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Smithsonian Advertises Via Bluetooth - O'Reilly Radar

By Peter Brantley

The Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery are sending out Bluetooth tethers to passers-by. From a Smithsonian press release: ... this new medium of advertising prompts Bluetooth phone users to opt-in to receive a free downloadable message ... Bluetooth-enabled bus shelters, located in Washington, D.C.'s major pedestrian areas, will deploy a silent prompt to mobile...

Publish Date: August 13, 2008

Four short links: 23 February 2011 - O'Reilly Radar

By Nat Torkington

Programmable Bluetooth Watch -- OLED display, bluetooth, vibration, button, timers, and two-way Bluetooth. I'm enchanted by the possibilities of our environment talking to us through such a device. (via Tom Coates on Twitter) Flying Cars (XKCD) -- a reminder to appreciate the future we live in, and not grizzle too hard that the ones we dreamt of in the...

Publish Date: February 23, 2011

Four short links: 13 January 2010 - O'Reilly Radar

By Nat Torkington

Telling Time with Open Realtime Data -- Sony Ericsson MBW-150 bluetooth watch, showing the next few SF Muni bus arrival times for a nearby stop. The code to fetch the arrival times is running on my Droid phone, and communicating with the watch using Marcel Dopita's OpenWatch software for the Android platform. This is a neat hack, and reminds us that every object on our person could be programmed. This and more in today's Four Short Links.

Publish Date: January 13, 2010

Garmin Nuvifone Videos and Screenshots Make It Look Great - O'Reilly Radar

By Brady Forrest

Navigadget has found two videos of Garmin's upcoming Nuvifone. They offer lots of hints at the services the iPhone-like device will offer. The scenario video (below) focuses on navigation, photos, web browsing, phone and media. The intro video (above) lets us know that it'll also have BlueTooth, calendaring, NAVTEQ maps (touting their long-term geo-data partner), Google, email, MSN Direct...

Publish Date: February 06, 2008

Web2Summit: What is Nokia's Ovi? - O'Reilly Radar

By Brady Forrest

Nokia gave a talk at the Web 2.0 Summit that spent a lot of time on the new N810 Internet Tablet and unfortunately very little time on Ovi, their new internet services play. The main hardware difference from previous Nokia Internet Tablets like the N800 is a slide-out keyboard. It also has a GPS, Bluetooth, large screen, extended-able storage...

Publish Date: October 17, 2007

Context vs location - O'Reilly Radar

By Nikolaj Nyholm

Nokia user experience champion and Etech speaker alumni Chris Heathcote has a round-up of S60-based Flickr uploaders. The real gem of the piece is, however, hidden at end, discussing the bluetagging feature of two of the uploaders: The most controversial feature of them all is storing and publishing Bluetooth IDs. Are these personal information? Are you allowed to store this...

Publish Date: April 17, 2006

Mobzombies - Run From Zombies Anywhere - O'Reilly Radar

By Brady Forrest

Mobzombies is a game that lets you, the player, run away from virtual zombies in the physical world. I contacted Will Carter, one of the designers, and he told me a bit more about the game. Basically, the game uses a digital compass and an accelerometer fastened to your hip (transmitting data through bluetooth) to get a relative position....

Publish Date: December 05, 2006

Linux Unwired

Linux Unwired, 1st Edition

By Roger Weeks, Edd Dumbill, Brian Jepson

Linux Unwired is a one-stop wireless information source for on-the-go Linux users. Whether you're considering Wi-Fi as a supplement or alternative to cable and DSL, using Bluetooth to network devices in your home or office,or want to use cellular dat...

Format: Print, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: April 2004

Windows XP Unwired

Windows XP Unwired, 1st Edition

By Wei-Meng Lee

Windows XP Unwired provides a complete introduction to all the wireless technologies supported by Windows XP, including Wi-Fi (802.11b, a, and g), infrared, Bluetooth, CDMA2000, and GPRS. It's a one-stop wireless information source for technically s...

Format: Print, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: August 2003

 
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Smithsonian Advertises Via Bluetooth - O'Reilly Radar

By Peter Brantley

The Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery are sending out Bluetooth tethers to passers-by. From a Smithsonian press release: ... this new medium of advertising prompts Bluetooth phone users to opt-in to receive a free downloadable message ... Bluetooth-enabled bus shelters, located in Washington, D.C.'s major pedestrian areas, will deploy a silent prompt to mobile...

Publish Date: August 13, 2008

Four short links: 23 February 2011 - O'Reilly Radar

By Nat Torkington

Programmable Bluetooth Watch -- OLED display, bluetooth, vibration, button, timers, and two-way Bluetooth. I'm enchanted by the possibilities of our environment talking to us through such a device. (via Tom Coates on Twitter) Flying Cars (XKCD) -- a reminder to appreciate the future we live in, and not grizzle too hard that the ones we dreamt of in the...

Publish Date: February 23, 2011

Four short links: 13 January 2010 - O'Reilly Radar

By Nat Torkington

Telling Time with Open Realtime Data -- Sony Ericsson MBW-150 bluetooth watch, showing the next few SF Muni bus arrival times for a nearby stop. The code to fetch the arrival times is running on my Droid phone, and communicating with the watch using Marcel Dopita's OpenWatch software for the Android platform. This is a neat hack, and reminds us that every object on our person could be programmed. This and more in today's Four Short Links.

Publish Date: January 13, 2010

Garmin Nuvifone Videos and Screenshots Make It Look Great - O'Reilly Radar

By Brady Forrest

Navigadget has found two videos of Garmin's upcoming Nuvifone. They offer lots of hints at the services the iPhone-like device will offer. The scenario video (below) focuses on navigation, photos, web browsing, phone and media. The intro video (above) lets us know that it'll also have BlueTooth, calendaring, NAVTEQ maps (touting their long-term geo-data partner), Google, email, MSN Direct...

Publish Date: February 06, 2008

Web2Summit: What is Nokia's Ovi? - O'Reilly Radar

By Brady Forrest

Nokia gave a talk at the Web 2.0 Summit that spent a lot of time on the new N810 Internet Tablet and unfortunately very little time on Ovi, their new internet services play. The main hardware difference from previous Nokia Internet Tablets like the N800 is a slide-out keyboard. It also has a GPS, Bluetooth, large screen, extended-able storage...

Publish Date: October 17, 2007

Context vs location - O'Reilly Radar

By Nikolaj Nyholm

Nokia user experience champion and Etech speaker alumni Chris Heathcote has a round-up of S60-based Flickr uploaders. The real gem of the piece is, however, hidden at end, discussing the bluetagging feature of two of the uploaders: The most controversial feature of them all is storing and publishing Bluetooth IDs. Are these personal information? Are you allowed to store this...

Publish Date: April 17, 2006

Mobzombies - Run From Zombies Anywhere - O'Reilly Radar

By Brady Forrest

Mobzombies is a game that lets you, the player, run away from virtual zombies in the physical world. I contacted Will Carter, one of the designers, and he told me a bit more about the game. Basically, the game uses a digital compass and an accelerometer fastened to your hip (transmitting data through bluetooth) to get a relative position....

Publish Date: December 05, 2006

Linux Unwired

Linux Unwired, 1st Edition

By Roger Weeks, Edd Dumbill, Brian Jepson

Linux Unwired is a one-stop wireless information source for on-the-go Linux users. Whether you're considering Wi-Fi as a supplement or alternative to cable and DSL, using Bluetooth to network devices in your home or office,or want to use cellular dat...

Format: Print, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: April 2004

Windows XP Unwired

Windows XP Unwired, 1st Edition

By Wei-Meng Lee

Windows XP Unwired provides a complete introduction to all the wireless technologies supported by Windows XP, including Wi-Fi (802.11b, a, and g), infrared, Bluetooth, CDMA2000, and GPRS. It's a one-stop wireless information source for technically s...

Format: Print, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: August 2003