The first Bluetooth 3.0 devices (here and here) have just shown up on market and manufacturers are gathering their gear for the next step in bluetooth technology: the 4.0 updated version of the standard. Bluetooth 4.0 is a mere upgrade that brings a new low power more for transmitting small bursts o...
In consumer market innovation means someone talks about you when you launch something new, but sometimes it better be something useful also. It’s not the case with XpanD, the first manufacturer to bundle 3D Glasses with Bluetooth connectivity for their VIZIO XVT LCD TV lineup. I always thought...
A Bluetooth headset is a bluetooth headset, not a very complicated device that works in almost any condition except noisy environments. Here’s where a good bluetooth headset shines and Jabra knows that as it worked continuously in past years to refine their DSPs with noise cancellation technol...
How do you tell the world you have a new and exciting bluetooth headset? You make it look like nothing ever seen. That’s what Spracht did with the Aura EQ, a headset that looks like it came from the mothership in Independence Day. And things don’t just stop at the looks: the Spracht Au...
Even if not many Bluetooth 3.0 devices (if any) have hit market, Bluetooth SIG has finalized the specs for the next generation Bluetooth 4.0 devices, which focus more on the low power consumption (which we’ve talked previously) mode then on performance or range. As I read the news it become cl...
Jabra, one of the most known bluetooth headset manufacturers just launched a dedicated website (there’s even a contesy you can participate at) for a mysterious device, set to launch in less than a month, just in time for shopping season. It seems that the charger and headset, when docked, look...
We’ve already talked about the Plantronics Voyager Pro, the best headset on market today, but there’s always someone who wants to challenge the leader, and the new device that does not only comes from Plantronics but also is made using the Voyager Pro tech specs, while adding some new fe...
Imagine this scenario: you are in a crowded place and want to get home safe, without your gadgets being stolen from your purse or backpack. Besides the obvious “look after you stuff” there are elegant solution to ensure you don’t get rifled. Imagine all your devices have bluetooth ...
All bluetooth technologies seem nice, but all come with a dezastrous consequence on a mobile device: they shorten battery life. Texas Instruments addressed this problem with a bluetooth chip prototype that’s supposed to last for over a year without recharging, using only a regular watch batter...
Bluetooth 3.0 + HS didn’t even hit shelves and the previsioned growth chart was presented to public by SIG (the organization that handles this standard). SIG predicts that at the end of 2010 up to 23% of bluetooth enabled devices will feature 3.0 compatibility and this number will grow up to 6...
