Special Report: Cellular Shades

It's hard to believe that we started communicating using these...but over the years the telephone has evolved from this-- to this-- to this...And what was once just a Hollywood prop--is *now* beyond the big screen and out on the streets.

Marty Nee - Cingular Wireless New England
I don't think anyone could have envisioned how quickly it happened.

Marty Nee of Cingular Wireless New England says the next wave of mobile communication is not something you hold, but rather something you wear.

Marty Nee - Cingular Wireless New England
It allows you to hear and speak the same way you would on your phone without being connected by a cord or a wire.

Phil Lipof
And here is the latest way to do that. They're called RAZRWIREä and while they look like a pair of just ordinary sunglasses they are so much more.

A small mobile telephone receiver attaches onto the arm of specially designed Oakley sunglasses. So you are able to answer and dial calls with a push of a button and the tone of your voice.

Paul Lehmann - Motorola
So, even though it doesn't come right across your mouth, you are able to speak and it picks up sound very well and also blocks out background noise very well also.

It works much like a short wave radio. That's because you do need a hand held mobile phone that's purchased separately to program and synchronize the phone to the new one on the glasses. Then your are on your way. But the one drawback--you do need to have your cell close by.

Janessa Aquaro - Cingular Sales Representative
You can be up to 30 feet from the phone before you start to loose the connection.

So what do you with the sunglasses when the sun goes down?

Marty Nee - Cingular Wireless New England
Well it depends on how cool you are. If you are the type of person who wears sunglasses into the nightclub this could be a very popular thing for you.

And if not--you can always go out the "old fashioned" way.

The know-how behind the glasses is not new--it's called blue tooth technology. The sunglasses retail for about $240. For more information log onto our website at whdh.com

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