
New York was the first state to pass a law requiring a hands-free
cellphone device for drivers back in 2001. Ever since then,
road-trippers have been forced to reach for the headset. Quality has
vastly improved over the years, but you’d be hard-pressed to call very
many of them stylish, unless black plastic and blue blinking lights are
your thing.
Enter the Jawbone Bluetooth headset, launched in May. Half the size of the original, the upgraded
version ($129.99) has an improved ergonomic design, military-grade
noise-cancellation technology, rich, sleek metallic finishes and a sassy advertising campaign that offers a $20 discount to “criminal” customers who can show they’ve been issued a hands-free ticket.
On a recent drive up to the Berkshires, I tested out my new Jawbone...