Palm’s tablet is codenamed ‘Topaz,’ keyboard accessory leaks out
Okay, it's not exactly the new webOS hardware we've been waiting for, but we just got this shot of a Palm Bluetooth keyboard from a trusted source -- we're told it's an accessory for Palm's upcoming tablet , which is codenamed "Topaz." Interestingly, we're told the keyboard features a Windows key in addition to some webOS-specific keys -- we'd guess that HP will sell it for general use as well. As for the Topaz tablet, it's said to be extremely slick, with no hard buttons on the front and a design that echoes the design of the keyboard -- we're told it's due out in the first half of 2011, which matches up with what we've heard from Palm . We're also told Palm's planning a low-end teen phone that's something like a Pre with no keyboard -- it's codenamed "Castle," (just like the original Pre and Pixi ) and due to hit Sprint, Verizon, and AT&T
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: bluetooth, bluetoothkeyboard, keyboard, really-anxious, rumor, sprint, topaz, trusted-source
Jabra’s EASYGO billed as the headset for ‘Bluetooth beginners’
In a world where $70-plus Bluetooth headsets are common and $100-plus headsets aren't unheard of, it's refreshing to see a cheap model come out from a top-tier manufacturer, isn't it?
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: bluetooth, cheap-stocking, engadget-mobile, entry, Headsets, mean-the-easygo, nokia, phone
iGrill meat thermometer for iPhone is the expensive, unholy marriage of the meat thermometer and iPhone
OK, we didn't see this one coming: iGrill is a Bluetooth-enabled meat thermometer. That's right, this bad boy not only displays the temp of whatever you sink the probe into, it also takes that info and transmits it to your iOS device for remote monitoring. Hell, the app itself even features a kitchen timer, alerts for whatever temp you set it to, and more
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: app, bluetooth, expensive, ipodtouch, kitchen, meatthermometer, remote, smartphone, source, thermometer
Cobra’s PhoneLynx BT 215 Bluetooth adapter keeps your RCA landline handset ringing (in a sense)
So, your RCA 25055RE1 cordless landline phone is a lot more comfortable to hold upside your cranium for hours on end compared to that [insert smartphone here], but you aren't about to reinstate the phone service that you axed half a decade ago. What's a boy (or girl) to do? Enter Cobra's PhoneLynx BT 215, a Bluetooth-to-home phone adapter that funnels any call you receive on your cellphone to any handset that you connect to the peripheral
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: bluetooth, handsets, landline, peripheral, phonelynx, phonelynx bt 215, rca, retro
Pantech P8000 does Android, could definitely be AT&T bound
Though Pantech takes a back seat to Samsung and LG year after year, Korea's third-largest phone maker still does a good bit of business with North American carriers -- and its partnership with AT&T goes way back (remember the tiny C300 clamshell for Cingular?).
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: att, bluetooth, engadget-mobile, entry, korea, pantech, phone, result, rumor, samsung, seat, way-considering
T-Mobile ships Bluetooth Swivel Dock for myTouch 4G
Looking (and sounding) a bit like a more-advanced version of the Bluetooth dock that accompanied the Nexus One , it seems that T-Mobile has started shipping a so-called Bluetooth Swivel Dock for its recently-launched myTouch 4G -- and, well, you can get a pretty good idea of exactly what it is from the name. Indeed: not only does this bad boy charge your phone, it routes Bluetooth audio to a 3.5mm jack that you can leave connected to that bookshelf system of yours. Oh, and it swivels, which frees you of the arduous task of picking up the dock itself and moving it to a different position should you like a nearby individual to be able to see what's on your screen
Categories: Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: accessory, arduous, bluetooth, bluetooth swivel dock, Bookshelf, boy, dec, mobile, mytouch4g, result, swivels, task
BlueSLR dongle and app turn your iPhone into a DSLR remote shutter release
You have a phone, you have a DSLR, yet although you love them both equally, the two pretty much never speak.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: bluetooth, camera, iphone, manual, remote-shutter, remoteshutter, sight, smartphones, xequals
Looxcie outs iOS-compatible lifecasting camera, early adopters get the boot
Thinking of grabbing Looxcie's remarkable Bluetooth-based Borg-cam as a $200 stocking stuffer this year? Hold on a twirl, and make sure you're paying for the one that actually plays nice with your mark's favorite smartphone. You see, the company had to make a hardware modification this week to the original Looxcie to make it compatible with iOS devices, and while that's complete now, you'll want to buy the new Looxcie LX1 if your giftee owns an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: anger, bluetooth, engadget, entry, giftee, ipodtouch, lifecast, lifecasting, lifestream, looxcieheadset, lx1, modification, the-original
Verizon trials Home Phone Connect, turns your landline into a cellphone
We're aware of a few third-party products that pull off this trick by connecting to your cellphone via Bluetooth, but Verizon's throwing weight behind its own system called Home Phone Connect that'll connect your home phone into its wireless network. The system -- which seems to be available only to residents of New York and Connecticut at the moment -- includes some sort of base station that connects to Verizon's network on one end and your existing landline on the other; T-Mobile's now-defunct @Home service was similar, but used your internet connection to route the calls rather than the cellular airwaves. Subscribers pay $9.99 to add the landline to a Verizon family plan or $19.99 to grant it unlimited domestic minutes, which seems poised to cut into Verizon's legacy landline business just as much (if not more) than the unique Hub unit that got killed off a while back
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: bluetooth, connection, homephoneconnect, network-on-one, phone-connect, result, underlying, verizon, verizon-wireless, wireless
Google Reader gets native Android app
We're surprised it took this long, but what good would it do to live in the past? Google Reader is now available to download as a native app for Android , care of Google Inc. itself
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apps, bluetooth, facebook, gets-native, google-android, judge, native, reader, result