REVIEW >> Hands on with the Jabra Freeway Hand’s Free Virtual Assistant

On a recent trip to San Francisco, I misplaced by Bluetooth headset. Fortunately, I had something Bluetooth waiting for me when I got back, with the Jabra FREEWAY Speakerphone.

We have reported on the initial release of the FREEWAY back in March, and even though it has a clip for the car visor, it can also work on the desk as well. I found that it instantly recognized my Bluetooth-enabled smartphone within mere seconds of being powered on.

Having the three speakers with virtual surround sound was also handy, not to mention it announcing the name of the incoming caller. The ability to have it answered by me saying “Answer” is another added bonus.

Other features included the 14 hours of talk time and 40 days of standby. It is also good for A2DP streaming for playing of music, podcasts, and GPS directions. Another great feature is that it can link up with two Bluetooth devices at the same time.

According to the official web site, the Jabra Freeway is exclusively available at Amazon.com. The price is about $124.94, which might seem like a high price to some, but it is a good price for a Bluetooth speaker of this quality in my opinion. In short, I recommend the product.

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Bluetooth_sniper_v1.3.469 for smartphone

Description:
Chat, Messaging, FileSharing, BlueJacking, Social Networking over BlueTooth

Do you like chatting with people you don’t know? Do you want to be able easily share multimedia files with your friends? Do you hate the cost of MMS? Well now you can do it all via BlueTooth?
Find your target, take aim and let Sniper do the rest!

Using Sniper you can send/receive and reply to text messages from other BlueTooth equipped phones (including non Windows Mobile devices such as Nokias and Sony-Ericssons). This software also contains a BlueTooth scanner which will locate discoverable BlueTooth devices in your vicinity to start socializing with. Sniper will also allow you to transfer files between devices as well as messages. With just a few clicks you can designate folders (on the storage card if you wish) for Music, pictures or any kind of file. Sniper is skinnable and comes with a range of cool skins. More skins may be easily added. It also includes a Bluejacking feature which means you can send files or messages to all devices within range at the same time. A useful feature for sending out Business cards at meetings! Since BlueTooth is short range 10-12 meters and does not use a Wireless carriers data network, all this messaging and data transfer is FREE.
Requirements: A Windows Mobile Phone (2003 or later) running the Compact Framework 1.0 and with the Microsoft BlueTooth stack

Update Description:
Sniper now includes a BACKGROUND Scanner to let you know when new devices come into range
You can now set your devices BlueTooth name directly from within Sniper. Great for anonymous BlueJacking or Messaging.
New graphics and many User Interface improvements

A few small bugfixes:
Sniper can now handle unlimited file transfers to/from the storage card
Progress bars
Better graphics
Better BlueJacking
Better handling on non responsive devices.

More information:
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