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BLUETOOTH SIG ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 4TH ANNUAL BEST OF CES CONTEST
12-Jan-2009
Bluetooth SIG
Manufacturers Provide Cutting Edge Ways for Consumers to Explore the Possibilities of Bluetooth® Wireless Technology
LAS VEGAS – Jan. 12, 2009 – From its member party kicking off an explosive year for Bluetooth technology, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced the winners of its fourth annual Best of CES Contest, an event held during the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to highlight the hottest, most innovative and consumer friendly Bluetooth enabled products.
“While the industry is hard at work to bring two new versions of the technology to market in 2009, consumers can still explore the possibilities that exist today to expand their PAN – their very own personal area networks which, through the use of Bluetooth technology, give them the convenience we all crave in the products we all want,” said Michael Foley, Ph.D., executive director of the Bluetooth SIG.”The winners of our 4th annual contest are just those products, capturing the best of what Bluetooth technology brings to our lives.”
Fifty-four new Bluetooth products were submitted for the contest in six categories focusing on what consumers can do with the technology – talk on a headset, input information, listen to music, print data, transfer information, or enable use in an industrial or other vertical environment. The Bluetooth SIG carefully tested each product and judged them on a variety of criteria, including compliance with Bluetooth SIG qualification standards, ease-of-use, look and feel and overall usability of the product as expected by the average consumer.
Bonus points were given to products complying with Experience Icon requirements. The Experience Icons make it simple for consumers to understand what a Bluetooth enabled device can do and how it will work with other devices for file transfers, printing, listening to music, talking on a headset or inputting information. Manufacturers are encouraged to use the icons on packaging of certified Bluetooth enabled products. Consumers can simply match Experience Icons to ensure a seamless wireless experience.
Winners of the Bluetooth SIG Best of CES 2009 contest are (finalists indicated in parentheses):
- Overall – Parrot Zikmu by Starck wireless speakers
- Headset/Hands-Free – LG HFB-500 solar-powered car kit (Motorola H780 Universal Bluetooth headset)
- Input – Microsoft Vista Feature Pack for Wireless (ISSC Dexin Bluetooth mouse)
- Music – Samsung YP-P3 media player (Parrot Zikmu by Starck wireless speakers)
- Print – LG Decoy mobile phone (Samsung M8800 mobile phone)
- Transfer – Parrot Specchio by Martin Szekely digital photo frame (Broadcom Windows Vista Bluetooth software stack)
- Vertical – Nonin Medical Model 9560 Pulse Oximeter (Ford Sync with 911 Assist)
New this year is the category of User’s Choice. Visitors to www.bluetooth.com/userschoice can enter to win one of the finalist products by voting on their pick of best product. Each vote counts as one entry and visitors may vote as often as they’d like. Check back to www.bluetooth.com on January 16 to find out the fan favorite.
The winning products will be featured on The News Market, a site for media professionals to download, search and get information quickly for upcoming stories, highlighted in the Q2 issue of the Bluetooth SIG magazine, SIGnature, The Bluetooth Quarterly and shown throughout the year in the organization’s media campaigns. These products will also be highlighted on www.bluetooth.com throughout January.
About Bluetooth® Wireless Technology
Bluetooth wireless technology is the global short-range wireless standard for personal connectivity of a broad range of electronic devices. The technology continues to evolve, building on its inherent strengths – small-form factor radio, low power, low cost, built-in security, robustness, ease-of-use, and ad hoc networking abilities. More than nine new Bluetooth enabled products are qualified every working day and 18 million Bluetooth units are shipping per week. There are over two billion Bluetooth devices in the marketplace and that number climbs daily, making it the only proven wireless choice for developers, product manufacturers, and consumers worldwide.
About the Bluetooth SIG
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), comprised of leaders in the telecommunications, computing, consumer electronics, automotive and network industries, is driving development of Bluetooth wireless technology and bringing it to market. The Bluetooth SIG includes Promoter group companies Ericsson, Intel, Lenovo, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia and Toshiba, along with over 11,000 Associate and Adopter member companies. The Bluetooth SIG, Inc. headquarters are located in Bellevue, Washington, U.S.A. For more information please visit www.bluetooth.com.
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