Would love to say thanks to Christina from BlueAnt for sending me the Z9i to review.

The BlueAnt Z9i is said to be one of the best hands-free devices out today - my thoughts? Correct, one of the best ones out there. It may even replace my current favorite - the Jawbone 2, but I'll leave that fight to another post.

The BlueAnt Z9i reminded me of the Jawbone 2 in many aspects: the size and feel are almost identical, and both models have great noise cancelling qualities, which successfully filter out background noise such as wind, running water, car radio - basically any background white noise.

As other BlueAnt devices, I love the amount of love the company puts into the package. I truely feel like a young boy on Christmas morning greedily opening up his gift.

How does this go?
Everything up to here was perfect, the charging was fast, the connection was painless, but wearing the hands-free earpiece was hard. I wasn't sure how exactly it's supposed to be worn, and took me a good few minutes to get it "on". It still feels a bit loose, but attached nonetheless.

Sound Quality
I was happily surprised with the sound quality on the BlueAnt Z9i. The incoming voice was loud and clear, as if someone was whispering into my ear - perfecto. Outgoing quality was great as well.

Noise Cancellation
The noise cancelling features here were not as I'm used to. The "cancelling" mode must be turned on when speaking in high-noise areas, and later turned off when back in quite areas. I don't understand why it can't always have the cancellation turned on.

Pairing Up
This model is famous for it's ability to connect with five [yes, 5!] devices simultaneously. Meaning you could connect to your cellphone & laptop, talking on Skype online, and when a call comes in, the Z9i would automaticlly switch to the cellphone, something like that. I'm a basic Bluetooth user and have no need for this, but always good to have anyways.

Accessories
The extra accessories that arrive with the Z9i are suffecient, but not perfect. It comes with an A/C adapter, USB cable, but no car charger. I've noticed that no hands-free devices comes with all three chargers [A/C, USB & Car], sighs. But unlike most devices, the BlueAnt Z9i comes with different ear-hooks and ear-buds for a perfect fit. Yay!

Conclusion:
Great sound quality, takes a while to get a comfortable fit, but it has different ear-pieces that I didn't try. Very small & light, average battery life. Almost as good as the mighty Jawbone, at half the cost.

I'm convinced, where can I buy?
I'm glad you asked. You can get the BlueAnt Z9i at Amazon and JR.com at around $65-$70, very affordable price indeed.

There you have it, the BlueAnt Z9i

Would love to say thanks to Christina from BlueAnt for sending me the Supertooth 3 to review. Here is the official product description:

The BlueAnt Supertooth 3 handsfree speakerphone provides a safer, legal alternative to talking on your cell phone while you drive. Voice prompts provide assistance to help you connect the device with your phone and upload your address book. The Supertooth 3 announces the name or ID of the caller when the phone rings - just say 'OK' to accept the call. Install the Supertooth 3 in seconds for a totally handsfree experience.

Design: The first thing that comes to mind - wow it's large! Compared to other hands-free units, this one is your big size. Reminds me of this garage-remote-control I had over 10 years ago. The Supertooth 3, a bit smaller than a chocolate bar, feels sturdry and strong, so we'll give it that. Nothing that special about the design.

Talking: The Supertooth 3 is the first bluetooth device I know that actually talks to you. When first turning on, it asks you to select a speaking language [UK English, US English, French, Italian, Spanish and German] and from then on, it says everything outloud. Kinda nice, but the voice they choose is horrible, the US English voice is hard to understand and is very disturbingingly computerized.

Connection: I turned the Supertooth on, it started blinking and told me outloud "Please connect via your cellphone" so I found the device on my LG Viewty and connected, the Supertooth lets you know with "Bluetooth Connected" which is kinda nice.

It then tried to connect to my phones contact book, to download the names of the contacts, part of it's text-to-speech feature. After a few minutes of "Please wait", it finally said "Connection Failed, Phone doesn't support Contact Downloading", which was highly disapointing as I have one of the top cellphones on the market now [LG "Viewty" KU990]. Seems the feature only works with the iPhone and Treo, not good.

Call Quality: Volume can get very high, if desired, which is good. Sound quality sounded great, when talking about speakerphones, which are always "iffy".

Battery Life: Standard for speakerphones, at 15 hours talk time (with 800 hours of standby).

Accessories: I loved all the extra accessories with the BlueAny Supertooth: It comes with a A/C charger, plus a car charger, with not many hands-free devices giving both these. The phone also uses a mini-usb charger, which can be found easily [*Motorola*]. It also comes with 2 metal magentic clips which holds the Supertooth to the car visor. Cool!

Price: Started off at around $130, currently at around $90, I've included a link below for the Amazon listing.

Conclusion: Didn't have any chance to try the text-to-speech feature, as my "old" phone doesn't support their specific requirements. Without that feature, nothing special.

Where to buy:

Motorola was kind enough to send me a review unit of the Motorola T305. The T305 is a bluetooth speakerphone device, created for use in the car. The Motorola T305 unit clips on to your can sun visor, which keeps the microphone close to your mouth when driving.

SUMMARY OF FEATURES
• Bluetooth wireless technology hands-free system is quick and easy to set up with EasyPair™
• Clear sound with latest echo and noise cancellation technology
• Loud sound optimized for the vehicle, with high speaker output
• Portable, just clip and you are ready to go. Visor clip and vehicle power adaptor included in the box
• Use phone’s voice dial capabilities to easily place calls
• Mini-USB connector for easy charging
• Up to 14 hours talk time; 14 days standby time

Design: Feels very sturdy, much smaller than it appears in the pictures. Feels like it can uphold some abuse. The T305 is small, much smaller than your cellphone. Design is very nice & simple.

Charging: The first thing I noticed is that I only had a car-charger, ouch! I wanted to charge and test it out a bit out of the car [in my office] initially. Maybe it was only because I got a review-unit, which may have different accessories than the retail version. Luckily for me, I had a Motorola A/C charger from my Motorola S9's that worked. The guide said it takes 2 hours, took around 1 hour until I got the blue light.

Connection: Very simple, held the power button for 3 seconds, purple light turned on with a cool beep. Searched for new devices on my cellphone, found the Motorola T305, entered password "0000" and connected with a series of flashes and beeps.

For some reason, the Motorola T305 wants us to know that the unit is connected by Bluetooth, so it has a very annoying flashing blue light every 3 seconds while in standby mode. This gets very distracting at night, but not noticable at all during the day.

Buttons: Something I realized very fast, was that the Motorola T305 has too many buttons! After using the new Jawbone, which has only 2 buttons, I was overwhelmed. The small device is fully equped with 4 buttons: on/off button, call button, volume up and volume down. The volume buttons aren't next to each other, which is weird. I would also think that the on/off button would double as the call button. Changing the volume has a few second delay from the time you press the button, to the time it actually does it.

Call Quality (incoming): Seemed good, maximum volume is VERY loud [indoors], which would make it "reasonable" while driving. Sound quality, as usual, deteriorates while using higher volume levels, so try to avoid using the highest.

Call Quality (outgoing): Not good at all, people had trouble hearing me while talking in the car. Only when speaking directly into the unit [1-2 inches], was the quality good.

Battery Life: Advertised value is Up to 14 hours talk time; 14 days standby time. I'm going to take their word for it and not start a 14 hour conversation to check if it's actually true, sorry guys. 14 hours is great, most smaller headsets only have a couple hours [4-8] so this one definitely takes it home.

Price: The Motorola T305 can be found online for around $65, give or take.

Conclusion: A good speakerphone generally, with a few bad tweaks. Flashing blue light is annoying, outgoing sound quality could be better, and the buttons could be simplified. But it has great battery power, attractive price and easy-to-use design.