With the longest talk and standby time on the market, the Sony Ericsson Bluetooth car speakerphone makes staying in touch with friends, colleagues and family on the move even easier.  With superior audio quality and stylish design, this latest car accessory gives a premium hands-free experience at an affordable price.

The new Sony Ericsson Bluetooth car speakerphone HCB-108 has a sleek Nordic design and lets the user talk conveniently when he’s on the move — it can attach easily to a car visor with no wires, no fuss and no hassle.  The speakerphone offers market-leading talk time and can be easily switched between vehicles, if one is used to jumping between a company and family car, or simply use it in the office as a conference speakerphone. Just unclip the speakerphone, swap it over and off you go.

“The new Bluetooth car speakerphone HCB-108 is ideal for those who need to keep in touch on the move, and we are thrilled to be able to offer consumers a product with such unrivalled talk time,” said Jacob Sten, head of Sony Ericsson’s accessories division.

“The HCB-108 is our most affordable car speakerphone in the range, but without compromising on the premium feel and stylish design that you can expect from Sony Ericsson,” he added.

With the impressive 25 hours’ talk time and a standby time of up to one month, the HCB-108 lets the user enjoy crystal-clear conversations and superior true duplex audio quality with echo reduction, noise cancellation and Digital Signal Processing (DSP) for longer than ever.

The HCB-108 will be available in selected markets in black and silver. It was showcased at the Paris Car Show in conjunction with Saab.

If your car isn’t new enough to have Bluetooth integration, this Steering Wheel Bluetooth Adapter may be the perfect solution. It fits around the inner part of a steering wheel with some options for size adjustment. For $63 the adapter sports a microphone and speakers for speakerphone, an LCD display

for incoming callers, SD port for MP3s, USB and FM-out so you can play everything back through your car’s stereo.

There is a catch however, the adapter’s power source is your car’s cigarette lighter. You would be connecting your steering wheel to the lighter. Which could be a safety hazard. Unless it’s rechargeable. In that case don’t charge it while driving.

Do you remember the days of good ‘ole home telephones that actually had cords attached to hefty handsets? These were bulky home phones that had some weight to them, but boy could they take a beating. Heaven forbid you ever dropped one of these older phones on your foot. But of course, the days of modernization has made newer phones lighter and more fragile and even most corded handsets a thing of the past.

But if you are the type of person that likes to occasionally live in the past, here is a handset that is compatible with your cell phone thanks to Bluetooth technology. Now, not only can you have the convenience of a cordless phone conversation but you can try to remember what it used to feel like when phones only came in one color.

This Retro Bluetooth Handset can make and receive cell phone calls, has a range of 30 feet, and recharges via a USB connection. When in use a blue LED indicates what function the handset is in. So if you feel like getting retro with your phone calls, these are available from ThinkGeek for $29.99.

Popular iPhone and iPod accessories maker, Griffin Technology, is out with a new in-e

 

 

ar Bluetooth headset called SmartTalk.

Thanks to the STEP Labs’ STEPvoice acoustic voice separation technology as well

 

as two microphones used, SmartTalk eliminates background noise, reduces wind noise, and improves voice quality. This in turn means clear hands-free conversations, even under noisy conditions. At the same time, STEPsound Intelligent Speaker Technology

automatically enhances voice intelligibility and speech enunciation for th

 

e wearer, making your callers sound good to you.

 

From the press release:

STEP Labs technology uses the physics of sound propagation to define the shape and arrival time of sound waves to isolate voice signals from undesired no

ises. STEP Labs’ software uses these distinctions to tell the difference between the user’s voice and other voices, sounds, and noises, preserving the natural fidelity of the voice without distortion and producing near-perfect voice recognition performance, and impeccable noise cancellation.

Interested? SmartTalk Bluetooth headset is already available for $99.99. The “combo version” that will also include the PowerJolt car charger will start selling from February for $119.99.