Gizmodo: Bluetooth Adapter

Callpod's Drone Bluetooth Adapter Automates Connecting Headphones and Headsets

Jason Chen — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:00:42 EDT

Callpod—maker of one of our favorite charging devices, the Chargepod—has just come out with a Bluetooth adapter called The Drone. What's special about this Bluetooth adapter that's not in any of the hundreds of other Bluetooth adapter sticks already out? It "automatically pairs itself with your headset or headphones," which saves about 30 seconds of waiting and having to type "0000" into some prompt.

It's also a Class 1 Bluetooth device, so you've got a theoretical range of 100 meters. Couple that with the Callpod Dragon and you've got a 100 meter headset setup that connects itself. Give it to your parents so you won't have to teach them over the phone how to connect a Bluetooth headset.

Check out Callpod's first ad spot for their Chargepod below. It's actually pretty neat and shows non-techies why it's useful for them.

Tiny Bluetooth Adapter is Mostly USB, Smallest Ever?

Jason Chen — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:20:59 EDT

This Princeton Bluetooth adapter is probably the smallest USB adapter we've seen yet, being made of mostly a USB tip and a tiny little body. The USB adapter works on both PCs and Macs, has Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, and sticks out only a tiny bit so you don't accidentally snap it off. If our laptops didn't already have Bluetooth, we'd be on this faster than Big Daddys on Little Sisters. [Princeton]

MoGo; Worlds Smallest Bluetooth Adapter

blongo3 — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 08:00:40 EST

Newton Peripherals, makers of those sweet MoGo mice that fit inside your PC card slots, have now come out with the tiniest of tiny bluetooth adapters. The idea here is that it's so small and smooth that you can just leave it plugged into your computer all the time. And if my three and a half year old laptop didn't have bluetooth, I'd be all over this lil' guy. Look for them around June for $49.– Ben Longo

MoGo Dapter - finger nail sized Bluetoth adapter [Red Ferret]

Bluetoothify That Old-Ass Printer

Travis Hudson — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:47:57 EDT

Got an old printer that uses a parallel adapter, but got a new computer that lacks a parallel port? This device from USBGear may be your only option. USBGear has created a combination Bluetooth printer adapter. This can connect to either a parallel style or USB printer, giving it a little Blue love. Sync your computer up to the device wirelessly and begin the printing fun.

Ooooh. I can already hear the familiar noises of the dot matrix printer churning in my head. $70. – Travis Hudson

Product Page [Via Red Ferret]