Darfon's Bluetooth keypad is bigger than your cellphone

by Thomas Ricker, posted Jun 11th 2007 at 7:16AM

Computex is over but we couldn't just walk away without giving you a peep at this Bluetooth keypad from Darfon. The idea here is simple yet blissfully absurd: wear the device as a lanyard to dial calls while your cellphone remains tucked away in your man-bag or she-sack. We're apparently supposed to overlook the fact that it's about the same size as your cellphone. Hey Darfon, meet Palm -- we hear that they share your interest in superfluous "companion" devices.

Filed under: Cellphones, Peripherals, Wireless

Tags: bluetooth, bluetooth keypad, BluetoothKeypad, computex, darfon

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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zoara @ Jun 11th 2007 7:56AM

Is that a screen? For the love of God, why?

In the UK, you see a lot of people wearing their cellphones around their necks anyway.

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Bernhard @ Jun 11th 2007 7:59AM

Hey, thats a great way to make pick-pockets who have stolen the device frustrated when they notice they don't have the phone itself and still need to get one with bluetooth...

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Chuckles McGee @ Jun 11th 2007 8:52AM

Man, if there was only some way to put the keypad on the phone and still make it smaller than that lanyard. Preposterous, the phone would need to be slim, slim like a razor blade in fact! Well, hopefully our continued work on these newfangled portable telephonic contraptions will develop something.

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Lee @ Jun 11th 2007 9:52AM

You mean tucked away in your she-bags or man-sack.

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KC @ Jun 11th 2007 2:25PM

That's really not a bad idea. The keypad will always be the same, irregardless of what phone you have, and what phone you upgrade to.

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Don't Panic! @ Jun 12th 2007 11:46AM

I thnk it's a great idea as well. Not every number you want to dial is available for dial by voice services. I wonder if it interacts with a bluetooth headset as well???

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