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Sound ID describes its new 510 Bluetooth headset thus: “The world’s first Bluetooth headset with its own iPhone App.” That about sums up an incredibly neat and inexplicably new idea.

Earpiece sits stuck to the side of your face making you look as dorky as any other BT-headset, and you can answer calls and change volume using the button and touch-strip on the device. But there is also a companion iPhone application which adds more features.

The A2DP headset talks to the EarPrint app and lets you monitor battery level, call people back and activate a Find-Me mode to help you track down which sofa cushion it is lost under. You can also fine tune the sound while in a call simply by dragging your finger in two dimensions on-screen to tweak the signal processing applied to the three microphones.

This is, clearly, how all Bluetooth devices should work. The app is free and available now (Sound ID smartly got the App Store approval process out of the way first) and the headset will be ready to buy in early June, for $130.

Sound ID 510 [Sound ID via Oh Gizmo!]

EarPrint [Sound ID]

The home VoIP gurus over at Ooma have started shipping their Bluetooth Adapter, a $29.95 dongle that you plug into your Telo to make awesome things happen. The accessory actually works two totally different ways: it makes it so that you can answer Ooma calls on your Bluetooth headset, and it also acts as a handsfree for your cellphone, letting you answer mobile calls on any landline receiver in your house — a pretty neat trick, if you ask us. The adapter’s only available online through Ooma’s site for the moment; follow the break for the company’s full press release.

Continue reading Ooma Bluetooth Adapter ships, unites cellphone and VoIP in holy matrimony

Ooma Bluetooth Adapter ships, unites cellphone and VoIP in holy matrimony originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 May 2010 19:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Of course, every time you call it an “iPad killer,” a BT-branded, slate tablet-shaped fairy dies. Still, while it’s a bit silly for the UK provider to so rigorously avoid the comparisons, it’s true that this forthcoming tablet might have something slightly different to offer. The tablet, which will measure slightly smaller diagonally than the iPad, can be used with a Bluetooth headset as a post-2010 take on the home phone, with abilities to manage email, SMS, voicemail and so forth straight from the screen. This is augmented with widgets and the requisite web browsing, which sounds pretty intriguing. Sure, you could set up an iPad to do most of this, but getting it all in one package from a home phone provider is an interesting slant. Unfortunately, we don’t know who will be building this, or what it looks like, but if we get lucky maybe it’ll have something to do with that Moorestown-powered OpenTablet 7 we spied at CTIA.

BT prepping a tablet with combined home phone and web slate duties originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 May 2010 15:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Why does this woman have a pearl necklace in her ear? Because she’s modeling the Victoria Pearl, part of Novero’s Victoria line of Bluetooth jewelry. Yes, it’s ridiculous-looking, but the line is also made of precious metals and stones, so it’s probably super expensive.

The Victoria collection includes the Victoria Lapis, Victoria Pearl, Victoria Stripes (black silicon and gold), Victoria Wave (with a yin-yang symbol on the pendant), and the Victor (piano black and silver, for men). All the pieces wrap around the neck, with the ladies pieces disguising themselves as necklaces when not in use. Prices not available yet, but here’s betting they’re high.