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.