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The votes are in. Consumers picked their favorite Bluetooth music devices and Samsung led the pack with its YP-P2 Widescreen Music Player.
Two lucky people – picked at random will win the P2 for logging on to vote. Happy Birthday Bluetooth technology.
TOP TEN BLUETOOTH MUSIC MAKERS
1. Samsung YP-P2 Widescreen Music Player
2. Motorola MOTOROKR S9
3. Samsung BlackJack
4. Motorola Bluetooth DJ Headphones S805
5. Samsung YP-T9B Music Player
6. Nokia BH-501 Bluetooth Stereo Headset
7. Jabra BT620s
8. Logitech FreePulse Wireless Headphones
9. SonyEricsson MBS-100 Portable Speaker
10. TIE: Ford SYNC, Powered by Microsoft and Nokia MD-5W Bluetooth Speakers
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Bluetooth Technology Turns "10"
Bluetooth technology turned 10-years-old in 2008. It is still a youngster in terms of age, but is used the world over.
Bluetooth is one of the fastest growing brands ever – with nearly 2 billion devices using the short range wireless standard.
Bluetooth technology is in mobile phones, printers, cars, TVs and many of those popular wireless gaming controllers.
To mark the 10th birthday of Bluetooth technology, members of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) can submit short stories. We want to hear about your best Bluetooth moments.
The third installment of the Best Bluetooth Moments stories comes from Anders Edlund has been with the Bluetooth SIG since its inception, leading marketing efforts for the last 10+ years. Edlund was inducted into the Bluetooth Hall of Fame in 2006.
Bluetooth Technology: The True Hollywood Story
by Anders Edlund, Bluetooth SIG Marketing Director
During the 1940’s there was a Hollywood beauty and actress named Hedy Lamarr. The starlet appeared in movies with some of the greats like Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy and Jimmy Stewart. But this dark haired beauty also had a brilliant mind. Few know she was a driving force behind a key feature of not only Bluetooth technology but wireless communications in general.
Read the full story
Find other Best of Bluetooth technology moments by Jim Kardach and Leo Larson at Wireless Net Design Line.
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Get a free ringtone to mark Bluetooth technology’s "Power of 10". (Send the ringtone directly from your Bluetooth enabled PC to your Bluetooth enabled phone)
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See the History of Bluetooth technology.
- 1998: SIG is formed ...
- 1999: Bluetooth 1.0 Spec released ...
- 2000: First mobile phone ...
- 2001: First printer ...
- 2002: First digital camera ...
- 2003: First MP3 player ...
- 2004: Core Spec v2.0 + EDR
- 2005: First sunglasses ...
- 2006: First watch ...
- 2007: First television ...
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What else happened 10-year ago when Bluetooth technology was being hatched?
- Titanic was the highest grossing film of all time – raking in US$580 million
- Frank Sinatra died of a heart attack
- The Clementine moon probe found enough water in polar craters to support a human colony
- France defeated Brazil 3-0 in the World Cup
- The world population was 5.918 billion (population today: 6.602 billion)
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