Star Wars bluetooth musical instruments

Posted in Musical Instruments by Conner Flynn on June 29th, 2008

Star Wars bluetooth musical instruments
Okay, here’s marketing 101. Let’s say you have something crappy that won’t sell to the public. What do you do? Answer: Use the Star Wars angle. Let’s say you have a round ball of wood, a long black blob and a brown furry…something. Call them Darth Vader, Chewbacca and the Death Star. Now they’ll sell to geeks who have more income then they do common sense.

These designs by Benjamin Males are “The Singer, The Drummer and The Dreamer”. Huh? Who is who? The Singer has five keys and is “influenced by classical instruments such as the Violin…and is created from solid Cherry wood. It is made using 5 Axis CNCing, which enables a smooth spiral to be ‘carved’ into the cherry.” Whatever. The Drummer loops drum-beats, creating rhythm in the musical composition. Influenced by African drums such as the Djembe, the Drummer will also throw off a secondary percussive sound when you tap the flat section. Again whatever.

Mind Blowing cell phone watch

Posted in Watches by Conner Flynn on June 17th, 2008

Mind Blowing cell phone watch
Here’s another cell phone watch. This one is pretty arrogant and cocky, proclaiming itself the Mind Blowing cell phone watch, with some different features. It’s from Chinavasion and gives you the option of filling up the micro SD card with movies or music that you can listen to over a Bluetooth connection.

I’m not sure which feature they believe is mind blowing. Could be the organiser, or the side mounted camera. Maybe it’s the GSM Compatibility, or the 1.5 inch TFT LCD 176×132 Touchscreen, or 3 x Digital Zoom. It must be the price at $193.13. Yeah, that must be it. Consider my mind blown.

BlueAnt Supertooth 3 voice activated handsfree kit launches

Posted in BlueAnt by Shane McGlaun on June 17th, 2008

BlueAnt Supertooth 3All around the country many states and cities are moving to hands free laws that make it illegal to use a cell phone while driving without taking advantage of a handsfree kit. These new laws have been a boom for makers of Bluetooth devices and the most recently announced device from BlueAnt has some cool features.

BlueAnt has introduced its new Supertooth 3 device that retails for $129.95. The handsfree device features Text-to-Speech technology that announces an incoming callers name or caller ID information as well as providing spoken setup instructions. The device can speak names in six languages including Spanish and English.

BlueAnt updates popular Bluetooth headset

Posted in Headsets by Nino Marchetti on June 16th, 2008

BlueAnt Z9i

BlueAnt Wireless announced today an enhanced version of its popular Z9 Bluetooth headset. The new one is known as the Z9i and pricing is around $100.

The BlueAnt Z9i offers up both large and small interchangeable ear gels as well as two types of ear hooks to create a more customized feel. It weighs around 0.35 ounces, measures 1.5-inches in length and can connect with up to five Bluetooth devices.

Sony DR-BT140QP Bluetooth earphones

Posted in Bluetooth by Conner Flynn on June 16th, 2008

Sony DR-BT140QP Bluetooth earphones
Sony Japan just announced their new Bluetooth headphones, the DR-BT140QP. They’re pretty nice looking and promise to make you look less dorky.

They feature Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR with support for A2DP/AVRCP/HFP/HSP profiles and have onboard Lithium Ion batteries for up to 12 hours of continuous playback with a standby time of 200 hours. They also have a mic for hands-free action. They’ll be available in four colors black, white, silver and pink for about $139.

Motorola debuts two new Bluetooth headsets

Posted in Headsets by Nino Marchetti on June 14th, 2008

Motorola H560Motorola took the wraps this week off of a couple of new stylish Bluetooth headsets. This new models are the H620 and H560 (pictured). No specific pricing information was released.

Motorola said the H620 is the first Bluetooth headset “optimized for the car.” What the means, the company said, is that the headset sports noise reduction and echo cancellation technology in addition to automatically adjusting the volume as road noise increases.

Polaroid portable mini-photo printer

Posted in Printers by Conner Flynn on June 11th, 2008

Polaroid portable mini-photo printer
Polaroid finally has a release date for their portable Bluetooth mini-photo printer, the PoGo. It uses an inkless printing system developed by Zink to create 2 x 3-inch full-color copies of images from your camera or cellphone. The photo sheets contain tiny dye crystals that form your picture when they’re heated and the process takes roughly sixty seconds.

The PoGo will give you fifteen prints per charge and connects via USB or Bluetooth. They expect it to be a big hit with teens, but who knows, might be a hit with grannies for all I know. You can get one starting on July 6th for $149.

Bluetooth I-O Data mini keyboard

Posted in Bluetooth by Conner Flynn on May 29th, 2008

Bluetooth I-O Data mini keyboard
The I-O Data Mini Keyboard might be for you if you find that you can’t type quickly with the keypad on your cell phone. It connects with your handset via Bluetooth and allows you to type away as if you were using a standard QWERTY computer keyboard.

Granted, you will look like strange typing on this, but what are you gonna do? If you do need this device, you probably have a ton of e-mails you want to deal with while on-the-go, in which case it’s an ideal solution. Or maybe you’re just addicted to SMS. No word on price just yet or availability.

Cute Mouse Phone in a familiar shape

Posted in Mobile Phones by Conner Flynn on May 27th, 2008

Cute Mouse Phone in a familiar shape
Maybe iRiver should have done something like this with their Mickey Mouse speakers, creating something cute that actually has a bit more of a personality. It’s a cute little mobile phone, perfect for girls of course. It opens up to reveal a 1.3 inch TFT LCD screen.

It has Bluetooth stereo output and the player will play 3GP and MP4 video files. Some other features include a 1.3MP camera, alarm function, MMS, and FM radio. The Mouse Phone may be small and cute, but it’s price might scare some of you off at $225.

Flexxi Bluetooth cassette adapter

Posted in Bluetooth by Conner Flynn on May 15th, 2008

Flexxi Bluetooth cassette adapterIt may be outdated, but most cars still have tape decks in them. And people still have a soft spot for the cassette for some reason. combine the two and you have the Flexii Bluetooth Cassette Adapter, which can be used to connect wirelessly to a mobile headset, media player, or even a PC.

Tape adapters are the way to go, since they’re easy and cheap and work pretty flawlessly. It has an internal lithium-ion battery good for about 5 hours, car charger, and a USB cable. It will cost for $46 shipped.

New Jawbone Bluetooth headset from Aliph

Posted in Headsets by Darrin Olson on May 15th, 2008

New Jawbone headset from AliphAliph has just released a sequel to their popular Jawbone headset with a new Jawbone headset which has a slightly new look and improved noise canceling features from the original. The new Jawbone is currently available from the Jawbone website or from AT&T for $129.99 in black only, with more colors to come.

This new Jawbone looks to have a little softer look to it, doing away with the mesh metal grid look and replacing it with a metal diamond pattern. The ear hook also has a softer, stitched cover for a more comfortable look and feel.

Bluetooth Flying Saucer handsfree Kit

Posted in Bluetooth by Conner Flynn on May 2nd, 2008

Bluetooth Flying Saucer handsfree Kit
Here’s another in a great line of UFO shaped products. Honestly, it doesn’t take a whole to impress me. Just make the thing like a UFO, put UFO in the name and I’m good. Mulder and Scully may even visit me. This Bluetooth enabled Flying Saucer is a hands free kit for mobile phones which allows you to remotely operate your mobile with out a hassle in your car or office.

The UFO has Bluetooth 1.2 with a range of 10 meters. Echo and noise suppression technology increase the quality of calls. To make a call you can use the voice dialing features on your mobile. It’s battery powered with a built-in lithium ion battery.

Van Der Led’s WM2 cellphone watch

Posted in Watches by Conner Flynn on April 9th, 2008

Van Der Led’s WM2 cellphone watch
The Van Der Led WM2 is a quad-band GSM watch that actually looks good enough to wear. Dare I say it’s even sexy? Watch phones generally do not look this nice. It’s got a tiny 1.3-inch, 260k color touchscreen display, stereo Bluetooth, and boasts up to 240-hours of standby or 300-minutes of talk. Plus 1GB of storage for your MP3 or MP4 files. As usual, transfer data via USB.

The numeric pad makes it easy to use and really stands out and they even kind of resemble studs in the distance. It will cost you about $471 beginning on Monday, which is a bit much but hey it’s got that cool numeric pad.

Bluetooth microphone dental insert

Posted in Bluetooth by Conner Flynn on March 31st, 2008

Bluetooth microphone dental insert
Here’s something you don’t see everyday. The Bluetooth Dental Insert Microphone is described as the “ultimate bluetooth handsfree”. It’s a super small microphone packaged with solar panel and battery to provide the most portable unit yet. The composite resin filling is designed to fit in a hole 2.2mm in diameter and 1.7 mm deep(presumably replacing a tooth.) and it will pick up sound and vibrations from your mouth thereby producing super clear sound.

The earpiece features replaceable rubber grips and attractive chrome inserts and is compatible with all Bluetooth capable phones with Handsfree and Headset profiles. No word on pricing just yet, but the Bluetooth Dental Insert Microphone will be available soon from those wacky people over at Chinavision. As they point out, “All dental work should be performed by a qualified dentist, Chinavasion does not take responsibility for injury resulting from the installation of this product”.

G104 watch phone sports unique look

Posted in Mobile Phones by Conner Flynn on March 31st, 2008

G104 watch phone sports unique look
The G104 Watch Phone has a unique and interesting look with a flip open design. It’s running on the optional: GSM900 / DCS1800, GSM850 / PCS1900 networks and comes with a 1.5-inch display, 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth connectivity, integrated MP3 and MP4 player, 64MB internal memory, microSD that support up to 2GB and multi-language interfaces.

This combination watch/phone measures 59.74 x 51.69 x 19.58mm and comes in either black or white. It’s available for $185.90. I’m not sure I would wear it myself, but it’s interesting and different.


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