Now, before you read on, you should know that I’m not normally a fan of these car speaker phones, but I quite like this one. I’m of course talking about the new AB-900 which was announced just minutes ago. The AB-900 is a Bluetooth car speaker phone, and does more than I first thought it would.
You can use the AB-900 and your Bluetooth-enabled phone to stream music from your phone to the AB-900, and it will broadcast it over the car audio system. It even has RDS built-in, so you won’t have to bother searching for the right frequency all the time.
The AB-900 features a pretty large display that enables you to handle your calls whilst driving. It provides you easy access to five selected favourite contacts, and you have voicemail at the touch of a button.
Your music and audio will automatically pause when you get an incoming call, and resume once again when the call ends.
And now to the best part about the AB-900 - its battery life. It’s capable of pulling a staggering 1000 hours of standby life or 26 hours of talk! That’s about forty days of standby time or more than a day of constant gossipping. Quite amazing what a standard BST-38 can do in a product like this.
The AB-900 measures 120 x 69 x 16 millimetres and weighs 117 grams, making it a fairly lightweight car speaker phone solution.
It’ll be available in one kit with two different panel colours - black and silver. No word on availability or pricing yet.
Filed under: Accessories, Bluetooth, News
Tags: AB-900, Bluetooth car speakerphone
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You heard me right. Sony Ericsson are going to make their last announcement for the year 2008 on 6th November. Sad, I know.
What’s going to be announced then, you say? Well, nothing much, actually. Many of you have probably heard of Rika (aka. W705), pictured above. It’s going to feature the same Clear Audio Experience found on the W902 and W980 models. It’s got WiFi and YouTube support, much like the G705, a 3.2MP non-AF camera with a LED flash and will ship with a 4GB M2 card. Pretty much everything else is just like on your average A2 Walkman phone. Gotta admit, though - that aluminum casing looks very stylish. The phone will ship in 2 colours - Passionate Red and Luxury Silver.
An Orange-branded version will be announced as well.
Be sure to check out more of the official pics over at Cell Phone Sail!
Thursday will also herald the announcemet of the MBS-900 Bluetooth-equipped 2.1 Home Audio System. It’s got fancy touch controls and an OLED display. Design’s not bad, either. Did I mention the built-in FM radio receiver?
More details to come…
Filed under: Accessories, Announcement, Bluetooth, New phone, W series, Walkman
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Sony Ericsson also showcased a Bluetooth speaker at the special meeting, we talked about earlier today. While the attendants were not allowed to take pictures of it, they were allowed to tell the world about it - and they sure have! MobileCowboys posted a drawing of how it looks, and also posted some info on it. Shiny Shiny also posted a rather nice post about it, which was spotted by GoldenFace at Esato. Here’s his sum-up of the post:
- Wireless Audio
- 2.1 audio system
- Sub-Woofer
- OLED Display
- Can pair up to 5 devices
- FM Radio
- Bass & Treble controls
- Touch controls
The name is confidential and the attendants were not told what it is.
Source: MobileCowboys (translated), Shiny Shiny & Esato
Filed under: Accessories, Bluetooth, Future
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Sony Ericsson - the brains behind Bluetooth, however self-centered that may sound - is planning to announce three awesome-looking Bluetooth headsets on the 17th this month. These three all offer superior battery life and - in my opinion - look very slick.
They’ve all got some features in common. These are up to 800 hours of battery life in standby mode (that’s over a month of battery life!) or up to 11 hours of talk, auto-pairing, digital noise reduction (DSP), auto volume-leveling, removable ear-hooks, as well as Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rates (EDR) for a faster and more stable connection.
HBH-PV-715 seems to be the cheapest of the three, and is - once again, in my opinion - the better looking of the bunch as well. It’ll come in either the pictured white trimming or a black one.
HBH-PV-720 is the headset for the more sophisicated and fashionable of us. You can personalize its look with StyleUp covers, and it comes with a pouch and a silver necklace.
HBH-PV-740 is the professional headset for the business man or woman. It’s the only one of the headsets to feature a status display, and it’s the only one to come with a headset desk stand and USB charger. Apart from that, you also get the silver necklace with the HBH-PV-740.
No word on availablity or price on these ones, although the price will probably be in the range of £60 - £100.
Filed under: Accessories, Announcement, Bluetooth, Exclusive, Upcoming
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Some specs:
- Thin slider
- A200 platform
- EDGE / HSDPA
- 3,2 mega pixel camera without auto focus
- GPS
- Shake control
- Stereo speakers
- 2,2 inch screen
- M2 1GB
- Accelerometer
- Motion Sensor
Filed under: A2 / A200, Announcement, Bluetooth, Camera, GPS, New phone, Uncategorized
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