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22
Dec
Belkin’s latest dongle — the tiny little Bluetooth Music Receiver — is a cute little gadget: it streams music from your iPhone or iPod Touch to any stereo thanks to the magic of A2DP. It’s simplicity itself. All you do is plug the glowing, cycloptic dongle into your stereo, either through the 3.5mm headphone jack or
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Belkin dongle connects your stereo to your iPhone through Bluetooth
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19
Oct
Jabra’s new Stone headset is the first non-dorky Bluetooth headset I’ve ever seen. Actually, it’s the second. The first was a Secret Service-style single earbud from Hong Kong that clipped to your shirt. Trouble is, it sounded awful. The Stone should have no such trouble: it supports A2DP (good for music, even though it’s a single earpiece)
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Jabra’s Stone Is First Non-Dorky Bluetooth Headset
22
Sep
At least one company is taking the hardware integration features of iPhone OS 3.0 seriously. Pioneer, which announced A/V home theater receivers with some serious iPhone connectivity in June, has just revealed an iPhone app (iTunes link) designed to integrate with two of its brand new in-dash navigation units . While the iPhone app doesn’t provide iPod control without a hardware cable connection, it does allow you to search for points of interest or trip destinations on the iPhone, which then communicates said information to the navigation unit. Basically, it’s like having an advanced, user-friendly remote for your GPS unit instead of having to fumble with clumsy on-device controls. You can also access any POI information on the nav system over Bluetooth via your iPhone, so it’s a two-way conversation. Also, the app automatically searches your device for geotagged photos taken with the iPhone’s camera and uses those as custom POI entries. I can see this becoming annoying, since every photo I take with my iPhone has geographic information associated with it. The neat spider I saw when we stopped at that roadside diner isn’t a POI, cool though it might have been. If you’re in the market for an in-dash nav system, and you already own an iPhone, then there’s really not much of a downside to going with these Pioneer models. The entry-level AVIC-U310BT will set you back $699, while the much snazzier AVIC-Z110BT has a $1,799 price tag. The more expensive model will get you a motorized screen, rear cam readiness, voice control, and A2DP stereo Bluetooth support. Forgive me for also wanting it to drive the car for me at that price. Subscribe to GigaOM Pro and gain access to our Webinar, ” Biggest Opportunities in the Smart Grid ,” on Oct. 7, 2009.
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2
Apr
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , Software , Odds and ends , Bluetooth , Apple , iPhone , iPod touch When all of those iPhone 3.0 features were first announced, one of the features that stuck out most to me was the incoming A2DP ability — the new iPhone OS will let you stream out music to a Bluetooth source, like headphones… or your car. And over at Cars.com, the guys got their hands on a Toyota Venza with Bluetooth capability , and did just that, as you can see in the video above. It’s pretty slick — no wires, no annoying pairing, just hit the Bluetooth button on the iPod, choose the car’s Bluetooth source, and press play. We’re not sure about audio quality (it should be at least listenable), but it looks super cool. There are, as usual, some catches. I for one was disappointed to hear that this A2DP ability won’t work with first-gen iPhones like mine — you’ll need to have a 3G to do something like this. And of course, this will require the iPhone OS 3.0 , which isn’t technically out yet (though devs in Apple’s development program are playing with it right now, which is why you can see it in the video above). And finally, you’ll need a car with the Bluetooth capability, which (though I haven’t owned or shopped for a car for a few years, so maybe things have changed a bit) is still kind of hard to find. But hey, even if you’re not there yet, here’s a look at the future. Where we’re going, you won’t need wires to get your iPod playing music on the car stereo. Streaming iPhone via bluetooth in the car originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:30:00 EST
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Streaming iPhone via bluetooth in the car
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