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QStarz’s BT-Q810, which was launched last month, is being touted as the world’s most powerful Bluetooth GPS receiver. Well, that is due to the fact the BT-Q810 sports a 51 channel MTK chipset and offers up to 32 hours of use courtesy of its low power consumption hardware. This GPS receiver also has an adjustable update rate which range between 1 and 5Hz. This update rate makes the GPS well suited for road racers, autocrossers, and circle track racers.

In addition, the BT-Q810 also features a G-Mouse + Bluetooth in one, a wired and wireless GPS receiver, auto on-off function for smart power control, LED function that indicates Bluetooth connection, navigation status and battery/charger status. The BT-Q810 was officially launched in Taiwan but pricing and release date is currently unavailable.

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JVC recently announced a new type of Bluetooth stereo headset which is designed to fit comfortably in your ear, and provide hands-free calling as well as good quality music listening. Dubbed the HA-W700BT, it comes with amazing stereo sound and sound isolation, so you only hear your music and not outside noise. It will also last up to 11 hours on a single charge.

This headset supports Bluetooth version 2.0, and is compatible with profiles such as A2DP, AVRCP, HFP and HSP. It features an 11mm neodymium driver units which feature a frequency range of 10Hz to 23kHz. Now, this headset consists of 2 parts, the in ear headphones part, as well as the small receiver. The receiver features a small clip, thus allowing you to clip it onto a shirt. The receiver can also be connected to your home audio system, using a mini jack, and then it will act like a wireless stereo receiver. 

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The Sony Bluetooth Receiver MBR-100 is pretty much what the name indicates - a Bluetooth receiver. You plug the MBR-100 into a home or car stereo and stream stored music from any phone that supports the Bluetooth stereo A2DP profile.

You’ll only need to pair up your phone to the receiver once and then you can simply get back in range to reconnect. Once in range and streaming music , you can use the phone as a wireless remote to play, pause and track skip the tunes. When available early 2007, the shiny black Sony Bluetooth Receiver will ship with a rechargeable battery and both RCA and 3.5 mm cables so it’ll plug into most electronic devices.

Now if you can sync it with other devices (potential hack alert!) or even stream video, it would be immensely more useful to people with various portable media players and devices with a bit more storage capacity than a cell phone’s memory card. It also doesn’t sound like it’ll stream a phone conversation to the speakers to help make a hands-free kit, but if you get word that it does, please let us know.

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EMTAC has just announced the release of the EMTAC mini-S3 Bluetooth GPS Receiver to compliment Smartphones and handheld devices. With EMTAC’s “World Smallest GPS” claim, the mini-S3 is a portable receiver small enough to fit in your pocket or purse and is suitable for various uses from hiking, marine navigation to vehicle navigation.

The mini-S3 is 0.7 inches thick, weighs a mere 60 grams (approx. 2 oz) and has a useful rubberized non-slip coating for any surface. It runs on an 8 hour rechargeable Lithium-ion battery utilizing a mini-USB charging plug for on-the-go charging from any computer and is compatible with all GPS software e.g. CoPilot Live, TomTom, Streets and Trips.

Retailing at $99, the Emtac mini-S3 is a competitive alternative to higher priced GPS products out on the current market. 

Read [Pocketnow]

Do you have a Denon A/V receiver and an iPod, well now there is a easy way to integrate the two. The ASD-1R, also know as the Denon iDock. The iDock is available in black or white finishes, and includes all connecting cables as well as adaptors to accommodate the many different sizes of iPods (Minis, Nano, Photo, Video etc).  iPod users will feel the power of ‘Command and Control’ with the iDock and the Denon component it is connected to with features like on-screen display of all metadata (playlists, artist, song etc), full remote control of accessing audio files and the iDock will even charge the iPod.  Photos and videos from compatible iPods are also handled with the iDock.

The iDock will be available very soon for $129.99 in black and white.

Via [Akihabara]