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Bluetooth Capability Without Looking Like Captain Kirk

cleo — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:27:19 +0000

Tired of the inconvenience of a wireless Bluetooth headset, or looking like some sort of cyber-geek with that thing sticking out of your ear all day? Or perhaps you work in an environment where it is not possible to wear or hear a headset. The BluAlert Vibrating Bluetooth Wristband is intended for Bluetooth users who want a more discreet device or don’t want to worry about fiddling with an earpiece. The simple, sporty-looking band is intended to rest comfortably around the wrist and vibrate to alert the user of incoming calls. The wristband works at 2.4GHz. and takes about three hours to charge for 100 hours of standby time. To assure you will never miss an important call, once paired with your mobile phone, the band will pulsate if it is ever taken more than five meters away from it.

The BluAlert Vibrating Bluetooth Wristband goes for about $68.

Bluetooth Sports Helmet

cleo — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:59:09 +0000

Usually extreme sports addicts are also big fans of music. Look at any skater/roller on the street – they’re always carrying some mp3 players and wearing earphones. Modern youth music is totally connected with extreme sports – just watch any extreme show on TV, and you’ll hear it. But some sports require helmet, maybe you don’t like it but it can save your life. So here is a good device for everyone who like winter extreme sports and listening to music:

This winter sports helmet offered by Hammacher Schlemmer has built-in earphones and bluetooth receiver that receives signals from transmitter. That means that you can listen to music from your mp3 player while skiing or snowboarding, for example.

The helmet is made from modern materials that are common for such things, includes 16 airflow vents, removable ear pads, vent plugs, easy-to-adjust straps, and a goggle-securing lock, available in three sizes – small (fits heads 20″-21″ around), medium (up to 23″) or large (up to 25″) and is sold for $299.95.

Samsung launches new YP-T10 player

cleo — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:11:02 +0000

Famous Korean manufacturer announced the launch of its new media player. It will appear in Korean stores first, than worldwide. It is no surprise that this player itself looks like very similar to iPods. Looks like every media player manufacturer tries to imitate iPod’s design.

But anyway, YP-T10 is a quite good alternative. This player features 2-inch 16:9 wide screen, music/video playback, text/image viewer, Java games support, FM radio tuner, and recording. All popular media file types are supported – MP3, OGG, WMA. It offers up to 30 hours of music or 4 hours of video playback.

But there’s nothing special about it. The main feature of YP-T10 that it’s the first portable media player with bluetooth support! That means that you can use wireless headphones, Samsung YP-T10 allows you to use two pairs of bluetooth earphones simultaneously.

There’s no information about its retail price for worldwide sale, all that we know is that it will be available in 5 colors: midnight black, mystic purple, maple red, lime yellow, and white cloud and will come in 2GB and 4 GB variants.