ThinkOutside
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With a replacement for Bluetooth finally on the horizon in the form of wireless USB, I shouldn't be so excited about the Bluetooth in my Audiovox SMT5600 SmartPhone. In the last week, I've finally found several additional uses beyond talking wirelessly with my Motorola headset. At a day seminar in Redmond, Rory Blyth of .NET Rocks fame was typing away on a Bluetooth keyboard checking mail on his SMT5600. Granted the screen is tiny but when you're in a room with no WiFi and need to check your mail you go with what you've got. The Bluetooth keyboard he used from ThinkOutside supports SmartPhones, Pocket PCs, Palm devices and the other two devices on the planet with Bluetooth drivers. This is the kind of ultra-portability I want for emergency situations. Having most of the calendar, contact, and task-related information at my fingertips via my phone is ideal under most conditions, but being able to interact with that information in some fashion other than the T9 thumb-texting system means I could pack a foldup keyboard in my bag and leave the laptop at home.
