Articles on Bluetooth


Ford Sync Internet On-Board Comes of Age: Internet In the Dash In Dozens of Ford Vehicles  1,865 Views (This article has 4 comments)
As those who've joined the Sync My Ride generation already know, Ford SYNC may be the ultimate in convergence technology, marrying Internet, voice recognition and voice commands, and, of course, your cell phone, as an integral part of your car. With MyFord Touch - an LCD dashboard screen - coming this year, and with Ford SYNC available in dozens of models of Fords, working with most modern cell phones - the Ford SYNC system is now all grown up. (Want to know the best phone for Fords SYNC system? See below!) When Ford SYNC first launched, the system 'recognized' about 100 voice commands; this week Ford announced that SYNC in Fords now recognizes more than 10,000 commands - and that's just 'first level' commands, meaning those commands can be combined with other words and phrases.

Key 2 Safe Driving (K2SD) Disables Teens’ Cell Phones While Driving  1,906 Views (comments)
Key 2 Safe Driving (KTSD) is a new technology built on Bluetooth, which will disable a teen's cell phone when they start up the car.

How to Connect Your Computer to the Internet Using Your Cell Phone as a Wireless Internet Connection or Tethered Modem  288,800 Views (This article has 42 comments)
Using your cell phone as a modem is perhaps the most overlooked of all Internet connection options. But a mobile phone Internet connection, whether as a tethered modem or, using bluetooth, a wireless cell phone Internet connection, is easy to set up, and with a laptop and cellphone you can check email and surf the web from anywhere, any time!

Wii Will Rock You - The Nintendo Wii Gamebox Scores a Homerun with its Real 3D Live Gesture Remote Control and with Great Reviews  9,032 Views (This article has 2 comments)
The new Nintendo Wii may have a funny and hard to remember name (is it the Nintendo Wii? Nintendo Wie? Nintendo Wee? Whee? Oui?), but it has managed to do what no other gamebox has done before - revolutionize game box gaming by incorporating genuine real-gesture remote control. It's also got built in Internet wi-fi access, and Bluetooth.

A Review and Comparison of the Sidekick versus the Treo v. the Cingular 8125  6,729 Views (This article has 1 comment)
This is a side-by-side review and comparison of the Sidekick 3, the Treo, and the Cingular 8125. I just came off strenuously testing a Treo 650 and a Cingular 8125. Why? Because I was so discouraged when they finally added Bluetooth to the new Sidekick 3 but crippled it so that all you could use it for was headsets and xfering a vcard. Here are the results.

Bluetooth Watches from Fossil and Sony Ericsson Show Caller ID and More! Sony Vanguard MBW-100 and Fossil Caller ID Watches that Dick Tracy Would Love  3,147 Views (comments)
A new line of Bluetooth enabled watches from both Fossil and Sony Ericsson are hitting the stores within the next few weeks. Both the Sony Ericsson Vanguard MBW-100 and the Fossil Caller ID FX6001 are able to detect and display data from your cell phone, alerting you to an incoming call via vibration, displaying the caller i.d. of the call, and allowing you to reject or accept the call. Shades of Dick Tracy!

Sidekick 3 Bluetooth Services 411: T-Mobile Sidekick 3 Has Crippled Bluetooth Services  14,185 Views (This article has 1 comment)
For what bluetooth services the T Mobile Sidekick 3 offers, it's quite decent. Of course, it doesn't have voice dialing. And it doesn't stop there. Because it also doesn't have any of the standard bluetooth services which you can get on pretty much any bluetooth-enabled phone now. Such as, you know, file transfer!

Thieves Use Bluetooth Phones to Find, Steal Laptops  4,068 Views (comments)
Applying new technology to an old profession - thievery - high-tech thiefs are now using regular old bluetooth-enabled phones to locate laptops to steal.

The Toy - Part Bluetooth Vibrator, Part Ben Wa Ball  16,255 Views (This article has 3 comments)
The Toy is a Bluetooth vibrator which is worn internally and activated by SMS messages sent to it by someone's cell phone.

MP3 Breast Implants One Step Closer to Reality  4,383 Views (This article has 7 comments)
MP3 player breast implants may have once been proposed as a lark, but the idea of an mp3 player breast implant has now taken the world by storm.

Presidents of the USA’s Free Music Video “Some Postman” Made Entirely with Cell Phones  4,911 Views (This article has 1 comment)
A free music video made entirely with cell phones is thought to be a first, and was filmed by the Presidents of the United States for their hit single "Some Postman".

Bluecasting’s Bluespamming Blasted by Internet Security Industry  2,013 Views (This article has 1 comment)
Bluecasting says that what they do is not spamming, because you asked for it. The Internet security industry is taking notice, and they say that it's dangerous.

Bluespammer Bluecasting Responds to Aunty with the “She Asked for It” Defense  3,345 Views (This article has 11 comments)
Bluecasting has been accused of Bluetooth spamming, and tries to explain why what they do is different.

Walkman Phones are Here  2,148 Views (comments)
In case you haven't heard, Sony Ericsson has recently announced their line of Walkman Phones (cellphones) including both the 'candy bar' (non-flip, buttons on the front) style w800, and the swivel version (the top swivels up to reveal the keypad) w600. They ...

A Rose by Any Other Name: Bluespamming Cast as Bluecasting  2,807 Views (This article has 9 comments)
Call it what you like, the act of transmitting a message, image, sound, or any other data, to someone's Bluetooth device via that Bluetooth, without their permission, is spamming - Bluespamming to be precise - pure and simple. (It's also Bluejacking.) However, ...

What is Bluejacking?  4,223 Views (comments)
Aunty has had several people ask her recently what "Bluejacking" is. Bluejacking is really just another name for Bluespam, or for what the Car Whisperer does. Wikipedia defines "Bluejacking" as "the sending of unsolicited messages over Bluetooth to Bluetooth-enabled devices such as mobile ...

The Car Whisperer: Eavesdrop On and Take Part In Nearby Bluetooth Conversations (a/k/a Bluejacking)  7,913 Views (comments)
Meet the Car Whisperer. Aunty told you it could happen. Remember the BlueSniper "Rifle" which could sniff out and Bluejack Bluetooth devices up to a half-mile away? And the Bluetooth Bluespam being sent to movie-goer's phones? [Oh sure, ...

Doombot.A Delivers CommWarrior.B to Bluetooth Smartphones  2,348 Views (This article has 1 comment)
While consumers, and indeed the online security industry, have typically not paid much mind to warnings of nasties being sent to or through a Bluetooh device, experts are warning that this needs to change. Case in point: the newly discovered Doombot.A, ...

Bluetooth Spam Assaults Moviegoers - Say Hello to Bluetooth Promotional Kiosks and Bluespam  3,475 Views (This article has 3 comments)
If you go to a movie in New York, San Francisco or Los Angeles, that vibration you feel in your pocket may not be someone trying to pick your pocket (or, hey, something else) but may be a bluetooth promotional kiosk in the ...

Bluejacking with the BlueSniper Bluetooth Hacker “Sniper Rifle” Can Sniff Bluetooth Devices Up to 1/2 Mile Away  26,893 Views (This article has 11 comments)
The BlueSniper Bluetooth sniffing and hacking "sniper rifle" is truly the Bluetooth hacker's Bluetooth hack. Equipped with a yagi antenna, and powered by a little bitty Gumstix motherboard, the BlueSniper can detect vulnerable Bluetooth devices up to a kilometer away. ...

The Ultimate Phone Camera: Bluetooth Remote Control Robot Camera  12,027 Views (This article has 3 comments)
The Bluetooth robot camera, controlled by your Bluetooth phone, is here! Forget about upskirting or videoing yourself with your camera phone while having sex, now you can send your new Bluetooth robot phone camera to do the job! Dubbed ROB-1 by its maker, ...

People Tapping Into Your Home Wifi? Paint Your House!  4,136 Views (This article has 4 comments)
Are you worried about your neighbors tapping in to and using your home wireless computer network? Or, worse, about wardrivers hijacking your wifi and using it to send a run of spam? Well, a Sunnyvale, California company has a suggestion for you: paint your ...
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