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Jabra's Motion is large and in charge

2013-05-31
hi this is Brian Bennett for cnet.com and right now we're taking a first look at the new Jabra motion Bluetooth headset targeted right at mobile phone users who tend to spend a lot of time gabbing the motion is an accessory designed for big time talkers at a hundred and twenty nine dollars the motion is certainly priced as a high-end hands-free device - it goes head-to-head against other premium Bluetooth products such as the Plantronics Voyager legend and jawbone era sporting a huge over ear design and big flip-down boom mic the Jabra motion is a serious piece of wireless hardware as a trade-off where it's garthe though you do get a lot of bells and whistles connecting to phones and tablets via wireless bluetooth version 4.0 the motion also features an NFC chip for fast pairing just tap the headset against compatible phones to link as its name implies the jabber motion is equipped with an accelerometer or motion sensor with it the device does nifty tricks like automatically answering incoming calls when you pick the headset up or kicking in extra noise cancellation when it detects continuous movements such as walking in fact Jabra claims that the motion thanks to its dual microphones and motion sensor can adapt intelligently to din filled environments internal voice commands are built-in as well which allows you to answer in screen calls without touching your handset the device features touch sensitive volume controls as well other buttons on the motion include a big call answer end key that's hard to miss plus a small voice and mute toggle on the boom you can charge the motion through a micro USB port and Jabra claims a single charge provides seven hours of talktime one thing I really like about the Jabra motion bluetooth headset is its smart phone companion app which is available for iOS and Android devices basically you can use the app to control many of the headsets features right from your phone I'm Brian Bennet for cnet.com and this has been a first look at the Jabra motion Bluetooth headset Oh
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