From their offices in Toronto today, Motorola unveiled their latest hands-free solution, a bluetooth in-car speakerphone that is simple to use, affordable, and can manage its own on/off switch. The Motorola T-325 In-Car Speakerphone is expected to hit stores in Canada in mid-October for approximately $89.95. It is similar to other "speakerphones" or "speakerboxes" on the market in that it clips onto the sun visor and wirelessly connects to the driver's cellphone to deliver a speakerphone experience similar to what is found in offices and board rooms. Motorola's T-325, however, is designed for new users, offering an oversized call button, highlighted microphone, and an accelerometer that allows the phone to detect when the driver's car door is opened, triggering it to automatically power on and connect for use. Similarly, when the driver gets out of the car and leaves, the speakerphone will detect the loss of signal and power down, meaning that the user never has to remember to turn on or off the device for use.

Other features include a dedicated mute button, and easy-to-find controls includes a multi-function button. If your cellphone supports it, you can transfer all of your contacts to the speakerphone, which in-turn will prioritize the 25 most-called numbers into a Favorites Contact List that you can quickly sort through with the use of one button. To reduce audio interference, it also includes dual speakers, advance DSP noise reduction, full duplex, and echo cancellation.

Motorola rates the battery life as good for 17 hours of talk time and up to 2.5 weeks of standby. The Bluetooth sensor is designed to detect when a call is not active and to then power down the speakerphone to half-use, stretching out battery life and disconnecting the speakerphone faster when the driver leaves the car.

I had a brief hands-on look at the device today, the first time in the world it has been seen outside of Motorola, and it is very slim, sturdy, and simple in design. It clips onto the visor using simple, wire loops, and seems quite promising.