Hands Free Email

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/technology/personaltech/19pogue.html

Rating: GOOD

Explanation:
Cell phones started an age of hands free communication. Email has completed it. A new hands free device called the iLane has been released for your car which will read your emails to you as you drive. This device links wireless to a Blackberry phone using Bluetooth. The iLane also comes with an ear piece, which also utilizes Bluetooth to connect back to the iLane unit. Ilane uses the Blackberry to monitor and retrieve your email and dictating it aloud to the ear piece. It even allows you to respond to emails using speech to text.

Certain states, such as New Jersey have banned talking on the phone while driving. The iLane is another tool to help people pay more attention to driving than to their smart-phones. Distractions that cause your hands to leave the wheel, can be the cause of fatal accidents. For business men and women who need to stay in contact via email 24/7, this allows them to do so in a safer manner. Unfortunately I think the drivers who could benefit from this device the most are teenagers. With the iLane costing well over $600, you are not going to find many 16-21 years riding around with this slick new design. Any devices that attempts to make our roadways a safer place I am more than happy to endorse; therefore iLane receives a GOOD rating.