Comments on: Bluetooth One: One-Click Access to Bluetooth from Anywhere on Your Phone

By: Clyde Harris

Clyde Harris — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:50:38 +0000

Bluetooth struggles with usability issues that should be much easier to use than current implementation from your cell phone. – without doubt.
… instantly turn Bluetooth on with a simple press, from anywhere in the user interface, with no need to return to the main menu and search through several levels of menus.

Great idea that needs to be implemented for the sake of all cell phone humanity!

By: Holden Meykock

Holden Meykock — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:35:57 +0000

Not only is this a fantastic convenience feature but it has enormous road (driving) safety implications as well. The easier you make it for people to understand and access Bluetooth the more they will use it. “Bluetooth One” has the potential to drive the entire wireless industry forward in terms of user adoption of this feature.
Live long and Bluetooth.

By: Ross Kane

Ross Kane — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:45:24 +0000

It’s like he read my mind. I can’t count the number of times I needed a “Bluetooth One” button to activate or deactivate a headset or just to simply pass a V-card onto a colleague. This is exactly the kind of innovation that drives humanity forward – to a better, safer, easier to navigate world. Bravo to “Bluetooth One”……bravo!

By: John Cheng

John Cheng — Sat, 16 May 2009 01:15:43 +0000

Excellent idea.
Bluetooth is already a popular tool, but some people are struggle with the pairing menu.

By: Judy Mellett

Judy Mellett — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:46:19 +0000

Manufacturers, Carriers, Developers keep losing sight of the basics; too often trading off usability for advanced features or line extensions. Bluetooth One would increase adoption and usage to stimulate demand for Bluetooth evolutions!

By: Davd Levy

Davd Levy — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:14:55 +0000

The best ideas smack of the “why didn’t I think of that?! Bluetooth One is worse (better) because the question is why hasn’t ANYONE thought of this?! Bluetooth could and should be so easier to use. This seems like a basic step in the right direction.

By: Matthew Lee

Matthew Lee — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:21:01 +0000

I can’t believe cell phone manufacturers haven’t already figured out something this simple and intuitive – especially with today’s prevalence of Bluetooth capabilities in handsets, and the plethora of Bluetooth devices on the market.

This implementation would drive both usage of Bluetooth on handsets and sales of Bluetooth devices thru the roof – finally, even my mom wouldn’t be afraid to use her Bluetooth headset!

Two of the key implementation details that I see as being the most important differentiators are the dedicated Bluetooth key (that works like Send key), and the contextual usage (act upon the item that is highlighted). Very marketable.

The beauty of this implementation is that there is no hardware changes required – a manufacturer simply needs to remap an existing dedicated external hardkey to the Bluetooth One function. All the work is in the software! This means that this implementation has no affect on the other functionality of the device (radio performance, SAR values, size, form factor, etc.).

By: Matthew Abrams

Matthew Abrams — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:15:00 +0000

I cant wait for this to come! Great ideas, and you nailed all of the downfalls with todays current implementation in a very easy to use and intuative manner.