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Old June 20th, 2009, 03:15 PM   #24 (permalink)
ravens0ng
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Motorola MotoRokr t505. Handsfree speaker-phone with stereo bluetooth and FM transmitter. Pairs and works fine.

This is another low end moto unit with an added cool feature, the fm transmitter will allow you to play tunes from your android on ANY car stereo, with zero hookup required. Just tell the unit to scan and it will tell you where to tune your car stereo. As usual, Moto's design is horrible. I sure hope the Android team doesn't include the guys that worked on this design. The unit has buttons on both the front, sides, and back. The scanning system for the FM modulator is kind of awkward. There is no way to select a particular station to tune the unit to, except through trial and error when scanning. It does not do a great job of picking the most suitable station. I had to repeat the scan process 6-8 times before the unit found a decent channel. Moto still has not learned their lesson from previous units of this type with regards to flashing lights being a distraction when situated on the visor above your eyes, but it is not as bright and a noticeable improvement over older units. The unit plays audio from phone calls over the car stereo and audio is not bad once you find a good station to tune to.

Even with these design flaws it is still a neat little unit, and the only one out right now (as far as I know) that can transmit to your car stereo. A neat little toy, if a little awkward to use. I paid $79 at BB, but they can be had for quite a bit less online (I had a store credit).
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