Samsung recently announced a Bluetooth headset created in partnership with the design gurus over at Bang & Olufsen. The new headset, dubbed the Samsung WEP 420 features controls that are hidden behind a sliding cover that also doubles a static blocker to improve sound quality. Continue →

Once again, another tech group that is unknown to most people is preparing to halt the use of good technoology by way of legal action. This time the culprit is the Washington Research Foundation and the technology being put at risk is Bluetooth.

The Washington Research Foundation as these things usually go, is seeking damages from Nokia, Samsung and Panasonic for using radio frequency technology without paying royalties. The group is citing a patent awared in 1999 to Edwin Suominen as the basis for the lawsuit. Continue →

Just watched a video on TechEBlog about jacking Bluetooth handsets. BlueJacking has not been declared a major threat as of yet. After watching the video, you wonder why it has not received more attention. A blue-jacker simply hangs around where a high concentration of mobile phone users are located (business district, office park, transit station, etc.) and simply scans for open devices where the blue-jacker can connect to the victims phone via Bluetooth. Continue →