Ugliest Bluetooth headset ever

http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/chronotechs-bluevoice-combines-wristwatch-headset/

Blue­tooth Watches is offer­ing a com­bi­na­tion head­set wrist­watch that is the ugli­est elec­tronic device I’ve seen this week.

Blue­tooth is the trade name for a radio-frequency stan­dard that enables low-speed, short-range wire­less net­work connections.

The short ver­sion: it’s a replace­ment for audio cables.

WiFi is much faster and has a longer range than Blue­tooth, but Blue­tooth requires less elec­tri­cal power. Thus, Blue­tooth is a good choice for small devices like mobile phones and head­sets. Man­u­fac­tur­ers can include Blue­tooth fea­tures in their devices with­out adding a large bat­tery and antenna.

Blue­tooth is some­what lim­ited. While there are stereo Blue­tooth head­sets avail­able that con­nect to PDAs, phones and iPods, these head­sets don’t work with some computers.

Another major lim­i­ta­tion of Blue­tooth is its secu­rity fea­tures. Encryp­tion is weak or non-existent in some imple­men­ta­tions, and many users sim­ply leave the Blue­tooth set­tings wide open. This can allow a nearby hacker to gain access to a device.

Then again, because of the lim­ited range and power used, a hacker would have to be within 20 meters of his vic­tim in most circumstances.

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