Keeping You Connected and Hands-Free With Motorola’s Roadster

A few years back, California instituted a hands-free law which makes it illegal to use a handheld cellular phone while driving. While bluetooth devices existed prior to this law, I’m not certain they received as much attention as they do these days.  I remember using an older bluetooth device that had to be plugged into a phone.  Companies began to take a look at the existing technology and strived to make it better.  These days you can find a variety of wireless bluetooth devices, the latest being Motorola’s new Roadster.

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Motorola’s in-car speakerphone is easy to set up and features up to 20 hours of talk time, MotoSpeak Speech-to-text and Text-to-speech technology (on some platforms), dual microphone noise cancellation, auto On/Off, and an FM transmitter. Unlike your mobile phone’s speaker, which is often unclear, the Roadster offers clarity while eliminating background noise.  If you’d prefer to listen to your calls over your car speaker, you can use the FM transmitter (I haven’t tried this function yet).

Because I own an iPhone, I wasn’t able to test out MotoSpeak which makes it possible for users to hear text messages and dictate a reply.  MotoSpeak will also announce who is calling from your contact list.  This technology is only available on Android-powered mobile devices and  Blackberry 4.5+ GSM devices and offers limited functionality on Blackberry 4.5+ CDMA devices.

As I mentioned earlier, the Roadster is easy to set up. I simply scrolled to the Bluetooth section on my iPhone which identified the bluetooth and set it up.  If you leave the device on, it will automatically turn off when you leave and on when you’re in the car.  Set up and use are very intuitive. I only wish I could use MotoSpeak since it’s also illegal to text and drive in California.

Motorola’s Roadster retails for $99.99 and is available at retailers nationwide.

No compensation was received for this post. A product sample was provided.

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Caryn Bailey

Caryn is a NICU nurse by day, blogger by night and mom 24/7. She savors the warm Southern California sun and loves to travel, shopping, baking, reading and frequenting her local tea room. Caryn created the column Lavishly Green for Peekaboo Picks Magazine to share her best tips for going green in style, she is the Former editor for Family Review Network, former OC Family Magazine online contributor, former Orange County Moms Blog contributor, former Evenflo Savvy Parent contributor, former member of the Totsy Advisory Board and former freelance writer for CBS Los Angeles.

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