Bluetooth

Altec Lansing’s Soundblade is Indubitably Thin

Altec Lansing introduced a new Bluetooth speaker today that packs a number of wireless audio options into a sleek design. Only an inch thick, the Soundblade connects to any Bluetooth 2.0-compatible gadget and outputs whatever audio you offer up through two 2.5-inch speakers. Moreover, when used in conjunction with a music phone, the phone not…

Broadcom to Bring Bluetooth to Set-Top Boxes

Chip manufacturer Broadcom has gone ahead and decided to add Bluetooth to its reference platform for consumer set-top boxes. Not only does this mean that you might be able to use a Bluetooth device as a remote control, but also opens up the possibility of having direct audio transfers. That means either wireless speakers or…

Plantronics Voyager 855 Bluetooth Headset Does Mono Calls and Stereo Music

Plantronics’ latest headset, the Voyager 855, may look like a normal headset, but it actually allows you to be twice as dorky-looking with an add-on earbud attachment to turn it into a stereo headset for music. That’s right, the 855 supports A2DP, and you can activate stereo mode by just plugging in the earbud cable,…

It’s official: Apple’s denied that the iPod Touch will have Bluetooth. [Boing Boing Gadgets]

iPod Touch Has Bluetooth Support?

According to this picture—found on the official German Apple website and still up at the moment—the iPod Touch supports unannounced Bluetooth. Look to the upper right corner near the battery gauge. Yup. Bluetooth. That is, unless Prince went back to symbol form, signed a contract with Apple and has his name stamped on every iPod…

Eyes-on, Yamaha NX-B02 Bluetooth Speaker

The Yamaha NX-BO2 provides wireless streaming audio from any Bluetooth-enabled device. Utilizing the Enhanced Data Rate standard, it provides the fastest Bluetooth 2.0 connection available. Powered by either A/C adapter or 4 AA batteries, we doubt it will rock your socks off, but Yamaha claims their 2x5W amplifications sounds pretty good. We’ll support the product…

Samsung’s Bluetooth Speakers Let you Control your Music

Samsung’s tiny BS300 speakers are not only Bluetooth-enabled, but also allow you to control the music without having to get your MP3 player out via skip, stop and play buttons. A neat idea. Clickety-click for a couple of extra pictures below. Wonder if we’ll see these at IFA? [Aving USA]

Parrot Unveils Bluetooth Speakers, Stereo

Parrot knows people hate cables, which is why they’re releasing a Bluetooth stereo and a set of Bluetooth speakers that’ll stream music sent from your phone. The speakers will merely play your music, while the stereo will allow for hands-free calling, FM radio playing and music played off of SD cards. Both will be available…

Bluetooth D-Snap Player from Panasonic

The new D-Snap SV-SD950N from Panasonic is Bluetooth-enabled, so can pair with your phone and control some call functions. It has an SD slot, but only comes bundled with a rather stingy 1GB card. Battery life is good, at an estimated 60 hours, but is a drop from the previous D-Snap models without Bluetooth. It…

Samsung has officially acknowledged the Bluetooth-enabled YP-T10 and the YP-P2, though no pricing was discussed. Even more mysteriously, Samsung didn’t announce the equally rumored YP-S5 at the same time. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-yp-s5-and-yp-t10-work-double-as-cellphone-bluet-290413

Nokia Shoots Out Bluetooth Headsets, Bluetooth GPS Modules, Bluetooth Speakers

Nokia’s really into this new fangled Bluetooth techno-mology, shooting out Bluetooth addons like they shoot out phones—scattershot, hoping they hit something good with at least one. They’ve got the LD-4W GPS module, BH-903 Stereo Bluetooth Headset with A2DP, BH-0-2 (non-Stereo) Bluetooth headset, MD-7W Bluetooth speakers, and the DC-1 Power Pack. These are all made for…

Tiny Bluetooth Adapter is Mostly USB, Smallest Ever?

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…

Tempo Wireless Trash Can Saves Files From Deletion

This Tempo design project is a small, recycle bin-like external hard drive that’s supposed to save your files from deletion hell. Whenever you delete a file, your OS transfers the file over to Tempo wirelessly, which then keeps the file temporarily until it’s out of space. LEDs light up the tempo from the bottom up,…

Interactive Graffiti Billboard Lets You Be Simultaneously Tough and Geeky

Finally, graffiti and technology have joined to create something beautiful. Mark Ecko is designing digital citylights that will consist of a giant LCD screen and a Bluetooth interface that will allow passerby’s to “spray graffiti” by accessing the screen via Bluetooth. They will then be able to use their cell phone cursor to spray any…

Plantronics Calisto Pro Can Do Skype, Landline and Cellphone

This Plantronics Calisto Pro set takes your standard Bluetooth headset and adds in landline and Skype dialing, which means you get the big three (Skype, home, cell) all in one dorky-looking device. The base station has a USB connector to hook into your PC for Skype and Yahoo calls, a DECT 6.0 handset to handle…

Bluetooth/Facebook Nodes Take Even More Human Interaction Out of Meeting People

Some scientists at Bath University in the UK have come up with an interesting albeit only marginally useful new way of making friends via Facebook. Rather than having to go through the process of, you know, meeting people and talking to them, it instead basically gathers the info of people who’ve been in the same…

Logitech Launches V470 Cordless Laser Mouse with Freakin’ Bluetooth Already

Everybody’s favorite Logitech gripe is, in so many words, “Screw the proprietary RF, where’s my bleedin’ Bluetooth mouse?” Today, in the wee hours of the morning, it seems that wish has been granted. The V470 Cordless Laser Mouse for laptops uses Bluetooth 1.2, and can run on Bluetooth-enabled computers without any proprietary RF dongle. Not…

ETS Motorola S71 Headphone Sunglasses

If you own a Bluetooth headset but aren’t happy with how ridiculous you look wearing it, then these may be for you. The ETS Motorola S71 is a combination pair of sunglasses/headphones/Bluetooth headset/opposite sex repellent. The device, which is apparently also known as the O ROKR Pro, has buttons on the frame which let you…

The Bluetooth SIG group just approved Bluetooth Core Spec Version 2.1+EDR, which brings easier pairing and enhanced power optimization. [Bluetooth]

Tell Your Car What to Play, Read With Ford Sync

Ford Sync is a new system developed by Ford and Microsoft that aims to fully integrate your MP3 player, cell phone and car computer with a speech recognition system. You will be able to climb into your SUV and say, ‘Play artist Cliff Richards’, and the annoying old timer will start blaring out of your…