http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/ Engadget Comments for ZOMM wireless tether hands-on (video) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/Jan 7th 2010 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/Jan 7th 2010 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/Jan 7th 2010 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/The question is if this is BT2.1 (or even 3.0), and if you have a phone that is 2.1(or 3.0), because I'm told 2.1 pushed saving power more compared to 2.0 but 85% of stuff stuck to 2.0 for some reason.

"Sniff subrating Reduces the power consumption when devices are in the sniff low-power mode, especially on links with asymmetric data flows. Human interface devices (HID) are expected to benefit the most, with mouse and keyboard devices increasing their battery life by a factor of 3 to 10. It lets devices decide how long they will wait before sending keepalive messages to one another.
Previous Bluetooth implementations featured keep alive message frequencies of up to several times per second. In contrast, the 2.1 + EDR specification allows pairs of devices to negotiate this value between them to as infrequently as once every 10 seconds."

And then there's v4.0 in the make:
"On December 17, 2009, the Bluetooth SIG announced the adoption of Bluetooth low energy wireless technology as the hallmark feature of the Bluetooth Core Specification Version 4.0. Chip shipments are anticipated to follow closely behind. The first Bluetooth low energy enabled products should be available in 2010."]]>Jan 7th 2010 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/Jan 7th 2010 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/
It doesn't attach to the phone. The idea is if you leave your phone behind (and have the ZOMM with you on your key chain let's say) then when it goes out of range (i.e. the bluetooth connection is dropped) the ZOMM will alert you.]]>Jan 7th 2010 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/Jan 7th 2010 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/
Not financial practical, but it makes me happy.]]>Jan 7th 2010 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/
I have a bluetooth watch from Think Geek that does the same thing, but has a few more featuress (men's size only though). I can't leave home without this watch anymore.]]>Jan 7th 2010 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/Jan 7th 2010 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/Yeah it's like color screens, they also use more power..

You have to make choices, and to be honest what would concern me more is that BT is transmitting my whereabouts, but seeing they now made that stuff so widely available using the normal phone transmitter as tracking vector I guess having BT off doesn't help anymore, dammit.


]]>Jan 7th 2010 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/Jan 7th 2010 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/]]>Jan 7th 2010 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/genius ]]>Jan 7th 2010 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/Jan 7th 2010 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/]]>Jan 7th 2010 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/Jan 7th 2010 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/True true, it's not for everybody at that price.
]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/
So if i accidentally sit on it, it's gonna call 911? How perfect...]]>Jan 7th 2010 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/
I assume after you hear the alarm you have a few seconds to stop hitting the button before it actually dials. I'd take the alarm to be a warning that you are pushing the button.]]>Jan 7th 2010 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/Jan 7th 2010 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/Jan 7th 2010 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/Jan 7th 2010 11:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/Jan 7th 2010 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/Jan 7th 2010 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/Well, thats what the Zomm detector is for. The idea is that you carry around the zomm detector and if you are out of range of the zomm, it'll sound an alarm. I think they're shooting for 149.99 on the zomm detector.]]>Jan 8th 2010 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/Jan 8th 2010 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/Jan 18th 2010 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/zomm-wireless-tether-hands-on-video/
I think the idea is great and as long as it works, it'll definitely be worth it considering smartphone handsets now cost about $400-800 to buy on their own.

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