02-26-2004, 12:00 AM
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Model Bluetooth Car Coming To Pocket PCs
Last year, I talked about Sony Ericsson developing a Bluetooth model car, and most posters wondered if this would be available for Pocket PCs. Well, I'm not sure if the Sony Ericsson one will, but i-Mate will be selling an exclusive Bluetooth car that works with both Pocket PCs and Smartphones!
I think he's even using ECERTech's TiltCONTROL with it in this picture. 
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02-26-2004, 12:10 AM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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LOL, now *that's* cute. Come on guys, get one & review it already! :razzing:
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02-26-2004, 12:11 AM
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We'll now have to start the geek's nascar 
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02-26-2004, 12:28 AM
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<turns on BT car>
"Sweet!"
<car starts driving away>
"Look at that thing go!"
<after ten feet>
"Hey - It lost the signal!"
Translation:
Doesn't a regular RF toy car have better range than BT?
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02-26-2004, 12:39 AM
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Swami
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by David Prahl
<after ten feet>
"Hey - It lost the signal!"
Translation:
Doesn't a regular RF toy car have better range than BT?
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:bangin: Repeat after me, Bluetooth Class 3 = 1 meter range, Class 2 = 10 meters, Class 3 = 100 meters range, or even up to 250 meters range with a more powerfully adaptor.
So, not knowing what the normal range of such a tiny RF car would be, up to 250 meters sounds pretty good to me. :wink:
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02-26-2004, 01:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Jonathon Watkins
Repeat after me, Bluetooth Class 3 = 1 meter range, Class 2 = 10 meters, Class 3 = 100 meters range, or even up to 250 meters range with a more powerfully adaptor.
So, not knowing what the normal range of such a tiny RF car would be, up to 250 meters sounds pretty good to me. :wink:
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802.11b has "a range of 300 feet", but most people (like myself) run out of 2.4 Ghz gas inside of 100 feet.
There's only one way to resolve this...somebody FedEx me one and I'll write a review! :lol:
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02-26-2004, 01:13 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Who cares about the range? When people are wondering "Why a Bluetooth controlled car???" Just politely reply with "W?BIC" 
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02-26-2004, 01:13 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Apr 2004
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i would only play with this if i got it for free...hint hint.... :wink:
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02-26-2004, 01:31 AM
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Jonathon Watkins
So, not knowing what the normal range of such a tiny RF car would be, up to 250 meters sounds pretty good to me. :wink:
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I have two of the normal Mini RC type cars and they are only good for about 15 feet TOPS on a fully charged battery.
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02-26-2004, 01:35 AM
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In practice Class 1 achieves a useable range of c. 40 metres. Class 2, while rated at 10 metres, actually usually stretches further. I've got as much as 20 metres from some devices and only once have I had less than 10 metres (from a Nokia phone) from any BT device.
One problem is that people seem to have some difficulty realising how far 10 metres actually is (I reckon some people think of 'feet' even when the measurement is metres). If this is a Class 2 product, and only achieves the minimum distance, we are talking about 33 feet! I don't know about anyone else but that is more than far enough for a toy designed for indoor use (if you have a room in your house where you can be more than 33 feet away from something then you earn too much...!).
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