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Motorola Set To Launch Phone Controlled (NAS)CAR

Feb 22, 2006, 1:53 PM by (staff)

The FCC today approved a set of accessories for Motorola that reveals plans to launch a set of remote controlled cars in cooperation with Nikko. Chances are Motorola will use this opportunity to further tie in Nextel's NASCAR sponsorship to iDen handsets. The approval was for a Zigbee dongle that can either plug into a traditional looking RC vehicle remote or into the accessory port of an iDen phone. Either the dual-joystick remote or a Java application on an iDen handset (specifically an i850), can then be used to control a Zigbee-enabled RC car. Each "Wireless Wheels" set will include a dongle, remote and car. This is not the first phone-controlled RC car. A few years ago, Sony Ericsson sold a Bluetooth car that could be controlled from any of their Bluetooth-enabled phones.

source: FCC

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sowhatsowhat10

Feb 22, 2006, 4:37 PM

technology is cool but............

🙄

does it have to be taken this far.

i'm a techie guy and i like defeating the machine and taking my electronics to the furthest they can go, BUT WHY IN THE HELL WOULD I RUSH TO BUY A BLUETOOTH OR "WIRELESS WHEELS" PACK TO CONTROLL MY DAMN RC?!?!?! 👿

it cool for showoff but seriously on my way out the door why would i grab my rc but not my remote just because i can use my phone for its remote.

this must be a gimmick to get all the hillbilly nascar fans up to date with technology.

FatFrosty

haha, I can't wait for the hillbilly's to come and flame ya for that one. Some are extremely productive members of society ya know? 😉

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slauttr

hillbilly nascar fans hmm... well since nascar makes more money than any other sport i guess that makes you... below them. yes i like nascar, no im not a hillbilly, but you are a moron. remember something its a phone. i bet your someone who ta...
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beejmann

Feb 22, 2006, 5:24 PM

Sony Ericsson was selling this 3 years ago.

You can find them on ebay. They will only work with SE phones though.

jeremy

beejmann said:
You can find them on ebay. They will only work with SE phones though.

Yeah, that's kinda what the article said about it not being the first of its kind. I actually have one of the SE cars and it was rea...
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