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BLUESPOON HEADSET NEW POST !! |
rams360
Joined: Jun 04, 2002
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I dont envy you having to wait for one. It took long enough for the silver one to come out |
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jmpage2
Joined: Oct 12, 2002
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I have ordered a Jabra Freespeak headset. For $97 shipped. It's in stock and I should have it by Monday or Tuesday of next week.
The more I thought about it the less I could justify spending $267 on the BS and waiting another 4-6 weeks to get it when I need a BT headset NOW.
When BS comes out with jawbone, and/or there are US distributors (with product actually in stock) and the price comes down, I will take another look at it. |
jh67
Joined: Nov 30, 2001
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From: denmark
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RAMS > the silver (original) has been fully launched,..and no, it will not be 2-3 months 
No one has the black Bluespoon yet,..but :
its being released NOW,..its called PANTHER
and yes you can order it. Delivery in week 46.
Its silkmatt black all over.
I'll put up an image later 
Its very neat,..and the light (LEDS) dont show that much on this particular model.
regards
Jan
Bluespoon Hardware Design
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st63z
Joined: Mar 02, 2002
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Cool, I like the sound of this Panther!
We've already got Expansys preorders for both the silver and blue special edition (we're looking to get 2-3 headsets), but the orders were placed earlier this fall so I think we're waaay back in the waiting queue...
C'mon, a lot of us Americans (particular down in Texas) are also excited about BS.. we're under-represented here |
jh67
Joined: Nov 30, 2001
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From: denmark
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ST63Z > We are working hard on the US-distributing-thing
I believe we will have something ready on Comdex,..maybe even before,..hope so
We really want to release the BS in the US as well,..basically because its a huge market, and also companies like e.g. Microsoft will soon fully support BT,..so there are several reasons for being "over there".
As I've already told in earlier posts, the only real issue, is that we're having a hard time producing enough Bluespoons,...so many orders, that is, of course, a good thing,...but it does make it harder to release BS in many places at once....especially when we unfortunately dont have the production-capacity of the bigger companies.
But as I also said in earlier posts, production is coming along faster now,..increasing day by day....so we're getting there
Regards
Jan
Bluespoon Hardware Design
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mange69
Joined: Oct 07, 2002
Posts: 366
From: Sweden
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On 2002-10-18 05:02, jmpage2 wrote:
I have ordered a Jabra Freespeak headset. For $97 shipped. It's in stock and I should have it by Monday or Tuesday of next week.
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I'd like a full review of the Freespeak when you get it. Where did you order yours from and is $97 the official price?
//Mange |
jmpage2
Joined: Oct 12, 2002
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I will put up a quick review on the Jabra thread when I recieve the unit and have had a chance to evaluate it. I don't want to put it in this thread since it's for the Bluespoon.
I am still interested in a BS and will probably get one when jaw mic comes out.
I got the Jabra Freespeak from a shop off of Ebay, $87 USD and $10 USD for Airborne Ground shipping. |
geoffreyw
Joined: Aug 15, 2002
Posts: 104
From: Texas
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You can also get the Jabra Freespeak at www.celphoneaccessories.com for $88 plus 3.95 shipping. I should be getting mine on Tuesday |
st63z
Joined: Mar 02, 2002
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Oops forgot to check back (since the board doesn't send you an email for new thread replies)...
That's great jm67, just be sure not to advertise it as "BS" over here (as in "What a bunch of BS")
To the other guys, believe it or not, your local Radio Shack (if you're in the US) will start carrying the Jabra Freespeak Nov 1 ($99). The employees are already walking around wearing it. The one I saw was using Jabra's 2.5mm headset adapter companion product that lets you use BT with any non-BT cellular/cordless phones. Unfortunately when I was there I didn't have time to try to pair it with my T68i...
I must say I don't particularly like how the Freespeak looks and wears though -- even my old Motorola BT headset was better I thought (you know, the silver disc with foldable boom, I forget what it's called, but Jabra's also coming out with a model that looks similar).
That said, your local Radio Shack won't hassle you about returning the Freespeak w/in 30 days if you don't like it, as opposed to, say most CompUSA stores(where I'd bought the Motorola for $200) that charges a mandatory 15% restocking fee. |
st63z
Joined: Mar 02, 2002
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Can't believe it, Expansys emailed me saying they actually shipped my BS order, the special edition all-blue colored one.
So I went back to their site, only to find out they now also list the all-black, ALL-COOL Panther edition! Man I so want that one (and it says only 5 days ETA for the USA)...
I think I'm going to cancel my other order for the original BS and preorder the Panther instead. |
Bajie
Joined: May 20, 2002
Posts: 92
From: London
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10-20 in stock
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=NL_BLUESPOONV30SE
Still no sign of my one though  |
nim
Joined: Sep 15, 2002
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From: melb. australia
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st63z & baji thanks
i rang up expansys & they gave me some mumbo jumbo about how they got only th "special edition" and the normal one will be in "next week"** so i went ahead and ditched the preorder for the phanthom original & bought the special edition bluey.
baji - ring them up and switch faster than a crook third world politician!
thanks again fellas , i would have missed this , cos of the time zones, & would be sitting on my arse , waiting and ringing up expansys at hours that no man should be awake when he is sober !
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nim
Joined: Sep 15, 2002
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From: melb. australia
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st63z & baji thanks
i rang up expansys & they gave me some mumbo jumbo about how they got only th "special edition" and the normal one will be in "next week"** so i went ahead and ditched the preorder for the phanthom original & bought the special edition bluey.
baji - ring them up and switch faster than a crook third world politician!
thanks again fellas , i would have missed this , cos of the time zones, & would be sitting on my arse , waiting and ringing up expansys at hours that no man should be awake when he is sober !
nim
p.s. jan - u still loitering around europe or have you made the trek across to the u.s , or have you changed your mmind & coming down under? |
Bajie
Joined: May 20, 2002
Posts: 92
From: London
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Cheers Nim
Unfortunately I like the look of the Original BlueSpoon.
The only thing I know is it is highly unlikely I will ever pre-order anything from expansys again.
Every time you call there is yet another one week delay with no acceptable excuse anymore. Forever telling me the spoon is being delivered next day. Its a joke.
Blah blah blah whinge whinge whinge moan moan moan etc ....
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roland harvey
Joined: Oct 31, 2002
Posts: 19
From: United Kingdom
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Hi
I have recently recieved my Bluespoon SE from Expansys (Next Day delivery, phoned to check they had them in stock before ordering).
Suffered the initial problems of pairing but have got over that.
Have suffered slight discomfort from the speaker bit in your ear but nothing to worry about and I think it is going.
It appears to be a bit crackley occasionaly when speaking to someone. This might be interferance from my laptop and/or with WiFi card (believe they are 2 different frequencies).
On the whole I am pleased. Slightly anoyed that I cannot use the magic word feature of the SE T68i but I can understand why (only used with Car kit and wired Hands Free). And currently I have set it up to press once on the Bluespoon and can voice control who I call (and whether it is Home, Mobile, Work, Other) via the T68i voice tags or I can call into my Answerphone which has the voice controlled Wildfire service to do the phoning/directing of faxes there.
Works fine in the car, people on the end of the phone are telling me they can hear me, and I can hear them. Put the roof down in the car and that is different prospect altogether. People cannot hear me and I can occasionally hear them. Not sure if this is the Bluespoon noise cancelling circuitry going into overdrive or what.
So I have decided to keep the device, because I see much worse comments about every other bluetooth headset out.
But when this Jawbone version comes out I will be rapidly switching to that if the price is not prohibitive, the battery life is good and the device does not make my ear ache.
My 2 questions are: - Has anyone seen/or is there a car charger that could be used with the Bluespoon charging cradle? And a suitable storage capsule (preferably leather hard case) or pouch to store this expensive device when not being used?
Thanks
Roland
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Posted: 2002-10-17 23:03
