Bluetooth-to-FM Transmitter ($36.99)
![streambot](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/streambot.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
You pride yourself on owning the most bleeding-edge smartphone that money can buy. Your car, on the other hand, is a 1990 Mitsubishi Mirage with a tape deck. A tape deck! Sure, you could hook your Galaxy S8 — that’s a thing, right? — up to one of those gnarly tape adapters, but this is 2014, Jack. Let’s get with the program.
The StreamBot pairs to your phone’s Bluetooth connection and relays the audio to an open radio station. You can use it for music or as a speakerphone, and there’s a built-in USB port that allows you to charge your phone at the same time.
[Amazon]
iPhone-Android Combo Charging Cable ($27.99)
![magic_cable_lightning_connection](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/magic_cable_lightning_connection.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
While the world around you fights over whether iPhone or Android is best, you quietly retreat to the window seat in your childhood bedroom. It reminds you of a simpler time. You feel safe there.
Oh, and you brought your Android phone and your iPad Mini with you. The world must never know. They wouldn’t understand. And seeing that you hate cable clutter, you’ve also packed this two-in-one charging cord. It’s got a Micro USB tip that snaps into a Lightning tip, allowing you to charge just about any device that’s currently on the market. It’s simple and safe. Like your childhood.
[Innergie]
Bluetooth Gloves ($49.99)
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That guy walking down the street who looks like he’s talking to himself? He’s using a Bluetooth headset. He looks crazy, but you eat crazy for breakfast.
One-up the insanity by talking into these Bluetooth gloves like a lunatic. The pinkie acts as the mouthpiece, while the thumb serves as the earpiece. Sure, people will stare, but while they’re rubbing their eyes and breathing through their mouths in disbelief, you’re selling mildly abrasive cleaning supplies to the third largest school district in the county. Crazy like a fox!
Lipstick-Size Emergency Battery ($17.99)
![ravpower](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ravpower.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
“Can I borrow your lipstick?” one of your sassy girlfriends will ask. “Not unless you need to recharge your FACE!” you’ll howl back. “You’re such a Samantha!”
Clearly, I have no idea how female relationships work, but this inconspicuous backup battery can provide more than a full charge for most modern phones and slips into your Kate Spade without taking up too much space. There are several color options available, including more masculine hues if you’re not into the whole lipstick motif.
[RAVPower]
Retro Handset ($6.99)
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If you think Bluetooth is some sort of dangerous dental affliction, perhaps it’s time to uncomplicate certain aspects of your personal technology collection.
This retro handset plugs into the headphone jack of your phone and lets you telecommunicate like people used to back in the good old days. Back when kids didn’t sass their parents and gas cost a nickel. Get off my lawn!
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PHOTOS: The Rise of Mobile Phones from 1916 to Today
![German Field Phone A German field telephone station in the Aisne department of northern France during World War I.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mobile-phones-history1.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Point De Chute French singer and actor Johnny Hallyday in a scene from the film 'Point de Chute' (aka 'Falling Point').](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mobile-phones-history2.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Early Mobile Phone An early mobile phone during the Iranian Embassy siege at Princes Gate in South Kensington, London.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mobile-phones-history3.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![SEP 16 1983, SEP 18 1983; Bob Maxwell, general manager of Englewood-based Mobile Telephone of Colora Bob Maxwell, general manager of Englewood-based Mobile Telephone of Colorado, places a call on FCC-approved radio frequency while driving to work.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mobile-phones-history4.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![The A-Team THE A-TEAM -- "The Say U.N.C.L.E. Affair" Episode 5. (l-r) Eddie Velez as Frankie Santana, Robert Vaughn as General Hunt Stockwell, George Peppard as John 'Hannibal' Smith.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mobile-phones-history5.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Bill Clinton, Ray Flynn Bill Clinton, Ray Flynn](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mobile-phones-history6.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![1993 ShoWest Whoopi Goldberg during ShoWest in Las Vegas.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mobile-phones-history8.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Villager ( farmer ) with his family sitting on a Bullock Cart and Talking on Mobile Phone, in Delhi, India A farmer with his family sitting on a Bullock Cart and talking on a mobile Phone, in Delhi.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mobile-phones-history91.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![World Trade Center Terrorist Attack. World Trade Center Terrorist Attack.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mobile-phones-history10.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Opposition Rebels Battle Gaddafi Forces In Eastern Libya A rebel militiaman speaks on his mobile phone after capturing territory from government troops on March 25 2 in Ben Jawat, Libya.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mobile-phones-history11.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Protesters Gather For Tahrir Square Rally A youth films the aftermath of tear gas police fired at protestors in Muhammed Mahmoud Street near Tahrir Square on November 23 in Cairo.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mobile-phones-history12.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Obama Discusses The Economy And The Buffett Rule At Florida Atlantic Univ. Audience members take pictures of President Barack Obama at Florida Atlantic University on April 10 in Boca Raton, Florida.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mobile-phones-history13.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Queen on selfies A teenager takes a selfie in front of Queen Elizabeth II during a walk around St. Georges Market in Belfast.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mobile-phones-history14.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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