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Parrot has recently issued a press release saying that a one-month old California and Washington hands-free law has boosted its Bluetooth accessories sales. Apparently, the Bluetooth accessories maker has seen a three-fold increase in sales of its hands-free car kits and they’re attributing the increase to an aggressive advertising and PR campaign they’ve launched two months prior to the law taking effect.
Electronics retailers also reported a large jump in sales of hands-free devices leading up to the ban. NPD Research Group says that California consumers purchased hands-free devices at nearly four times the national average in May of this year. San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and Sacramento were the top four markets.
California Highway Patrol has issued 7,182 cell phone citations during the month of July and fewer than 50 motorists under the age of 18 have been cited under the new law. In Washington, where drivers only receive a ticket if they have been pulled over for another driving violation, a little over 100 hands-free citations were issued during the month.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
