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This article offers a look at products showcased at the Cellular Telephone and Internet Association's 2004 exhibition held at the Moscone West Convention center in San Francisco, California. Moscone West is a big glass building, and the California sun was high and bright and shining into the press room. There are plenty of new Bluetooth headsets in the pipeline, but Jabra Corporation's BT110 and A-210 adapter were well deserved winners of the show's wireless widgets award. To round out their line, they are also introducing the SP100, a Bluetooth speaker/hands free phone that also runs off AAA batteries. Hewlett-Packard Co. rolled out some nice Bluetooth devices, including the first pair of headphones that uses the technology and a nice little keyboard for use with Bluetoothed iPaqs. Blackberry Incorporated's first business phone is for people who want the utility of a Blackberry in the shape of a phone. In using its Suretype technology, Blackberry managed to combine a QWERTY keyboard and normal sized cell phone number pad to make a messaging device with dialing and messaging experiences that people do not have to relearn in order to use. Danger Inc. launched the fourth generation of its handheld combination device, which will be manufactured by Sharp and is available through T-mobile as the Sidekick2 and through Suncom as the Hiptop2.

This article offers information on new products exhibited at the Cellular Telephone and Internet Association show in the fall of 2004 in San Francisco, California. The Jabra BT110 is a Bluetooth headset that has a volume/call answering control. Using its Suretype technology, Blackberry has managed to combine a QWERTY keyboard and normal-sized cellular-telephone number pad to make a messaging device with dialing and messaging features. Danger launched the fourth generation of its handheld combination device, which will be manufactured by Sharp and is available through T-mobile as the Sidekick2 and through Suncom as the Hiptop2. Sprint will be selling the Vision Smart Device PPC 6601, a Pocket PC cellular telephone that features a slide-out keyboard that lights up as well as Bluetooth connectivity.

This article highlights the 2004 Cellular Telephone and Internet Association's exhibition held at the Moscone West Convention center in San Francisco, California. A number of new Bluetooth headsets were presented, but Jabra's BT110 and A-210 adapter were well deserved winners of the show's wireless widgets award. The BT110 is a very basic headset that runs off an AAA battery, and has a volume/call answering control, but above all, it sells for a suggested retail price of $69. On the high end is the BT800, selling for $119, and including digital signal processing for noisy environments and the ability to charge its AAA batteries in the case. To round out their line, they are also introducing the SP100, a Bluetooth speaker/hands free telephone that also runs off AAA batteries. It also includes modes for noisy environments, like offices. Three AAA batteries offers 12 hours of talk time. Blackberry's first business telephone is for people who want the utility of a Blackberry in the shape of a telephone. Using its Suretype technology, it managed to combine a QWERTY keyboard and normal sized cellular telephone number pad to make a messaging device with dialing and messaging experiences that people do not have to re-learn in order to use. It includes a list of 30,000 words for predictive typing and spelling, Bluetooth and Universal Serial Bus access, and a 240x260 pixel display, and it is compatible with AOL, Yahoo, and ICQ messaging services. PalmOne announced the release of its upgraded Treo 650, available at first through Sprint in a CDMA/1xRTT version, but soon through other carriers in GSM/GPRS/EDGE. Though it shares the basic layout of the previous model, it comes with a host of improvements, including Bluetooth; non-volatile file memory; a removable battery; a much improved 320x320 display with 65,000 colors; bigger and flatter backlit keys; a VGA camera; and the ability to play MP3 files.