Jawbone have just announced their 4th Bluetooth Headset – The Jawbone Icon.
Like every Jawbone before it, it features Noise Assassin technology to almost eliminate background noise and has a smart modern look, but what makes the Icon stand out?
Jawbone Icon Bluetooth Headset
Apart from being the smallest and lightest headset that Jawbone have produced, it has a number of improvements and new features. The Jawbone ICON lets you set custom tones and multiple voices to alert you to incoming calls. One of the new features onboard is called MyTALK, this allows you to control mini-apps that change the voices or language and allows you to customize a button to call voicemail or a predefined contact in your phonebook. You can find more information on how MyTalk works at the Jawbone MyTalk website.
The other major change is a welcome one – Jawbone are supporting the switch to Micro USB charging and as a result, the Icon uses a standard Micro USB mains charger, rather than their proprietary connection found on older headsets. This is great news as it now means you’ll be able to use the same charger on your phone and headset.
If you’re an iPhone user, the Jawbone ICON’s remaining battery life is displayed on your iPhone’s status bar so you’ll be able to see at a glance whether the headset needs charging.
Jawbone Icon transmits battery level to the iPhone
Multipoint support has also been improved. On the Jawbone Prime you could answer a second call from a second phone, but this would result in the original caller being disconnected. With the Jawbone Icon you can now place the first caller on hold while you take the call from your second phone.
Jawbone Icon - The Rogue
The software on the Jawbone Icon can be upgraded and new features such as A2DP (Stereo Bluetooth) support will be available for the headset not long after it’s launch. This means that you can use it to listen to music from your phone, but as the Icon only has one earpiece you’ll obviously only be able to hear it in one ear. To make sure that you don’t miss anything, the Icon converts stereo audio into mono audio. Not great for listening to music, but good enough for watching videos or YouTube on your phone.
The Icon will be available in 6 designs, The Hero, The Rogue, The Catch, The Bombshell, The Ace & The Thinker.
Pricing and availability are yet to be confirmed in the UK so we’ll keep our ears open and post any updates on here as and when we get them. To make sure you don’t miss out, either subscribe to our RSS feed or head over to the product pages where you can sign up for email updates on the Jawbone Icon.