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I've taken a look at a lot of
accessories for my phone, an AT&T Tilt, but none quite like the one I
have today. It's from our friends at USBFever and it's called the In
Car Handsfree for HTC Phones, now my phone might be called a Tilt,
but it's an HTC device in reality, so it works fine with it, along
with many other HTC brand phones as well. This product is one that I
like quite a bit really, I was surprised by just how much
functionality it offers.
Product
Name: In
Car Handsfree for HTC Phones
Author: Kristofer Brozio
Sponsor: USBFever
Tech
Specs,Features or the Basic Info:
In
Car Handsfree for HTC Phones
Product Code#:AG0922
Price US$28.99
Features:
-Charger for your HTC device;
-Speaker and Mic (microphone)
system in one
-LED soft-light illumination
for charging your HTC Device. ( Red=use with charging, green=use
without charging )
-Volume control
-Multifunction button for hand
up or hand off.
-USB Power Output socket for
other USB devices' charging (e.g. GPS)
-2.5mm Earphone Out
Color:
- Black
Package Contents:
- In Car Handsfree for HTC
Phones x 1
Packaging:
- Polybag
Note:
- This is NOT suitable for
those HTC phones that does not support audio out from the Mini 5 pin
connector (e.g. HTC Touch HD...).
A
Better Look at Things:
The packaging for this product is
plain and simple, no frills, and nothing else included, no
instructions or anything, but then again, you really don't need them
as it's very easy to use.
The In Car Handsfree for HTC
Phones consists of a large speaker with a long cord on it. The
speaker section plugs into a standard car jack for power and can be
used to charge your phone as well as being used as an external
speaker.
 
On the top, where the speaker is
located is a small button with a phone on it, this turns the speaker
on, there's nothing on the bottom except an identification label. On
the sides and back you'll find the charging switch, volume control,
speaker jack and another USB port to charge other devices you might
have.
 
 
 
The cord is nice and long, one end
is a male HTC style mini-USB jack that of course plugs into your
phone, and on the back side has two more jacks, one 3.5mm audio jack
and a female mini-USB jack.
Installation,
Testing and Comparison:
Using the In Car Handsfree for HTC
Phones is very easy, it's truly plug and play.
On the top of the speaker is an
LED indicator that lights up green or red depending on what mode it's
in, red is for charging, green is for power.
The speaker quality is
surprisingly good, it's not wonderful, but it's acceptable for
calling, it's about on par with the built-in speaker of my Tilt, and
it's much louder as well.
One small complaint I could have
is that this product is large, but being what it is there's not
really any way around the size issue. I can see this not fitting in
some cars though, depending where the power port is, it can be a
tight fit due to it's size. Where my power jack is located, the
Handsfree device comes close to the shifter in my car. I have another
jack located down inside the center console between the seats, it
wouldn't fit in there as it was just too big.
Summary
and Comments:
This product works and offers a
couple good features like the additional USB port for charging other
things along with headphone jacks located on the device and on the
plug-in jack. It's very easy to use, it has a nice long cord, and the
speaker is loud so you'll be able to easily hear the person speaking.
It's not a bad little product if
you need something like this.
DragonSteelMods gives the In Car
Handsfree for HTC Phones a 4.5 out of 5 score.
Pros:
-Works perfectly
-Easy to use
-Long cord
-Decent sound for talking
-Charges phone
-Headphone jack
-Additional USB jack
Cons:
-Large size
I
would like to thank USBFever for the chance to review the In
Car Handsfree for HTC Phones and for their continued support of DSM.
And don't forget USBFever
offers $2.99 flat rate shipping anywhere in the world!
review# 572
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