Showing posts with label Bluetooth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bluetooth. Show all posts

Friday, February 8

Product Review Update: Jawbone Bluetooth Headset

I've had my Jawbone for some time now, more than long enough to put it through its paces.

Jawbone Bluetooth Headset

Honestly, it's not worth the $119.99 retail price -- you can get solid Jabra and Motorola for half to three-quarters of that, with comparable overall performance, and better sound quality in your ear.

That said, while I wouldn't buy one again, I do find it to work reasonably well for most uses most of the time. In conjunction with Microsoft Voice Command, it offers decent voice activated calling, though far from perfect. It would be nice if there was an auditory indication that you or the other party picked up a ringing call however -- there have been a few times I've been caught off guard, having no idea someone had picked up, or I had picked up, because there was only silence, no feedback, from the headset.

Today, however, I suffered a bit of a setback -- the ear piece, the spindly alloy piece that inserts into the headset, and wraps around your ear, broke on me. While attempting to stick it behind my ear like I have hundreds of times previously, it snapped, leaving a piece embedded in the headset. I've removed that piece using a paperclip, so I have the option at least to switch ears and use the mirrored earpiece from the original packaging.

Friday, November 23

Eee PC update

VNC seems to suck.

Not from the client side -- that seems OK, screen size aside.

Trying to connect using krfb (available with the advanced mode KDE desktop) or x11vnc as the server is a complete DRAG! Local response is quick, as viewable on the screen of the Eee itself, but the client machine (in this case a Vista x64 dual core machine that connects to my Ubuntu desktop all the time, no problem) takes ridonkulously long periods of time to refresh any, much less all, parts of the screen.

That's a bit rough. Maybe I'm doing something wrong ... I'll have to investigate further. Also to keep in mind is the fact that the Eee is on an 802.11g connection ... the Vista machine 802.11n ... and the Ubuntu desktop on gigabit ...

Having got my Smartphone back online finally, I played with getting it paired with the Eee for Internet access. I have AT&T ... EDGE sucks. EDGE really, really sucks ... but it's better than nothing, in a tight spot.

Bluetooth on the Eee isn't exactly straightforward, but the second round of instructions, the set by ericmoritz, available in this thread on the Eee user forums makes the process itself pretty simple.