I was impressed with the company's integrated Web service, , currently in beta. Downloading the software lets you add a speed dial via the Talk button, use voice-to-text services, and set up caller IDs with names. As for other bonus features, I liked turning on my phone's navigation app and using the Era to listen to the directions. The Era also lets you stream music--but listening to my tunes in a one-sided way, with a monaural headset like this, is not my thing. Point me to a set of instead.

If you've been eyeing the family of products for a while, and you expect to conduct your phone calls in a variety of environments where background noise will be a factor, check out the Era. And depending on where you buy, expect to fork out over a hundred bucks.