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This article provides information on several products featured at a Cellular Telephone and Internet Association's trade show in the U.S. in 2004. There are plenty of new Bluetooth headsets in the pipeline, but Jabra's BT110 and A-210 adapter were well deserved winners of the show's wireless widgets award. The BT110 is a very basic headset that runs off an AAA battery and has a volume and call answering control and little else, but it sells for a suggested retail price of $69. On the high end is the BT800, selling for $119 and including digital signal processing for noisy environments and the ability to charge its AAA batteries in the case. To round out their line, they are also introducing the SP100, a Bluetooth speaker and hands free phone that also runs off AAA batteries. It also includes modes for noisy environments, like offices. Hewlett-Packard rolled out some nice Bluetooth devices, including the first pair of headphones to use the technology and a nice little keyboard for use with Bluetoothed iPaqs. Parrot, Inc., a European Bluetooth developer, announced the launch of their hands-free and installation-free car kit. The DriveBlue has noise reduction and echo cancellation, operates in full duplex mode and has upgradeable software. They also have advanced car kits and ones with Global Positioning System, all of which are available at Best Buy and other chains.