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STORIES ABOUT: Bluetooth
EQ7 and EQ5 Motorola Portable Speakers Now Available
At the same time with the unveiling of its three new ROKR phones, Motorola also announced the availability of two portable speakers, which are also part of its ROKR family of products. The new devices are called MOTOROKR EQ7 and MOTOROKR EQ5 and come to enlarge Mot ... [read more >>]
05 August 2008, 11:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Palm Treo 800w Gets Voice Dialing Over Bluetooth
After less than two weeks from the official release of the Treo 800w smartphone, Palm is already preparing to improve it. The Sunnyvale-based company has announced, on its official website, the fact that the new smartphone will soon be enhanced with "Voice Dialing Ov ... [read more >>]
28 July 2008, 09:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
XP SP3 Wide Open to Attacks via Bluetooth Even After Critical Patch
Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Service Pack 2 were left wide open to attacks via a vulnerability in the operating system's Bluetooth stack, even though Microsoft released a Critical patch addressing the issue on June 10, 2008. ... [read more >>]
20 June 2008, 03:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
LG Decoy Out Now, Beautiful Girls (Not) Included
As announced last week, Verizon Wireless has released the LG Decoy handset today – the very first mobile phone to come with a detachable Bluetooth headset that's integrated into the case of the phone. LG Decoy can be bought as of now, for $179.99, with a contract agreement for two years (after a $50 mail-in rebate), both online, from Verizon's website, and via the carrier's retail stores across the US. ... [read more >>]
16 June 2008, 10:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Motorola Announced New H620 and H560 Bluetooth Headsets
Motorola, self-declared "global market leader" when it comes to Bluetooth accessories, has just announced Motorola H620 and Motorola H560, two brand new Bluetooth headsets. These are said to be compatible with no less than 200 Bluetooth-enabled products from more than 15 brands that do business on the Bluetooth side of the market. The new Moto Bluetooth headsets come with different designs but ... [read more >>]
12 June 2008, 09:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
XP SP3 and Vista SP1 DirectX and Bluetooth Critical Holes Get Plugged
Despite being relatively fresh on the market, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (available since March 18) and Windows XP Service Pack 3 (dropped on May 6) have not enjoyed a smooth ride. Case in point: the June 2008 release of Microsoft Security Bulletins, containing three critical patches for vulnerabilities affecting both Vista SP1 and XP SP3. Microsoft has plugged security holes in various versions of ... [read more >>]
11 June 2008, 09:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Bluetooth Is Almost Dead
These days, Intel is making the headlines with the release of its energy-efficient Atom processor, but there is more to say about this company than just that, as it is planning to change the way users wirelessly connect their devices. To be more exact, Intel is set to release a new technology that will directly challenge the current Bluetooth technology. Apparently, this new product is better than the Bluetooth and is capable of working at ... [read more >>]
04 June 2008, 09:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Bluetrek Metal from ModeLabs – the Slimmest Bluetooth Headset
ModeLabs, the French company that designs custom-made mobile-related products, has announced the release of Bluetrek Metal, its newest Bluetooth headset. Bluetrek Metal comes after the Bluetrek Bizz, ModeLab's previously launched headset that has become quite successful, being the first Bluetooth headset to come with an integrated USB drive. The new Bluetrek Metal has a "first" too, as it's the only Bluetooth ... [read more >>]
03 June 2008, 11:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Aliph Jawbone 2 Bluetooth Headset – The New "Noise Assassin"
After the huge success of the first Jawbone Bluetooth headset, the Americans from Aliph are now releasing the second generation Jawbone, which comes to bring more features and a plus of style for users in need of an advanced Bluetooth headset. The new Jawbone is way s ... [read more >>]
16 May 2008, 06:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
New Bluetooth Firmware Available for Your MacBook Air
Apple has released the MacBook Air Bluetooth Firmware Update 1.0. You can grab the latest version of your Bluetooth firmware by visiting Apple's official web site or through the Software Update system preference. MacBook Air Bluetooth Firmware Update 1.0 shoul ... [read more >>]
13 April 2008, 12:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
The Eee PC Gets Dissected By FCC: Bluetooth and Multi-Finger Trackpad
Asustek's next generation of Eee PC has just landed on the FCC's workbench, where it got minutely dissected and specified. The Federal Communications Commission's report revealed quite some nifty features to go along with it's larger, resistive screen. In spite of Asustek officials' statements, the new Eee PC 900 features a power adapter much larger than the previous 401 model, and while it might not ... [read more >>]
27 March 2008, 17:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Bluetooth-over-Wi-Fi Kills Nearby WiMax Networks
The upcoming Bluetooth standard based on the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth hybrid technologies has been accused by a WiMedia Alliance company to be crippling the nearby WiMax networks because of its severe interference ratio. According to it, all the WiMax and cel ... [read more >>]
22 March 2008, 04:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Mooon+ Cell Phone Concept With Detachable Bluetooth Headset
Mobile phone concepts come and go all the time, many of them being far from what you'd call "doable". This is not the case with a newly spotted concept named Mooon+ (yes, three o's and not two). Mooon+ was imagined by the Korean des ... [read more >>]
07 March 2008, 06:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
CeBIT 2008: The World is Going Bluetooth
CeBIT is one of the world's most impressive technology fairs, so it's actually no wonder that, beside the most important names in the industry, we've also come across a few smaller companies. And in order to keep all things leveled, we'll also be showing you some of the more "gadgetry" products we've come across in our long journey through the long halls of the Hanover fair. One of the first ... [read more >>]
04 March 2008, 13:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Tattoo Cell Phone Concept – Fueled by Your Own Blood!
One of the weirdest cell phone concepts ever is the "Digital Tattoo Interface" imagined by Jim Mielke, and I'm not sure under what category should it be classified: funny, creepy or innovative? The concept entered the "Greener Gadgets D ... [read more >>]
01 March 2008, 08:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Updated MacBooks: No Apple Remote Included
Well, what do you know? In upgrading its lineup of MacBooks, Apple has forgotten to throw in the Apple Remote, previously found inside the box with every bought MacBook/MacBook Pro. The remote is now optional, as with the company's latest introduced laptop, ... [read more >>]
27 February 2008, 06:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Sony's Latest WALKMAN Portable Players Pack Bluetooth, Other Goodies
Sony's WALKMAN has become a household name in the field of portable players over the years, but has lost some of its luster lately due to the iPod's ascension, as well as several iRiver and Creative players. However, things might change on the future, as the company has just announced the release of the NWZ-A820 series, which comes packed with wireless Bluetooth connectivity, as well as several other attractive features on the si ... [read more >>]
21 February 2008, 13:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
TuneStage II Turns Your iPod into its Own Remote
Some iPod owners see their portable Apple player as more than a... well, portable Apple player. The ... [read more >>]
21 February 2008, 05:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
MWC 2008: Sony Ericsson W980 - The Latest Walkman Phone Announced
Sony Ericsson just revealed the W980, the latest Walkman phone series that promises to get the most out of the music experience. Announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Sony Ericsson's W980 Walkman phone keeps the same line as i ... [read more >>]
11 February 2008, 06:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Bluetooth Joins Wi-Fi for Enhanced Data Transfer Rates
Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the Bluetooth format backers group will move the standard to IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi specifications set for the next generation of devices. The next version of Bluetooth will be based on a hybrid technology, comprised of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, transmitting over the same 2.4 GHz radio spectrum. The move will give Bluetooth some extra advantages, such as high-speed data transfer rates and enhance ... [read more >>]
11 February 2008, 03:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Motorola RIZR Z8 Review
Motorola RIZR Z8 has been quietly launched by the US-based company in September 2007, just after it was showcased at 3GSM Congress in Barcelona in February. Initially named Motorola RIZER Z8 or MOTORIZR Z8, the device has been thrown on the mobile market with an easier to remember name RIZR Z8. This is the first Motorola handset available on the market that features Symbian operating system, so you might consider it a prototype. Even so, b ... [read more >>]
07 February 2008, 10:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Atheros Introduces High-Speed Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Miniature Chips
Atheros Communications has announced, during the International Solid State Circuits Conference, that it has readied a new chip to integrate wireless and Bluetooth services. The papers presented during the conference revealed a small chip to offer both functionalities that can be easily integrated inside mobile phones and handheld devices. "We are very proud of the die size of this chip," said Masoud Zagari, director ... [read more >>]
06 February 2008, 03:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Sony Ericsson R300 and R306 Handsets - It's All About the RADIO
Sony Ericsson recently announced the launch of two new mobile phones, the R300 Radio and R306 Radio, both designed to deliver a credible radio-listening experience to a global audience, and ideally suited to emerging markets such as India. Both handsets feature a ... [read more >>]
24 January 2008, 04:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Two New Classic Handsets from Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson has just announced the launch of the T270 and T280, a stylish duo of affordable handsets set to appeal to different consumers categories. The T270 and T280 offer classic pocket-sized style. At less than 13mm slim and built using brushed light metal with a glass ... [read more >>]
24 January 2008, 04:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Camera Phones to Get PC Mouse Functionality
Mobile phones are getting more and more complex and have become far more than just communication tools for some years now. Therefore, researchers all over the world are trying to find extra functions that can be integrated into cell phones, mainly wishing to simplify and/or improve ... [read more >>]
23 January 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
MicroMonster - The First Mobile Multiplayer Game for Bluetooth and Internet
Multiplayer gaming anytime and anywhere is easy, fun and possible with java-enabled mobile phones. What’s missing are great games to exhaust the opportunities. MicroMonster comes to change that, as the multiplayer combat role-playing game brings new impulses to the mobile ma ... [read more >>]
21 January 2008, 05:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Nokia 5700 Clone Number 3
It seems that Mao's people aren't losing time at all and continue to clone successful handsets with a rate of at least 1 per week. If only that would be all, but they started to copy the same device twice or thrice. Nokia 5700 XpressMusic is a very good example ... [read more >>]
16 January 2008, 10:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Samsung M610 Review
Samsung is back-tracking from time to time – but more often lately – to the beginning of the mobile industry, just to deliver us some of the basic phones that we used to have 4-5 years ago. Samsung M610 is such a device that offers standard functionality at a very reasonable price. Bearing the same slider form signature that resemble the highly-addictive U600 and D900 'uber-phones', Samsung's M610 handset has a noticeable ta ... [read more >>]
14 January 2008, 08:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
The Sony Ericsson Bluetooth Headset for Modern Women
Sony Ericsson announced the release of its new HBH-PV712 Style Edition Bluetooth Headset, specially created to answer the communication needs of modern women. The headset packs the latest technology and it's easy to use. Sony Ericsson offers it with fashionable ... [read more >>]
11 January 2008, 06:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
CES 2008: The First Completely Voice-controlled Bluetooth Headset
BlueAnt presented at CES its latest Bluetooth headset, the first of this kind to be completely voice-controlled. Named BlueAnt V1, the device measures only 41 x1 7.5 x 11.2 millimeters and comes with features that make it o ... [read more >>]
10 January 2008, 08:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
CES 2008: BlueAnt Wireless Announces The World's Most Powerful Bluetooth Speakers
BlueAnt Wireless, a company with a very strong name in the Bluetooth industry, has announced at the CES 2008 that soon they will start shipping what will be the world's most powerful Bluetooth loudspeaker. [admark=1] The project, codenamed M1, is supposed to be the most advanced Bluetooth loudspeaker around, sporting almost the same characteristics like any high-quality traditional speaker on the market, thus ensuring that wirele ... [read more >>]
10 January 2008, 06:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
CES 2008: Motorola ROKR E8 Showcased
Motorola announced the expansion of its ROKR family of music handsets with the introduction of the ROKR E8 mobile device, at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show. Quality construction and materials help make ROKR E8 durable and reliable, and a high glos ... [read more >>]
07 January 2008, 08:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
CES 2008: Fresh Goods for Fashionistas - Sony Ericsson Z555 Clamshell
Sony Ericsson recently revealed the Z555, an elegant clamshell phone which combines a rich feature set with striking good looks. It's a perfect match of the latest feature set with an innovative diamond design, intended to make one big style statement. Together with the Z555, Son ... [read more >>]
07 January 2008, 06:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
CES 2008: Sony Ericsson W760 Is the First GPS-Enabled Walkman Series Handset
After recently announcing the low-end W350 Walkman series handset, Sony Ericsson throws in another piece of technology, this time of the highest quality. The new Sony Ericsson W760 is the first global Walkman phone with tri-band HSDPA, enabling broadband speed downl ... [read more >>]
07 January 2008, 05:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
CES 2008: Low-end Sony Ericsson W350 Flip Phone Announced
Sony Ericsson just announced the launch of the W350, a low-end Walkman phone that targets those SE fans with low budget. This seems to be the first Sony Ericsson flip phone that allows users to control music with only a touch of their fingertips. This latest addition to the ... [read more >>]
07 January 2008, 04:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Cheap GSM-Enabled Wristwatch Available on the Market
Turtle Wireless is showing its first GSM-enabled device at the CES expo this year. More known as a retailer and mobile phone accessories manufacturer, the US-based company has announced its plans to launch a tri-band GSM network compatible phone that looks just like a wristwatch ... [read more >>]
04 January 2008, 09:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Nokia E90 Communicator Review
It took Nokia almost 3 years to refresh its Communicator series, which made as some of the best smartphones targeting businessman class, back in 2004-2005. Those that are more used with Nokia's Eseries handsets won't be disappointed either, as the new Nokia E90 Communicator is a strong link between the two business series. Probably the smartphone won't be a huge market success, mostly because its sizes and weight, but it wi ... [read more >>]
03 January 2008, 10:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Motorola RAZR2 V8 Luxury Diamond Edition - the New Kind of "Bling"
The phone industry can come up with pretty expensive phone ideas. One of them was the Motorola RAZR2 Luxury, which was a 18k and 24k gold plated handset. But the Motorola guys didn't stop there. At the very end of the last year, they launched t ... [read more >>]
03 January 2008, 07:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
FCC Says OK to Nokia 5610 XpressMusic
The Nokia 5610 XpressMusic is a handset that has been officially announced this past summer. Still, it did not have the FCC approval, but this is not the case anymore. The phone has just got its OK stamp and if you're in U.S., it's time to get yourself a present. The new model is b ... [read more >>]
03 January 2008, 06:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Sony Ericsson W960i Review
Sony Ericsson, one of the most important handsets manufacturers, is also one of the fewest that managed to educate its fans and teach them how to choose their future mobile phones. From this point of view, things are much easier for the Japanese-Swedish company, who made it clear for its consumers that it won't mix high quality music features with top-notch camera modules and latest business applications into only one handset. Onl ... [read more >>]
21 December 2007, 10:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
E-Mimi-kun, Sanyo's Wonder
It is a fact that using your mobile phones in noisy environments can be pretty hard to manage. Other people's voices, car noises and so on will end up interrupting your conversation. But, in order to solve this problem Sanyo has come up with an invention. It's cal ... [read more >>]
19 December 2007, 10:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Creebies to Come on Nokia's N-Gage
In 1996, Aki Maita created a virtual pet. Its name was Tamagotchi. Shortly afterwards, this pet was sold to Bandai and became a huge hit. The Tamagotchi (a word formed from the Japane "tamago" meaning "egg" and the English "watch") "lived ... [read more >>]
17 December 2007, 08:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Motorola RAZR maxx V6 Ferrari Review
Motorola, better known as the inventor of the RAZR design, seems to be running out of ideas when it comes to building a new face for its handsets. Even if people are still buying RAZR-like phones, perhaps Motorola should start to give a chance to its other exceptionally good models like Z6 or Z8. I'm not saying this because I don't like the RAZR look, but even 'love' can turn to 'hate' if it's too much. N ... [read more >>]
14 December 2007, 10:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
The Best Motorola Handsets Available for Holiday Season
Motorola respects the true spirit of the season's holiday by offering some of its best handsets and headsets. This is truly a remarkable effort as the line-up contains only the stylish gadgets and various handsets that have been successful on the market the whole year. Thus ... [read more >>]
11 December 2007, 09:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Sony Ericsson P7i - The Best Concept Phone
Oh joy, another concept phone surfaced the Internet these days. The new 'inexistent' Sony Ericsson P7i seems to be the peak of the line for the Swedish-Japanese company, at least through its technical features. The handset has been stuffed with all the lat ... [read more >>]
11 December 2007, 06:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Sony Ericsson K1i: Concept, Concept, Concept
Sony Ericsson, one of the prolific handset manufacturers on the communications market, seems to have the most dedicated fans, or should I say the most "frantic". How many times you bought yourself one of the latest "masterpieces" on the mobile market, j ... [read more >>]
11 December 2007, 04:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
MOTO Z6c Available from Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless and Motorola recently announced the availability of the MOTO Z6c world edition, an eye-catching slider sensation that one can now get exclusively from Verizon Wireless. The stunningly slim and sophisticated Z6c adds global connectivity, comes with advan ... [read more >>]
06 December 2007, 08:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
Sonim XP1 - The Indestructible Mobile Phone
The US based mobile telecom company Sonim Technologies announced the European launch of the new Sonim XP1 handset. The device is an IP-54 certified, mil-spec approved, ... [read more >>]
06 December 2007, 04:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
The Bluetooth GPS Receiver You Can Wear on Your Keychain
Miniaturization is one of the most important trends in technological design nowadays, this being the reason why our cellphones, digital cameras, notebooks, etc. are getting smaller and smaller, and thus more portable. This ultra-portability is exactly the main selling point of the following device, namely Proporta's Freedom Keychain GPS 2000 receiver, which is so small (46 mm x 32mm x 14.7mm, 22 grams) that it can be easily ... [read more >>]
05 December 2007, 10:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia
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