Multitasking not only can kill your productivity, but if you're trying to do it at the wrong time - while driving, for instance - then it can just plain kill you. How many people reading this have tried to briefly answer a call while driving, or reply to a text? Product development consultants Kaleidoscope have come up with a way to handle those interruptions, and rather fittingly they've called it Tame. ... continued »
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Tame status cube manages your iPhone interruptions
Multitasking not only can kill your productivity, but if you're trying to do it at the wrong time - while driving, for instance - then it can just plain kill you. How many people reading this have tried to briefly answer a call while driving, or reply to a text? Product development consultants Kaleidoscope have come up with a way to handle those interruptions, and rather fittingly they've called it Tame. ... continued »
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iPhone is “simply sensational” - walking away with an iF design award
I agree the iPhone is simply sensational, while the Apple Bluetooth headset is a great example of minimal and functional design. However, if you've ever used the headset for even a few minutes in a loud or slightly windy environment, it's simply unusable. A Bluetooth headset without noise cancellation or wind guard is useless, no matter how pretty or comfortable a headset looks or feel.
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Alpine unveil in-car combo iPod interface & Bluetooth handsfree
There are still many people with iPhones and iPods who don't use their PMP in the car because they lack the necessary hardware to link it up to the installed sound system; they're the market Alpine is going after with their latest iPod/iPhone/Bluetooth combination device. Consisting of an installation-free 2.4-inch colour TFT, remote control and iPod/iPhone interface for dragging out your music, the eX-10 can be connected to your ICE ... continued »
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New iPhone firmware gives way to another method to get music across Bluetooth
We previously mentioned the glitch that allowed this capability with an active call, and then another that allowed it without an active phone call, but through the voicemail. The latest is the same as the previous voicemail glitch but is through the visual voicemail interface.
All you have to do is change the audio source for the visual voicemail to Bluetooth while listening to a message and then access the iPod ... continued »
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Bluetooth hack: listen to music on your Bluetooth headset on your iPhone
You read that right, you don’t even have to alter any hardware, firmware, or download any software to do it. It’s a build in glitch with both the voicemail and phone call functions.
The phone call version of the hack is to make or take a call, and then while the call is active open the iPod application and start playing either music or video and as long as you were ... continued »
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Plantronics Voyager 855 Bluetooth headset can be used in mono or stereo
Plantronics, the purveyors of some of the best communications equipment in the world, has blessed us with another amazing product. This time it’s a stereo Bluetooth capable headset that can also go solo.
The headset supports the A2DP Bluetooth profile and has an attachment that adds a second earbud. There are several buttons on the headset to control both phone functions as well as music player functions, but the best part ... continued »
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MY iTablet Review: BlueAnt z9 Bluetooth Headset
UPDATE 1/3/2008: BlueAnt V1 Voice Controlled Bluetooth Headset
It's rare that you can make such a sweeping statement as this, but the BlueAnt z9 Bluetooth Headset is the new gold standard for all future Bluetooth headsets - hands down. It earns a 4.9 out of 5. I'm not the only one that thinks the z9 deserves the highest award possible, because it was the winner of a CES 2007 ... continued »
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