contributors to Amazon.com
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