As the laws barring drivers from using their handsets continue to be cracked down, here is another solution that should aid people who just cannot keep their hands off their mobile phones. The new solution is the BlueAnt Q1 Voice Controlled headset. The headset will be sold in various Canadian retailers and comes with an array of features that should be good enough to accommodate your mobile phone needs.

BlueAnt Q1 headset features include:

• Voice Control
• True Multi-point
• Noise Reduction
• New Level of Comfort and Style

The BlueAnt Q1 Voice Controlled Headset is now available and will retail for C$149.99.

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Well isn’t this something? It appears that Palm Treo 800w happy customers will have a new feature available some time soon. Bluetooth voice dialing for Palm 800w will be available in the near future. Here’s what the Palm’s support page states:

Treo 800w Voice Dialing Over Bluetooth will be available soon as a download from this web page. Please return to this page in the coming days for the download and details.

There’s no specific date for the update. It hasn’t been stated either if this upgdate will be RAM or ROM-resistant yet. The Treo was just released from Sprint ad it’s rumored to be arriving at Verizon Wireless in 3 to 6 months.

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Now, BlackBerry users can look forward to a new service from Nuance, called the Nuance Voice Control, a one-click mobile search and messaging service. Driven entirely by voice commands, it is a subscription-based application that integrates with the built-in GPS of the BlackBerry 8800 series smartphones.

With this, the user’s input is simply a set of voice commands. You can dial a contact, search the web for business listings (411 service), get driving directions and even weather, news and more - all at the click of a button. The Nuance Voice Control service is deployed in North America with Sprint and Rogers Wireless networks. So, if you are a customer and want to try it out, the applicatino can be downloaded through Handango.

Here’s a sample of the service usage offered:
GPS-based 411 by voice
Press a key on your BlackBerry 8800 and say “Find Business Pizza near me” - and get a list of nearby pizza restaurants on the phone screen, including the address, phone number and map links.

GPS-based driving directions
Press a key on the handset and say “Get directions from here to 1500 Broadway New York, NY” and you receive door-to-door directions from your current location. Avoids keying in your source and destination addresses, it’s easy as that. We haven’t tried out the service yet, but hopefully we will and report you on our findings.

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