Nevertheless, for those who aren't out to garner new friends with their wrist attire, the revamped W700 does smooth a few of the awkward lines found in the original rendition, and aside from syncing with your Bluetooth handset, it offers up on-screen caller ID, an OLED display, a vibration feature to alert you of an incoming call, lockable contact list, and a privacy feature to set your outgoing information to unavailable.
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There's also no WiFi or Bluetooth available on this handset, and the storage isn't expandable.
As you're probably well aware from both the official and leaked spec sheets we've covered, this 416MHz, Windows Mobile 5.0 AKU2-powered handset also features Bluetooth with A2DP, 802.11g, a 1.3 megapixel camera, miniSD slot, reportedly-loud keyboard, and frustrating 240 x 240 pixel screen.
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Adding Bluetooth to a cordless landline could be handy, since it would let you access your cellphone via the landline handset, and also let you use other Bluetooth peripherals with the landline.
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All you do is come into the range of the two chips (say by gently tapping the handset to the speaker) and the Bluetooth pairing is made automatically.
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You also have to keep Bluetooth running on your smartphone, with the extra battery drain on the handset, which may be of concern to some users.
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The world's second-largest handset maker wants to supply customers with even more navigational abilities right from the source it appears, as the manufacturer would like to sell you a Bluetooth-linked and satellite-aided navigation to your BT-enabled handset.
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Said jack along with controls for power, gain and Bluetooth pairing hit the backside in addition to an auxiliary port for connecting a handset or tablet via cable.
As part of the overall Mosoro Developer Program, Mosoro works with app-developers to market their Bluetooth LE supported smartphone apps into the company's retail, carrier, handset, and brand partners.
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Though they were obviously overshadowed by the handset announcements, Nokia World also saw the introduction of a number of new Bluetooth headsets and miscellaneous accessories like the DT-600 this year.
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Additionally, Bluetooth support will allow users to download their phone book from their mobile devices for use on the Ooma Telo Handset and online at My Ooma.
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It's actually just a quadband EDGE handset (despite what we'd previously heard) with a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and a 220 x 176 display -- pretty much the same spec sheet as the T639, in fact.
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