Kite flying without a thread? Hmmm wireless it seems.

Using Bluetooth is "like sex,"

2006-06-12T03:19:00.000-07:00

Using Bluetooth is "like sex," Zanero said. "It's better with precautions."

Source:
'BlueBag' PC sniffs out Bluetooth flaws

Motorola phone for Open source developers

2006-05-19T02:02:00.002-07:00

Motorola unveiled a community http://opensource.motorola.com to boost open source developers to work on their mobile phones.

Source:
Motorola's New Open Source Resource

Motorola phone for Open source developers

2006-05-19T02:02:00.001-07:00

Motorola unveiled a community http://opensource.motorola.com to boost open source developers to work on their mobile phones.

Source:
Motorola's New Open Source Resource

Jitterbug: Cellphones for the old

2006-04-07T01:32:00.000-07:00

A clamshell phone when opened gives dialtone for those stuck with old landlines. Just another cellphone in the wild *yawns*

Source:
JitterBug: Cellphones for the Old

Simple Skype headset from Motorola

2006-04-05T23:02:00.000-07:00

A simple idea but a very good business oriented product. A bluetooth headset which works with Skype for making and receiving calls. The headset also couples as a wireless Hi-fi Stereophonic headset for music. In short its a Bluetooth Skype headset.

Source:
Motorola Teams Up With Skype for Wireless Internet Calling

Bluetooth helmet

2006-03-27T22:08:00.000-08:00

BMW came up with a multi-functional Bluetooth helmet using which you can talk to a passenger sitting behind you or another rider that’s less than 30 feet away. It has a simple three-button control panel on the outside of the helmet, and you can hook it up with a Bluetooth phone or MP3 player, or listen to directions from a GPS system.

Source:
No more cables! WCS-1: the new Bluetooth® communication system from BMW Motorrad. For one and two persons.

Wind powered mobile charger by an Indian Grad stud

2006-02-21T23:05:00.000-08:00

Source:
Grad Student Creates Micro Windmill

Body Area Networking

2006-01-17T04:39:00.000-08:00

Wireless devices find its way into anything and everything. From a little older pacemakers with SMS capability to the very latest pacemaker which can be used to re-program the heartbeat and diagnose a patient anyplace anytime, science has advanced a lott!!

Source:
15 Tech Concepts You'll Need To Know In 2006

StarTAC

2005-12-27T05:29:00.000-08:00

Motorola's StarTAC is the 6th greatest gadget of the past 50 yrs. It was the first stylish phone which made people carry a cellphone easily and still look jazzy. It had the vibrator option for the first time too. But since then I don't know how Motorola could lose their Numero Uno position to another cellphone maker.

Source:
The 50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years

The Toy

2005-10-27T02:19:00.000-07:00

You are on a trip away from your wife and still wanna touch her and please her?
You and your gf are not staying together and still wanna make her feel that sleazy things?

Gift her one of this Toy. Bluetooth Vibrator is the product and the name is "The Toy". What a sick idea these guyz have got :D

Freescale Marries Bluetooth, UWB

2005-10-06T06:09:00.000-07:00

Wow!! Existing Bluetooth stack runs on a UWB hardware giving 100 times increase in data rate. Incredible

Link:
Freescale Marries Bluetooth, UWB

Motorola's "Polite" phone

2005-09-13T01:28:00.000-07:00

This is the project I worked for from Jan 2005 to May 2005. Some of the important code for this application is written by me (y). Take a look at the article and then the comments section. I just can't keep off from laughing on the comments people made. People really had good points to make on this product :)

Main Link:
Moto’s “polite” cellphone adapts to driving conditions

hotremote - Bluetooth remote from cell phone to computer

2005-08-21T22:02:00.000-07:00

hotRemote is a software which allows a cell phone to act as a remote on your computer ... well, actually, to play music from a CD. It is based on Bluetooth, so it's free (it works the same way as a walkie-talkie would so that no phone call is billed). It only works on WindowsXP (Service Pack 2), computers provided with a Bluetooth device (this can be an USB dongle) and cell phones that are Bluetooth compatible.

Just another AVRCP implementation. I don't think it is compatible with *all* bluetooth enabled phones, as it needs a .jar file to be installed on a cellphone.

Bluetooth, a technology aiding the flirts

2005-08-11T22:39:00.000-07:00

Lol. This Bluetooth is becoming a flirters technology. Saudi segregated men and women in restaurants. But Saudi can do nothing to prevent people from flirting via a Bluetooth device.

...They elude the mores imposed by the kingdom's puritanical Wahhabi version of Islam _ formulated in the 18th century _ by using a 21st century device in their mobile phones: the wireless Bluetooth technology that permits users to connect without going through the phone company...

....For the most part, the messages are innocent. But for this conservative society, it is pretty bold stuff.

Many images feature babies _ some blowing kisses _ perhaps because women consider them cute. Animated cartoons doing bellydances, dreamy Arabic songs and sappy, sentimental messages are also popular.

"Last night I sent an angel to watch over you, but he came back soon," said one message. "I asked him why, and he answered, 'Am not allowed to watch over other angels.'"....

Source:
Segregated Saudis Flirt Via Bluetooth

Free mobile phone calls (outgoing & incoming) anywhere in the world

2005-06-28T01:13:00.000-07:00

Read an article (Cringely Shows How to Get Free Cell Calls) in slashdot which linked me to this:

And speaking of Skype, the dominant computer-to-computer phone application, I received last week an announcement for a product that purports to link Skype to any mobile phone system. This is really interesting, though more as an idea than a product.

This was one of those press releases that gets in its own way. It took me several readings to figure out how the product actually works. It's called the Mobile Skype Cable and comes from a Norwegian company called IPDrum (or will come when it ships in August). The cable connects a mobile phone to your computer. The illustrations all show one phone and one computer, but the power of the system can only be realized if you have at least two phones.

One phone stays at your PC as the interconnect with Skype. I'm hoping the cable also charges the phone, but that, again, isn't made clear. In the simplest case you could probably pick up the phone and use it as a dedicated handset to speak over the Skype network. But the true power of the Mobile Skype Cable comes from having multiple phones and some kind of family billing plan.

Read the entire article at:
A Flash in the Pan

USB, the master of all ports

2005-06-14T00:45:00.000-07:00

What is not available in the form of an USB device? USB powered fan, light, coffee heater, cam, storage device and everything. Now there is another addition to the USB clan - an IP phone (claimed to be the smallest IP phone). USB just rocks!!!

Source:
World’s Smallest IP Phone

Atlast one UWB device comes to PC

2005-06-08T00:34:00.000-07:00

Artimi showed off its single chip Ultra Wideband (UWB) and also let out its PCI board reference design. Soon UWB PCI cards will be available for people for use. It can process up to 4 GHz of bandwidth and provide throughputs up to 800 Mbit/s. Only one thing is pending: European Community has not approved though FCC has waved a green flag.

Source:
Single chip UWB thing snuck out

BenQ takes over Siemens mobile phone division

2005-06-08T00:23:00.000-07:00

Earlier there was a rumour that Siemens was selling the mobile phone division to LG. But later it was denied by Siemens. Now it is official that BenQ is taking over Siemens mobile phones division.

Source:
Siemens sells mobile division to BenQ

New hack cracks 'secure' Bluetooth devices

2005-06-05T22:57:00.000-07:00

No system is fool proof. Nothing is secure :)

Source:
New hack cracks 'secure' Bluetooth devices

More abt Wireless

2005-06-02T04:13:00.000-07:00

Wireless watch

Wireless USB

2005-05-26T04:12:00.000-07:00

Atlast the Wimedia aliiance came out with the spec for their version of Wireless USB. Who is going to win in the long run? Is it the big shots Wimedia alliace or the UWB forum who have demonstrated successfully some products already. Everywhere the war is on:
1. Between Wimedia alliace & UWB forum.
2. Between BluRay & HD-DVD (next gen DVD format).

Who is gonna win atlast? Thatz a simple question.. Itz going to be the customers.

Nuclear powered mobile phones ?

2005-05-26T04:09:00.000-07:00

Nuclear powered mobile phones ?

Bluetooth Against Bush

2005-04-04T11:00:00.000-07:00

Blueroots activism :)

Mobile phones.. are no more just mobile phones.

2005-03-14T23:18:00.000-08:00

Mobile phones are no more just mobile phones. Infact mobile phone is just another application running in a mobile phone these days. The other widely available/used applications in a mobile phone are the camera, audio player and games. Look at these phones and check for yourself how true it is.

1. Alcatel OT-S853 Music Phone
2. Sony Ericsson AU W31S Music Phone
3. Kyocera @ CTIA - KX5 and loads of accessories
4. NTT DoCoMo @ CTIA - Lechiffon

Bluetooth security issues

2005-02-25T05:29:00.000-08:00

Ever wondered what is bluejacking, bleusnarfing, bluebugging? Read what they are at:
RISKS Forum: Serious flaws in bluetooth security lead to disclosure of personal data
The Bunker: Serious flaws in bluetooth security lead to disclosure of personal data

Small wind turbine to charge cellphones in future

2005-02-25T04:16:00.000-08:00

Students at IIT Delhi did this feat. Soon people can use this device to charge their cellphones when there is a power cut.

Source:
Using air to charge cellphones? IIT-Delhi does it!

Proxidating.

2005-02-09T22:16:00.000-08:00

Download a software on to your mobile phone which has bluetooth and you will get an alert whenever your potential dream dates come in your bluetooth range. What a cool way of fixing up dates :)

Source:
Proxidating?

UWB ==

2005-01-27T22:02:00.000-08:00

A technology by any other name
Other terms for UWB include impulse, carrier-free, baseband, time domain, nonsinusoidal, orthogonal function, and large-relative-bandwidth radio/radar signals. According to Multispectral, the term ultra wideband was first applied to these systems around 1989 by the US Department of Defense.

Source:
Standards and specs: A house divided

Self standing mobile

2005-01-24T23:44:00.000-08:00

When placed on a flat surface, the weight ensures that the mobile phone remains upright in a vertical position, making it clearly visible and easy to take hold of when leaving in a hurry. Another advantage of a self-righting mobile phone is that its liquid crystal display is visible at all times.

Source:
Self standing mobile phone

Wi-Fi overtakes Ethernet in home networking

2005-01-20T22:39:00.000-08:00

People are adopting Wi-Fi so fast that it overtook Ethernet in home networking situation. Wireless is really the buzz word :)
Source:
Wi-Fi Surpasses Ethernet for Home Networking

PC as ur cellphone

2005-01-18T01:37:00.000-08:00

Swedect has done a cellphone dock and an application which will connect a cellphone to a PC and all the basic phone features can be accessed through the PC. One can use the PC's mic & speaker as Handsfree unit and the keyboard to type SMS and download the phonebook list to PC and call and more. The product supports the following companies' selected cellphones: SonyEricsson, Nokia, Siemens & Motorola.

For more info on this product please visit:
Swedect - Products - 9to5

Now it is Lasco.A's turn to infect mobile phones.

2005-01-11T23:14:00.000-08:00

A Brazilian virus writer has unleashed a new mobile phone virus, called Lasco.A, that is capable of spreading both through the short-range wireless Bluetooth technology and by attaching itself to files, according to the Finnish antivirus company F-Secure.

The full article is at:
Yet Another Mobile Phone Virus Found

Tech bytes

2005-01-07T01:30:00.000-08:00

You can find some of the technologies that power devices to control everything from home entertainment to security here
Untangling the technology

SMS via voice in the new Samsung cellphone

2005-01-06T02:26:00.000-08:00

Samsung has developed a new cellphone which can convert voice into text messages. Soon handsfree SMS will also come up for many people who just can't SMS while driving.

Read more about the mobile phone at:
Samsung Electronics unveils "world's first" speech-to-text mobile

Smart phones are getting faster & faster

2005-01-03T02:48:00.000-08:00

Three new concept phones from Samsung are packed with features. One of them runs faster than my home PC :) My home PC is a little old 450 MHz m/c while this phone runs at 500 MHz. Cool. Read more of them at:
Samsung’s three new concept cellphones

World's tallest building gets an indoor cellphone network

2005-01-03T01:44:00.000-08:00

Ericsson has inked a contract to provide the indoor network for the world's tallest building--Taipei 101. The building got lots of press last weekend due to famed French free climber Alain Robert scaling all 101 floors. Such a large building poses a big problem for cellular access, but the network is going to be top shelf:

Read more at:
Indoor cell network for world's tallest building

'Metal Gear' Trojan targets Symbian phones

2004-12-23T01:31:00.000-08:00

Atlast proof-of-concept virus cabir, for mobile phones is made use of in a malicious way by a trojan. This trojan is said to attack symbian OS phones. Read more about it at:
'Metal Gear' Trojan targets Symbian phones

Bluetooth gets a triple boost - Infineon Reports

2004-12-22T08:39:00.000-08:00

BlueMoon UniCellular's new Enhanced Data Rate functionality will enable mobile handsets with wireless multimedia capabilities to exchange data three times faster within a ten meter personal range. The net data rate, previously 721 kilobits per second (kbps), becomes 2.1 Megabits per second (Mbps), while the energy budget for transmitting a single bit simultaneously goes down by a factor of three.

For complete article please visit:
Bluetooth gets a triple boost - Infineon Reports

Bluetooth catching on slowly...

2004-11-28T22:55:00.000-08:00

I heard that Bluetooth is going to be one of the main feature in all the phones coming out soon. Law is already enforcing people to use Handsfree or Headsets while driving. By 2005, more and more Bluetooth devices will be available in the market.

For more details... read:
Stepping out of shadows of WiFi

I read this following comment at:
Bluetooth finally catching on. Again. Look how Bluetooth is helping this dude ;)

Posted Nov 28, 2004, 2:45 AM ET by Sa3d
well..uphere in Saudi Arabia...people found a really good use for bluetooth... guyz and gurlz..eXchange their phone numberz through bluetooth..when ever i go to a mall or a shoppin centre..and enable my bluetooth...i see about 15 people whoz bluetooth iz also enable...i can send them my contact info,picz of me...and if the gurl likez me she will call me up =)

First post!

2004-11-24T07:31:00.000-08:00

Hi all,

I started this blog thinking that I could record somethings about wireless communications which I am working on and reading too. Let all the natural forces that exist make me write perfect things here.

Sudhakar.