With the law in the UK stipulating that to use your mobile in your car you must have a hands-free kit, you'd think most cars would now come with Bluetooth hands-free functionality built-in as standard, but sadly that's still not the case. It's not surprising, then, that you see many people driving around with a headset hanging from their lughole, fiddling with its miniature controls that can be surprisingly distracting to use. That's why we reckon a visor-mounted speakerphone like the VM-605 is a better option. The question, though, is whether the VM-605 manages to match the likes of the Jabra SP700 and Parrott Minikit Slim in terms of features and usability.
irst things first. Although this is a BlackBerry branded piece of kit, under the hood it's essentially a standard Bluetooth speakerphone so there's nothing to stop you from using it with any other type of handsets. We carried out our testing mainly using a BlackBerry Curve 8900, but we also tried it with an iPhone and an Acer X960 and it worked without any problems with both.
The VM-605 is actually around the same height and width as a standard mobile phone, but it's surprisingly slim and light, weighing in at just 86g. As its name suggests, its designed to be clipped onto the driver's side sun visor using the sturdy metallic spring clip on the rear. This holds the speakerphone tightly in place so it doesn't move or rattle around while you're driving. Also, as the device itself is so slim, measuring a mere 16mm thick, the VM-605 is pretty inconspicuous once it's in place.
