Ironically, the Jawbone Icon HD and Nerd package ($140) seems designed for the anti-nerd; those who have trouble adjusting BT settings on a computer and end up erasing the entire hard drive and setting the house on fire when they try.
Because that, apparently, is what it does: The Nerd doesn’t actually give you any capabilities your computer doesn’t already have; but it does make life easier by taking away any of the fiddling with BT settings — the idea is that you just plug it into a USB port and it’ll connect with its Icon HD headset partner, which has been upgraded over the Icon with a louder speaker and wideband (clearer and higher definition) audio.
The downside? The package is $10 more expensive than the Era, which has a slightly better features and the Nerd may not actually be all that useful for those who don’t mind fiddling with settings (or useless for those just using the headset with a phone); and no, the Nerd can’t be purchased separately.
When he was eight, Eli Milchman came home from frolicking in the Veld one day and was given an Atari 400. Since then, his fascination with technology has made him an intrepid early adopter of whatever charming new contraption crosses his path. He calls San Francisco home, where he works as a journalist and photographer. Eli has contributed to the pages of Wired.com and BIKE Magazine, among others. Hang with him on Twitter.
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