Jabra Clipper
Discreet Bluetooth headset
Geek Treat of the Week Jabra’s Clipper is a two-piece Bluetooth headset designed to be attached to clothing or a bag.
The clip part houses the Bluetooth circuitry, controls, a micro USB socket for charging, and a 3.5mm audio jack. The other part is a standard set of stereo earbuds, though you’ll probably want to use your own.
The controls on the Clipper allow you to play, pause and skip tracks, and adjust the volume. They also enable you to accept and reject calls, redial the last number, and mute the microphone.
Jabra claims that one two-hour charge is good for up to six hours' talk time, or eight days on standby.
The Clipper uses the A2DP protocol for music, and quality is remarkably good for a Bluetooth device. Used with decent set of headphones, you wouldn’t know that you weren’t listening directly through a headphone jack.
I did have one issue: the clip is very tight, and it’s inflexible. So clipping it onto some clothing could be a little bit of a fiddle. But a shirt or t-shirt is fine.
At £50, the Clipper is reasonably priced, and I like the fact that I can use it with my own headphones. It’s also available in tangerine, pink, and turquoise, as well as black and white.
If you want a Bluetooth headset, but need it to be discreet, the Jabra Clipper fits the bill. ®
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COMMENTS
You have no imagination.
I use a Sony MW600 to send music from my laptop to the speakers that are on the other side of the room. In fact, I was recently looking to get another one, or similar, as I could do with one for music and one for using as a phone headset and this looks like it would fit the bill.
Good battery, good sound, poor build quality
When I first got one of these 2 years ago I thought it was great. And it was. For two weeks.
Then it broke, so I got a replacement.
Which broke after... two weeks.
It's not like I misused it, I mostly used it while sat at my desk in work.
The issue is with the headphone connection, which was one of the main selling points for me.
I reviewed it on Amazon at the time: http://goo.gl/jeeiA
At the end of the day it's a little over on Amazon at the moment, and they have a good returns policy.
Try it for your selves, you'll like it.... Till it breaks!
Kevin
Mine has been though the washing machine and still works fine.
Only complaint is trying to use it for gaming or video there is noticeable lag, though not sure this might be an issue with shoddy bluetooth receivers.
Samsung HS3000 seems much better
The samsung has apt-x codec support for much better sound quality. It also has voice prompts (it talks to you), pretty useful for a gadget with no screen. It's also much cheaper.
Meh
Given that you have been able to get similar clips on ebay for years for peanuts and with longer battery life Im not sure what the USP is.
Unless of course it has a specially shortened QUALITY set of earbuds. the only problem I found for the aforementioned ones on ebay was having to tie my sennheiser core up with a bag tie to shorten the cable.
