Using a Bluetooth phone connection, the user can answer phone calls and end a conversation with the push of a button.
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There's no way to use Bluetooth to turn the unit on and off, and simple instructions for turning a Bluetooth phone into a remote control are not yet available.
And if you're into Bluetooth, the Address Book application can use the wireless technology to display the caller-ID information from a Bluetooth-ready wireless phone, provided you also have a Bluetooth device attached to your computer.
Users can quickly, safely and easily place a hands-free call directly from their SmartGPS when the device is paired with a compatible phone with a Bluetooth connection.
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Nokia also debuted two in-car navigation devices this year and a GPS accessory that turns any Bluetooth phone into a personal navigator.
The concept Simeonov shows here would be the high-end version with full LTE connectivity that could operate as a stand-alone phone replacement with a suitable Bluetooth headset.
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Alternately, you can do the same thing via a Bluetooth-ready mobile phone.
When a person wearing the shirt applies pressure to the shirt's millimeter-thick cloth, the shirt captures the strength and location of the pressure with sensors sewn into its fabric and transmits the hug via Bluetooth to a cell phone.
You can also call any of your earlier-designated contacts by name, assuming Glass is connected to your phone as a Bluetooth headset.
The company also makes a VoIP-capable chipset, so all they need to do know is release a Bluetooth-enabled cordless Skype phone, and we'll be sold.
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Through a partnership with Phone Halo, a company focused on mobile Bluetooth solutions, apparel in this new collection will feature integrated tracking chips to help high-end clientele locate lost or misplaced luxury items via a customized TrackR app.
Standard features are plentiful and include leather upholstery, heated front seats, a power moonroof and a Bluetooth hands-free cell-phone interface.
Why can't your bluetooth phone start your car, since it already has a bluetooth speaker built in, instead of you having to carry your keys?
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The MEX-BT5000 acts as a hands free kit for any Bluetooth phone (although we're sure they'd prefer if it was one of their own), giving you access to up to 50 of your contacts and six of your speed dial entries through its "high resolution" screen and integrated noise-reducing micophone.
This vision is a play on convenience through miniaturization, like a Bluetooth headset freeing your hands from the phone.
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Leveraging industry-leading voice-recognition software, integrated GPS technology and a customer's Bluetooth-capable mobile phone, SYNC with Traffic, Directions and Information provides simple hands-free access to personalized traffic reports, precise turn-by-turn driving directions and up-to-date information including business listings, news, sports and weather.
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"They are a technology company that specialises in Bluetooth integration with your phone, " says Mr Levine.
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One of their current projects is the SmartButton, a wireless Bluetooth-enabled badge that connects to your phone and that you press when you want to call someone (you use the phone's voice recognition software to actually dial).
Pinched wallets are putting the so-called feature phone--which includes a camera, Bluetooth, text messaging and Web surfing capabilities--at risk, says Avi Greengart, research director of mobile devices at Current Analysis.
Back to hardware: connected devices include a rear-view safety camera and Bluetooth integration with your mobile phone for hands-free calling.
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Two companies have recently been demonstrating a new type of mobile-phone headset they hope will challenge Bluetooth by supporting existing mobile phones and cordless home telephones.
ION's Talking Point equips any Bluetooth phone, including iPhone and Android smartphones, with a large top-facing speaker and multiple built-in microphones that capture voices from any angle.
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When Wi-Fi isn't available, built-in Bluetooth connectivity pairs the Polaroid iM1836 camera with any Bluetooth-enabled device to upload images and video through a mobile phone, PC or even iPod Touch.
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Think of the Bluetooth headset: it's a really sensible way to use your phone without having to take it out of your pocket so sensible that there's really no reason not to keep that headset in your ear most of the time.
Up until recently, and barring the use of Bluetooth headsets, the constraints defining the upper practical limit of a phone included the ability to fit into a pocket and be held against the side of an (adult) head to facilitate a voice call.
The Bluetooth technology replaces the need for a connection cord between the handheld and the phone.
Then the rate of adoption hit the skids, slowing to 12.4% growth last year as a result of strong price pressure from Bluetooth devices and an overall slowdown of new phone production.
Listed as an LTE phone in the Bluetooth database, and appearing in GLBenchmark reporting a 1.4GHz (possibly quad-core) CPU like the Galaxy S III, but with a much lower 800x480 WVGA display.
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It certainly won't replace the iPod in your pocket, but it plays music, games, DVDs, can act as a mobile phone, connects to the Internet via wi-fi and has Bluetooth etc etc.
Once you connect the device to your Android phone through Bluetooth or USB, you can control its direction from a pop-up window within Skype, letting you position Botiful however you see fit.
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