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Crutchfield, the US oldest direct marketer of car, audio, video products and accessories, has added the Parrot CK3000 evolution, Parrot CK3100 LCD and Parrot EASY-DRIVE to its catalog and online store. Click here to buy a Bluetooth hands-free car kit on Crutchfield.com
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Kodak has decided to incorporate the Bluetooth technology into one of its cameras, the Easyshare V610. Simply send your photos by Bluetooth from your Kodak camera and they will appear on your Parrot photo frame! 

It is a function that, in the framework of Bluetooth, allows wireless transfer of an audio signal from a mobile phone or another compatible peripheral device. It functions with Bluetooth version 1.2 or 2.0. We are already offering Bluetooth Stereo technology on the Parrot SOUND SYSTEM.

Currently , it functions with MP3 and EBC files, the formats supported by Bluetooth. However, the system is compatible with all your PC audio files; the PC stacks transcode the sound to SBC format before sending it to the speakers. In this way, you can listen to your music from iTunes and from all the PC players on our speakers. On the Parrot SOUND SYSTEM, the Bluetooth link is permanent between the two speakers.

This is what makes our system unique. The Bluetooth Stereo Profile is as stable as voice-oriented profiles. Consequently, there is no particular problem as regards performance. However, it is not yet possible to transfer the name of the artist and of the track being performed together with the sound.”

Nicolas Besnard, R&D Director at Parrot

You might expect loss of sound quality in the wireless transfer of an MP3 track from a mobile phone to a car radio.You play an MP3 track on your mobile phone and somewhat surprisingly you hear it remotely on a car radio or a pair of speakers.

This achievement is explained by the Bluetooth A2DP Profile (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile) that allows transmission of a continuous audio signal from a source (mobile phone, PC, PDA, MP3 Walkman…). This profile is also called “Bluetooth Stereo”. Until now limited to demonstrations at trade shows, the audio streaming function is now a business reality. Parrot offers it in the framework of the Parrot SOUND SYSTEM: Bluetooth Hi-Fi speakers. In practical terms, you merely have to connect your mobile phone, PC or MP3 Walkman to the Parrot SOUND SYSTEM. When you play an MP3 file, one of the speakers receives the audio signal, and sends it to the other speaker, so that you hear the music in stereo. These Bluetooth speakers are a first on the market.

The Bluetooth Stereo Profile transfers the MP3 file in its entirety and the musical characteristics are unchanged. In any case, we will have to get used to listening to music in a different way. This phenomenon seems to have taken hold, judging by the number of wireless headsets exhibited recently at the 3GSM in Barcelona or the CeBIT in Hanover.

 

Parrot and its local distributor have launched a web site in Korean, visit it here : Parrotkorea.com 

According to the directors of the Bluetooth® SIG, during the Bluetooth® days, there are already more than 600 million Bluetooth terminals in circulation. They are mainly mobile phones and their accessories (hands-free kits, earphones), as well as computers, PDAs, keyboards, mice, camcorders and MP3 players.

The Parrot headset has been specifically designed for in-car use and does
away with the conventional headband and sidepiece, which tend to get in
the way when driving.
The originality of the Parrot headset lies in its combined cradle that plugs into
the 12 V cigar lighter. The cradle is used to both recharge and hold the
headset when not in use.
See the demo here: http://www.parrotheadset.com/

 

Apple Computer has designed some wonderful wireless human interfaces. See them here: http://www.apple.com/keyboard/ 

 

 

The Parrot Photo Viewer was selected as one of the high-tech “Toys of Summer 2006″ in the July issue of FastCompany magazine. See Fastcompany.com

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Consumers appear to have got into the habit of printing their photos from their phone. This year brings Bluetooth-compatible printers from such brands as Canon (Bubble Jet i80, Pixma IP6210D, Bluetooth server), Epson (PictureMate Mobile Phone Edition), Kodak (Easyshare), HP (Photo Smart with adapter) and Samsung (SPP-2040).