JawBone’s Icon gets a bigger speaker and a new friend — the Nerd. Photo credit JawBone
You’re still going to look like a total dork if you wear it, but at least you won’t go crazy with frustration when you use the new JawBone Icon HD Bluetooth headset, and its accompanying dongle, the Nerd.
The Icon HD is the same as the existing Icon, only with a bigger, better speaker inside — hence the “HD” moniker. You can connect to two devices at once (like JawBone’s JamBox speaker), letting you stream music from your laptop and also answer incoming calls from your phone. You can also add the same DialApps (actual applications) and AudioApps (voices that read out status and caller ID) as with the old Icon.
But the big difference is the Icon’s plucky sidekick, the Nerd. This brings an instant Bluetooth hookup. Plug it into a computer’s USB port and it will automatically register as a USB audio device. And because it is already paired with the Icon, you don’t need to do bothersome pairing every time you use a new machine.
The Icon HD comes bundled with the Nerd and can be had for $140. Now, if only JawBone would make a pair of stereo headphones already.
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