Jabra GN8110 USB, USB Adaptor, RJ9 is a professional quality headset adaptor that ... more
dramatically improves performance for any PC voice application. With the Jabra GN8110 USB, you can connect your Jabra brand corded or wireless headset directly to your PC...
Advantages: Great look and feel to the headset, remarkable sound quality Disadvantages: Rather pricey and poor battery life
THis GNNetcom headset, is a beautiful piece of machinery. It has a stuning design and prefectly easy to use. I simply opened the box andhardlyhad to use the instruction manual. I connceted it up and i was off!
the sound quality is phenomenal, far better than any headsets that phone companies supply you with... i could my the person crystal clear, and i felt that he was right there with me.
the only downside, is that the battery life, i felt was rather lacking. Not long after i had bought the product, i felt i had to keep on charging it every 10 or so hours, which i felt was rather ridiculous. however, i put up with it becuase i liked the design and how easy it was to use.
Furthermore, the dual connection the comes with this headset is remarkable and the technology that goes into this headset is so robust!
One major downside to ...
Advantages: Sound quality, long cable, remote control Disadvantages: Remote too far down the cable
For anyone who makes a lot of calls Skype is a wonderful things assuming the person they are calling is also on Skype. Even calls to people with normal telephones can be done cheaply and easily, especially when used in conjunction with Skype's ability to embed links in web pages within your browser allowing you to call a number on a web site just by clicking on it.
Of course, such activities do require some sort of speaker and microphone arrangement on your PC and in most cases, it's far easier to make use of one of the huge range of headphone and microphone combinations out there.
Jabra have a range of products in this area but here I'm looking at their GN5035 model which is well priced at around £25 or less and boasts a noise cancelling microphone, 40mm speaker units for extended bass and a remote control on its USB cable ...
Advantages: hands free working, clear voices, very good sound quality Disadvantages: headset hurting after wearing it a few hours, 'tied' to the desk
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After about two weeks I had the elusive headset back on my desk. The manager offered to purchase a wireless headset for me but I decided to stick with what I had ? after all, the set was paid for, any new purchase would have to be paid for again, and in this economic climate, I don?t want to spend more money than necessary.
What?s in the box?
The headphone set I was given was the GNNetcom 2200 Mono. When I opened the box it was pretty much unused. What I found was the following:
1x headset
1x instruction booklet in a number of languages
1x storage bag
1x replacement spongy thing for earpiece
The headset itself comes with a microphone part that can be swivelled to adjust to left and right hand (ear) use. The microphone, on a stalk, can be adjusted up or down to sit in the correct position from your mouth. The earpiece can ...
GN Netcom is introducing the one piece of hardware that makes voice-driven software really perform. The GN 8110 USB is a professional quality headset system that dramatically improves performance for any PC voice application. With the GN 8110 USB, you bypass the sound card and connect directly to your PC's USB port, virtually eliminating sound card compatibility problems. The GN 8110 USB features superior technology that enhances the benefits of USB connectivity. With SmoothStream digital audio, you get clean, distortion-free, Cdquality sound. And echo control eliminates the distracting repeat effect common to Voice over IP applications (VoIP). Applications like Internet telephony, PC PBX/converged network, speech recognition and "softphone" all benefit from the crisp, highly intelligible "direct-to-digital" sound of the GN 8110 USB. This headset system provides you with superior sound quality that maximizes the performance of your voice-driven software.
