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Griffin SmartTalk Headphone Adapter with Control and Mic for iPhone 1G | 
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| Brand: Griffin
Category: Wireless
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $19.94
You Save: $0.05
Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Wireless Phone Accessory
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0.1
Model: 3016-SMRTLKB
UPC: 685387030163
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Compatibility: iPhone | | • | Converts your favorite earphones into a full-function headset for iPhone | | • | Answer calls with noise-canceling microphone and retain all of your device's functions | | • | 30-inch cable is sheathed in nylon braiding for long-lasting, quality performance | | • | Integrates microphone and control button for simple operation |
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Amazon.com Product Description -- Posted May 22, 2008
Your favorite pair of earphones becomes a full-function headset for the iPhone with Griffin's SmartTalk Headphone Adapter + Control & Mic for iPhone. SmartTalk combines an iPhone-compatible headphone adapter with a noise-canceling microphone and control module so that you can use any earphones and still retain all the functions of your iPhone. When you're listening to your tunes, SmartTalk's control button lets you play, pause, or skip forward or backward. When you get an incoming call, the same button answers the call or lets you send it to voicemail. Do more than upgrade the headset that came with your iPhone--let your own favorite earphones work smarter with SmartTalk Headphone Adapter + Control & Mic for iPhone. At a glance: - Adds a microphone and an iPhone control button to your favorite earphones
- Answer calls or send them to voicemail
- Play, pause, and skip through your tunes
- High-sensitivity microphone for crystal-clear phone conversations
- Cord clip keeps mic & control button within easy reach
- 30-inch cable sheathed in nylon braiding for strength, good looks, and durability
What's in the Box
SmartTalk Headphone Adapter + Control & Mic for iPhone
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| Customer Reviews:
 Does exactly what it should June 16, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I kill iPhone earphones. I tend to wear them a lot, and eventually I get them caught on something. The sound quality leaves a lot to be desired as well. I use this mic with other earphones - I have several different kinds, up to high-end Shure 'phones - and it works well. Sound quality on the other end is better than the iPhone mic, I've been told. I like the heavier nylon cord, as well. My cat can't chew through it, and doesn't like to try. (He enjoys the white iPhone cord a lot, for some reason.) The mic cord could be a little longer, but overall this is a high-quality item at a good price!
 Meh... April 23, 2008
I have gone through both the monster i sonic and now the griffin i-talk.
First let's start with the Monster, outgoing call quality may be better that the Griffin but it has a huge and fatal flaw, and that is the dongle itself. The Monster has a huge connector, which at first may not seem like a big deal, but it acts like a lever when put it into your pants pocket. It will definitely remove your headphone jack from the iphone circuit board, it in fact did so in less than a week after purchase. (Thank you Apple Store SF. for letting me upgrade to 16gb as I returned my broken phone) This is just through normal use, I was even pretty cautious as I just bought the phone, if you put the phone in your shirt pocket that may help, but ultimately even that will lead failure.
Now lets move on to the Griffin. They took a different route. With this you plug your headphones into the top of the cable which makes for a much lower profile at the phone itself, but as noted adds that length to your current headphone cord. I am lucky to have fairly new headphones that allow for replaceable cords ( Bose OnEar if you are interested.) so the Griffin just replaces that which is pretty sweet. Now the bad news. The cord on the Griffin has a vinyl cover which seems to be the rage these days. I am not sure why however as in my exierience they blow. The problem is that the material is relatively stiff and now the cable is failing at the connector (hey at least its not my phone this time). So long story short avoid the Monster at all costs, and if you can manage to not trip over the Griffin's cord maybe buy 2 at a time as the crappy cord materials make it disposable at best.
Can I please get a decent solution? One with full functionality ( I am looking at you Bose). The i-phone is awesome it amazes me that noone can figure out the friggin cord though.
not bad, but not good either May 7, 2008
I purchased this a couple weeks ago to use it with various headphones like my Shure E2C. Perhaps then I'd have a solution that, unlike my iPhone headset, would stay clipped to my shirt and in my ears. Then I lost my iPhone headset and was forced to use this. I've used it with several excellent quality headsets for an overall disappointing experience.
I like a lot about the adapter. The jack that plugs into the iPhone is small and round, like the iPhone headsets. The adapter has a clip (think iPod shuffle) that hangs onto the collar of my shirt well enough. Talking on it is fairly decent but other callers don't seem to hear me as well as with my iPhone headset, like the windscreen is missing or ineffective.
But the deal-breaker for me is quite often when I unplug it, the iPhone thinks something is still plugged in. This is a problem I never had with my iPhone headset and is very annoying. I've ordered myself a new headset from Apple.
Best and worst July 5, 2008
I bought two of these. One for myself and one for my wife. We both use Shure headphones with these attached. Mine is working and hers will not work. There is a problem wit the plug properly aligning with the connector.
I have bought several solutions to this problem and in every case it seems that that the extra circuit Apple uses to provide the mic and control functions for the iPhone cause problems for every company who tries to creat a solution to this problem.
Please Apple do one of the following.
1. Share the full schematics with 3rd party manufacturers for the electrical circuit and manufacture of the iPhone mic controller.
2. Manufacture a decent headset yourself using Etimotic or Shure like solutions to provide quality sound.
I do think there is a flaw in the circuit Apple designed for the controller head set that is causing a high failure rate across all points of the headsets being manufactured for the iPhone. Even the speakers are failing on iPhone headsets as a result of some kind of feedback loop or something causing the parts to wear and fail. Apple is not admitting anything but I hear from people there are lots of headsets getting returned with buzzing earpieces and failed connector joints and plugs.
In short this is the best of all the mic controllers I have tried.( I have them all) but it still seems to suffer from the same problem. I also wish they had not used the cloth cover as I fully expect it to fail but hey all the rubber ones are failing at the joint as well so maybe the best solution is just a make them cheap enough to make them nearly disposable as even my high quality Shure Mic at $40 failed with in weeks at the connector.
Jeff Stuckey
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