CELL PHONES

Road Tested: Jabra BT500 Bluetooth Headset

posted Monday, September 18th, 2006, by Andy Gore
The Jabra BT500 fits snuggly behind the ear and out of the way.

There are three things you want from a wireless headset: You want it to have great reception, be comfortable to wear, and be unobtrusive. This last point in particular seems to elude most makers of Bluetooth headsets, whose devices often offer all the subtlety of a Borg implant.

Not so with the Jabra BT500 – a full-featured Bluetooth headset that tucks neatly away behind your ear. (more…)

T-Mobile Sidekick 3 Wireless Communicator

posted Tuesday, August 29th, 2006, by Andy Gore
The Sidekick 3 offers some nice refinements on an already top-of-its-class design.

The granddaddy of Internet-enabled cell phones, the T-Mobile Sidekick 3 combines a full-fledged web browser with POP e-mail, instant messaging and a variety of more mundane phone and PIM functions into a well-integrated package about the size of a bar of soap. With each new generation the Sidekick’s creator, Palo Alto-based Danger Inc., continues to hone it device’s capabilities, which may explain why Generation Three continues to be the best wireless communicator on the market. (more…)