The MEX-BT5000 acts as a hands free kit for any Bluetooth phone (although we're sure they'd prefer if it was one of their own), giving you access to up to 50 of your contacts and six of your speed dial entries through its "high resolution" screen and integrated noise-reducing micophone.

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But when they connected the hands-free kit, they recorded a significant drop in SAR levels.

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The TomTom Hands Free Car Kit comes in two versions to support iPhone and micro USB compatible smartphones such as Android phones.

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Ericsson made some interesting accessories for the T28, like the "CHA-10 Chatboard" (a QWERTY keyboard for text messaging), the "MP3 hands-free kit HPM-10" (an MP3 player with an MMC card slot and standard 3.5mm headphone jack) and the aforementioned "Bluetooth phone adapter DBA-10".

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This announcement follows the recent release of the TomTom Hands-free Car Kit for Smartphones.

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