Palm wants you to put the treo down while driving

Five states, including New York, California and Washington, D.C., are currently enforcing, or intending to in the near future, a ban on the use of cell phones without hands-free features while driving. Six other states, including Michigan, New Mexico and Ohio, have the same law in place for certain jurisdictions.

Not wanting you to stop using your phone in your car, Palm has added a bunch of hands-free accessories to their lineup. These include three car kits and a new combination GPS/hands-free speakerphone for their Treo’s. These kits offer voice performance and functions as Auto Answer. In states that have hands-free laws, these car kits also meet the legal standards for use while driving, and the professionally installed cradle holds the Treo smartphone securely in place.

• The Comfort Plus DSP Hands-free Car Kit -An affordable option for Treo 680 and Treo 750 customers. $199.
• The Take&Talk DSP Cradle + CarTalk Hands-free Car Kit - This kit offers Treo 680 and Treo 750 users DSP (Digital Signal Processing) technology, which cuts noise and echo for clear voice performance, and an extended antenna. $259
• Take&Talk DSP Hands-free Car Kit Cradle – This product is for existing THB Bury UNI System 8 car kit users who are ready to switch over to a Treo 650 or Treo 700 series smartphone. $149
• GPS Navigator Car Kit - Treo 680 and Treo 700p smartphone customers can get voice-guided, turn-by-turn directions, or chat of the phone, while keeping their eyes on the road and their hands on the wheel. Users just pop in a 1GB memory card preinstalled with a map of the continental United States and Canada to launch TomTom NAVIGATOR. $299.

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