Jabra Stone review

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Verdict:

Jabra's Stone earpiece looks good and has a great charging cradle but is uncomfortable and overpriced.

Review Date: 28 Jul 2010

Price when reviewed: £60

Buy it now for: £70
(see more store prices)

Supplier: http://www.play.com

Reviewed By: Kat Orphanides

Our Rating 2 stars out of 5

Review
Specs

Jabra's tiny Stone Bluetooth earpiece comes with a sleek pebble-shaped protective charging and transport cradle. The earpiece is awkward to wear with glasses but we eventually managed to get a tolerable fit.

The Stone isn't entirely comfortable without glasses, either, and is hard to put on without accidentally hitting its only button, a touch point on the outside of the earpiece. Volume is controlled by an invisible touch-sensitive slider.

The speaker isn't good enough for music but audio quality isn't bad for speech. It became uncomfortably warm while playing a four-minute song. The mic is oversensitive if anything, picking up background noise and making our voice too loud. The Stone works well enough and the charging cradle is a good idea but it's none too comfortable and overpriced at £60.

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