New gadget: Bluetooth

[claidheamhmor]

An EDUP Bluetooth music gateway that I ordered from China finally arrived. Now this is neat! What is does is pairs with a Bluetooth device (like my phone, but it could be my Playbook or PC too). The EDUP then has a stereo socket that I can use to plug into my hifi or my car's sounds system. When I play music from my BlackBerry, it plays wirelessly on Bluetooth to whatever I have the EDUP plugged into. So I can wander round the house or have an untethered phone in the car, while playing (and controlling) music from my phone. The EDUP has an internal battery with about an 8-hour play life, and it's rechargeable with mini-USB (and I have a mini-USB car charger). Something quite neat is that when I turn it on, it connects with my BlackBerry, and the BlackBerry automatically starts playing.