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Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest Group) announced the winners of its fourth annual “Best of CES” contest to highlight the “hottest, most innovative and consumer friendly Bluetooth enabled products.”
In total, 54 new Bluetooth products were submitted for the contest in 6 categories focusing on what consumers can do with the technology – talk on a headset, input information, listen to music, print data, transfer information, or enable use in an industrial or other vertical environment. Each product was carefully tested and judged on a variety of criteria. Bonus points were given to products complying with Experience Icon requirements, which make it simple for consumers to understand what a Bluetooth enabled device can do and how it will work with other devices.
Winners of the Bluetooth SIG “Best of CES 2009″ contest are (finalists indicated in parentheses):
- Overall: Parrot Zikmu by Starck wireless speakers
- Headset/Hands-Free: LG HFB-500 solar-powered car kit (Motorola H780 Universal Bluetooth headset)
- Input: Microsoft Vista Feature Pack for Wireless (ISSC Dexin Bluetooth mouse)
- Music: Samsung YP-P3 media player (Parrot Zikmu by Starck wireless speakers)
- Print: LG Decoy mobile phone (Samsung M8800 mobile phone)
- Transfer: Parrot Specchio by Martin Szekely digital photo frame (Broadcom Windows Vista Bluetooth software stack)
- Vertical: Nonin Medical Model 9560 Pulse Oximeter (Ford Sync with 911 Assist)
New this year is the category of User’s Choice. By visiting a dedicated page on the SIG’s website, you can enter to win one of the finalist products by voting on their pick of best product. Good luck!
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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