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A really cool official BlackBerry accessory we’ve seen glimpses of here and there is now available to order: the BlackBerry Visor Mount Speakerphone. The visor mount acts as a waypoint between your BlackBerry and your car stereo system by communicating with your handheld by Bluetooth, and then shunting audio out to your car’s speakers by FM transmission, a better music and call experience while on the road. A simple single-button control lets you take, make, and end calls without fumbling with your phone, and with a little bit of learning, you can redial, mute and ignore calls using the same single button. Here are a few pictures, but I’ll be taking it for a test drive shortly, and will update the post to let you know how it goes. If you’re already sold, you can pick one up soon from shopblackberry.com for $99.99. My initial impressions are that it will probably only work with BlackBerry (a shame, since this would be a fine accessory for any Bluetooth-capable phone) and the price point seems a little steep.
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
