In the immortal words of Peter Griffin: Holy crap, Lois.

We’re in a new league with this device.

If it weren’t for the fact that I’ve spent WAY too much money on Bluetooth devices over the past five years I wouldn’t be qualified to even talk about this technology. I’ve been through seven or eight of these cyborg-wannabe-headgear thingies and every time I’ve spent more than the previous just to increase my ability to talk to someone without yelling (or feeling like I have to yell) or catching every fourth word of my poor colleague’s conversation to the point where I think there’s been an indecent proposal.

And then the Jawbone arrived.

This device has been nothing short of incredible. The clarity with which I can have a phone call is probably better than my land line when sitting in a nice quiet room. But that’s not the fun part. The fun part is getting in the car, opening all the windows and turning up the volume on my iPod while still enjoying a nice, normal-volume conversation. No, really. It’s that good.

A hefty price makes this device a tad out of reach for people who aren’t as insane as I am about sound quality, but I’m telling you: it’s worth it. It not only makes you sound better to the people you call, it makes incoming calls much more pleasant as well.

Oh, the joy of not having people ask me “What did you just say?” ten times in .54 seconds is bliss.

I obviously highly recommend this device and will look forward to other devices using the same technology in the near future.