Via ZDNet Asia.com
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced that 9.5 million units of Bluetooth-enabled devices are currently shipped worldwide each week.
This figure, according to the industry body, is double that of May this year where the weekly shipment totaled 4.75 million.
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“Having doubled its shipments in just four months, Bluetooth technology has once again proved [...]
Via Mobilemag.com
RadioShack and Skype announced that they have entered an agreement that allows RadioShack to distribute Skype-ready products in about 3,500 RadioShack retail outlets across the US.
For those three people who have not yet heard of Skype, it is a leading Internet communications firm which has successfully brought free Internet calling to more than 66 [...]
Via Jason Langridge’s WebLog
One of things we’ve massively improved in Windows Mobile 5 is it’s support for Bluetooth Car kits.
The support implemented allows both handsfree and headset profiles as well as supporting phonebook transfer to a variety of Car Manufacturers Bluetooth Car Kits such as BMW, Acura and many others.
I’ve personally tried this [...]
Very interesting article via Tompeters.com
Techology, culture and behavior seem to evolve together. Years ago, we started to see people walking through airports talking on cellphones with headsets. In order not to seem like wierdos talking to themselves, these folks would routinely hold the headset microphone to their mouths, so you could clearly see that they [...]
Via TheRegister.com
Linux hackers have demonstrated a way to inject or record audio signals from passing cars running insecure Bluetooth hands-free units. The Trifinite group showed how hackers could eavesdrop on passing motorists using a directional antenna and a Linux Laptop running a tool it has developed called Car Whisperer.
The software was demonstrated during a Bluetooth [...]
Via Linux.com
Bluetooth is an open, IEEE connection standard or wireless device communications. Here’s an introduction to Bluetooth on GNU/Linux, including how to enable support for it, some programs that monitor Bluetooth communications, and some hardware devices that use Bluetooth.
You’re probably already familiar with the 802.11 standards for wireless Ethernet local area network (LAN) communications, which [...]
Via Eetasia.com
How to integrate stereo and voice in one Bluetooth device
By Yogesh Kamat Mhamai and Bikash Chowdhury, Impuslesoft.
Bluetooth stereo is forecast to become the fastest growing Bluetooth application-and the second largest. As a result, designers are bringing Bluetooth and music-on-the-go together with Bluetooth accessories, primarily stereo headphones for streaming music.
This is easier said than done. [...]
Via BBC NEWS
The Bluetooth short-range radio system could soon be used for streaming music to mobile phones.
Handset maker Nokia and music label EMI have started a project to let coffee shop customers listen to music sent to their phone via Bluetooth.
As well as music, customers will be able to get hold of ringtones, wallpaper, video [...]
Via Eastvalleytribune.com
With concerns mounting over the safety of cell phone use while driving, Motorola’s Driving Simulator Lab in Tempe is testing mobile phones that can analyze driving conditions and avoid distracting the driver.
The device, called a “polite” phone because it helps the user drive politely, has been researched and tested for about two years, [...]
