Everyone can attest to at least one situation where a driver talking on a cell phone has almost had or caused an accident. So there is little doubt that more and more states will follow the lead set by New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, and California in making it illegal to drive while talking on a hand held cell phone. A Bluetooth headset is one solution, but a better one is a mobile speakerphone. And the BlueAnt Bluetooth SuperTooth 3 Handsfree device is one of the best.

BlueAnt SuperTooth 3

BlueAnt SuperTooth 3

The SuperTooth 3 that I reviewed mounts to the sun visor in your car with a strong magnetic clip. Full instructions are given on how to pair your cell phone with the device. Once paired, the SuperTooth will automatically upload your telephone book. It will also handle all of your calls.
The SuperTooth has only 2 buttons and a volume control. The Multi-function button (MFB) is used for power on & off, pairing, answer, voice dial, redial, and audio transfer. The second button is used to end and reject a call and to reload the phonebook.

The SuperTooth has a very useful auto-voice answer mode. Just press the VOL control button for 5 seconds. The SuperToothconfirms this mode by saying “Voice answer enabled”.

Once that is done, when a call comes in, it will be announced by the SuperTooth. Its built-in Text-to-Speech Technology that will announce the incoming callers’ name (if you have it recorded in your voice-calling-enabled cell phone) or their caller ID number. To accept the call you simply say “Accept Call”, “Accept”, “Answer”, or “OK” and you will be able to talk handsfree.

If you phone supports voice calling, making a call is also easy. Just press the MFB button and say the name of the person as you have it entered in your phone book.

The call quality is excellent. I tested the SuperTooth in several different cars. Even with the widows open, I could hear the caller and they could hear me.

Other good features include:

• No installation required
• Voice prompt guides the easy setup
• The visor clip is magnetic on both sides so that you can easily switch its position. This is important if you need to put the sun visor down or prefer to make the SuperTooth a little more hidden when parking.
• Talk time of 15 hours, with 800 hours of standby means you won’t have to recharge too often. When you do, you can use the included wall plug or the car plug.
• You can pair up to 8 different devices.
• When you get in the car and the Supertooth is on and the Bluetooth in your phone is on, the device announces that the connection has been made, so you are assured that the Suptertooth will take your calls.
• You can easily transfer the call back to the phone if necessary.
• When the battery is the LED on the SuperTooth which is normally blue, turns to red and the Supertooth 3 verbally announces “Low Battery”.
• There are several languages to choose from: American English, Spanish, French, Italian, German and British English.
• The noise/echo cancellation works quite well.
• It comes with a two-year full replacement warranty.

MSRP: $129.95