Bluetribe's new Bluetooth 2.1 audio receiver for iPod speaker docks

While Bluetribe may sound like the name of the DJ collective you used to follow around back in your "rave days" (when you wore dangerously baggy trousers and never awoke before 2:00 PM), it's actually a Japanese outfit known for its Bluetooth headphones and accessories. The company's new Bluetooth Audio Receiver sits in your speaker dock in lieu of your iPod, letting you stream music to it from anywhere in the room -- the perfect gift for folks who hate to walk across the room to switch songs (the extremely lazy, for instance). Available in stunning black or pristine white, this bad boy supports Bluetooth 2.1 and should be hitting retailers in Japan sometime in early May, for a price yet to be announced.

[Via Engadget Japan]

[scobb Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:31PM]

Brilliant. Now I can use any BT enabled audio player (like the Pre or Treo) on any iPlod dock device.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 3:38PM]

Or like the iPod touch or iPhone...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:37PM]

I love any news coming about regarding the iphone and ipod. I have an iphone and absolutely love it! It is PERFECT! Hell, they should call him Mr. Midas instead of Mr. Jobs because anything Apple touches is GOLD!!!

[bighap Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:56PM]

The Apple Pippin would not be classified as gold...

[Joao Cagao Posted Apr 22nd 2009 3:01PM]

Pippin came out around 95/96.
Jobs returned to Apple in '97.

[letstakeawalk Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:39PM]

Props for the Happy Mondays Vid! I miss the old Factory days, so much great music...

http://www.factoryrecords.net/

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 3:55PM]

I never wore big trousers or went to raves. Is this a new writer? I hope he's filling in for someone.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:58PM]

so thats where shodan went

[rickatnight11 Posted Apr 22nd 2009 3:01PM]

It would be badass if this could do wireless sync with a computer. Just plug the receiver into your USB/Firewire cable, the transmitter into the iPod, and sync over the air.

[Dave the Rave Posted Apr 22nd 2009 3:11PM]

A few of these types have been out for some time, I picked a few on clearance at Best Buy sometime ago, by Insignia, for about $5 each. And they work AWESOME in any dock or those Apple composite AV cables hooked up to a home stereo. Heck I even hooked it into my car stereo's auxilliary and stream bluetooth with my iPhone 3.0!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 6:47PM]

Absolutely- I bought the Insignia one at Best Buy for $4.99 (The original price said $59.99, no joke)

It works amazing, and is especially useful on the cheap little $10 iPod sound systems you can find just about anywhere. I pop this thing in and tied it to the volleyball pole last summer at the beach and could keep my phone or samsung t10 in my bookbag. Sand is almost worse than water on your electronics IMO...

[neonpolaris Posted Apr 23rd 2009 9:23AM]

Same here, clearance at Best Buy a couple years ago maybe.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 3:20PM]

Would be great to figure out a way to turn any stereo system into a handsfree device for phone calls.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 3:23PM]

SHODAN?

[drw Posted Apr 22nd 2009 3:26PM]

Would using one of these prevent GSM buzz if you used it with an iPhone? That would be super useful.

[Nuggstein Posted Apr 22nd 2009 3:32PM]

Does anyone know if this could work with my Cyber Acoustics a-211 speaker system?

[meyou Posted Apr 22nd 2009 3:43PM]

well the price needs to be below $10 shipped. Sprint has one made by AnyCom that works great. Used to be mad about all those iPod docks. Haven't had any issues with it. Controls pass to my Touch Pro just fine.

link to Sprint store http://nextelonline.nextel.com/NASApp/onlinestore/en/Action/OSBrowseAccessoriesDetail?categoryRefName=Music+%26+Personalization&PHONE_ID=LG550KIT&selectedAccessoryID=ESX2692_C&topPageNumber=0&subPageNumber=0

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[Historian Posted Apr 22nd 2009 4:19PM]

I've got one as well..

the price is right...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 4:28PM]

I have one too, and it works very well. Sometimes you can even find them in Sprint stores, that's where I got mine. Although I had to ask for it, they didn't have it on display.

[Consequence9 Posted Apr 22nd 2009 4:00PM]

That is straight up rez in the background.

[SiXiam Posted Apr 22nd 2009 5:02PM]

Cortana's ugly friend...lol

[Hotrod Posted Apr 22nd 2009 6:23PM]

DMT and iPod accessories.

[Garst Posted Apr 23rd 2009 3:31AM]

I'm over Bluetooth 2.1. I'm looking forward to the end of this year for Bluetooth 3.0