BlueAnt Supertooth 3 Bluetooth Speakerphone
August 13, 2008 by Tom
At-a-glance overview:
The Good- Talks to you |
The Bad- Text-to-Speech doesn't work on most phones |
Full Review
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.
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Rating (out of 10)
Battery Life15 hour talk time, 33 days standby |
8 |
PriceCan be found at $90. |
6 |
DesignNothing special, kinda big. |
6 |
Sound QualityAverage for speakerphones |
7 |
ConnectionThe "main" feature didn't work with my phone. |
4 |
Total |
6.2 |















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