Bluetrek's SurfaceSound Bluetooth car kit puts a flat speaker on your visor

Bluetooth car kits are usually pretty fuglicious, but Bluetrek is showing off a couple sunvisor-mounted NXT speaker-based units here at CES that are actually pretty nice. The SurfaceSound DUO (pictured) has a mini-USB port for docking in compatible BlueTrek headsets, and it'll charge 'em up while piping the audio through the speaker -- and if you aren't in a sharing mood, you can pull the headset out and carry on a conversation without interruption. We sort of prefer the SurfaceSound Compact, which is a straight Bluetooth speaker+mic kit, since it's a lot smaller, and doesn't lock you into one brand of headset. Check out tons more shots of both the DUO and the Compact in the gallery.

Gallery: Bluetrek SurfaceSound Bluetooth car kits

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[Denver_80203 @ Jan 9th 2008 7:04PM]

Wonderful until the sun shines in your eyes, swing phone into a 60mph gust and drive the wife deaf in one ear.

[Sean D. @ Jan 9th 2008 7:48PM]

Huh?

[Nipponese @ Jan 9th 2008 9:38PM]

Perhaps you need to form the sentence properly before you just type away. Just sayin.

[Remora9595 @ Jan 9th 2008 8:43PM]

Exactly what I was thinking

[SFO Kevin @ Jan 9th 2008 8:51PM]

Whats the need for a flip out antenna? Are you not just about sitting under the thing?

[r.brick @ Jan 10th 2008 1:52AM]

Not an antenna. It's a combo microphone and on-off switch. Similar to the BlueAnt Supertooth that I have.

[Dv8or @ Jan 10th 2008 4:19AM]

What a great idea....solves the problem of having to install a speaker and means you dont need to wear a headset either..

[Jeff @ Jan 10th 2008 4:03PM]

I got my wife the BlueAnt Supertooth Light...works great!

[brian @ Jan 11th 2008 2:29PM]

coool

[jeffrey.sutton sr @ Feb 16th 2008 4:33AM]

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