Jabra Freeway

It transforms how you talk on the phone while driving, and plays music too

It transforms how you talk on the phone while driving, and plays music too

Though I am against driving while speaking on a cellphone, there are times when I just have to take that call. A hands-free earpiece could be an option, but it doesn’t suit everyone—women don’t like it, my Sikh friends with turbans can’t use it, and nobody likes to share it. But speakerphones are different. When you are alone in a car, they do a fairly good job.

Jabra’s Freeway changes the experience of telephonic conversations. It does this with its Virtual Surround Sound, so you feel that the caller is standing in front of you—and not whispering loudly in your ear.

The three-speaker stereo system ensures a clear conversation. It also serves as a great auxiliary speaker for the music stored in your phone or other Bluetooth-enabled devices.

The Freeway can also be coupled with two phones, via Bluetooth. Alternately, it can be paired with a laptop or personal music player, while staying connected to the mobile phone. It also includes an Auto on/off feature. The speakerphone powers on when you enter the car and turns off when you leave it, without the need to handle any buttons. It is a great feature for saving battery power, which offers 14 hours of talk and 40 days of standby. It can also let you play music from your laptop/phone on the bigger speakers of your car. This Freeway does by retransmitting the music stream over FM waves, which can be picked up by the car’s music system like it does any other FM radio station.

Those who have used the Freeway for a while have only one complaint against it. The blue LED power ‘on’ indicator is helpful during the day, but a menace at night. But it can be easily turned off. And if you need to know if it is on or not, just press the voice control button and ask how much battery time is left.

This is one gadget you will not be looking to upgrade anytime soon.

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