I love that security feature – this would have saved me a lot of money. Used to loose my phone all the time back in my crazy days.
The BluAlert bracelet uses Bluetooth technology to buzz discretely on your wrist when your phone rings. Even in the loudest room, or the most boisterous dance-floor, you won’t miss it when BlueAlert goes off. Even better, BluAlert acts like a security device! Once paired with your phone, if it should suddenly find itself more than 5 meters away, BlueAlert buzzes. Not only will you never miss a call, you’ll never lose your phone.
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lori wrote,
I purchased one of these from ThinkGeek.com, had to send it back because it did not work.
Link | January 16th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
RGS wrote,
Lori, what was wrong with it?
Link | January 16th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
lori wrote,
I was able to pair it with my Nokia N76, however it would only stay connected for about 10 seconds. After 10 seconds the connection would drop and the bracelet would power off. I followed all the instructions and I made sure it was completely charged before pairing. I even tried with my E61, Samsung Trace, Blast and i600. Same results for all.
Link | January 17th, 2008 at 12:03 am
RGS wrote,
What a bummer! I am wondering if everyone had the problem, or if your was just not working right. Thank you for the feedback.
Link | January 17th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Benji wrote,
I bought this item from ThinkGeek as well. While the idea of it is very appealing to me, the actual product leaves much to be desired. It just feels very cheap. The product instructions back this up with typically poor grammar and an English-as-a-third-language feel.
The charging port on the braclet feels quite loose as well. This thing is not going to last long. The buzz alert is also very weak unfortunately.
All that I could live with if wasn’t for the fact that the bracelet drops connectivity with my phone too frequently for comfort. I end up checking my phone for missed calls more than I would without it – which as you might guess – defeats the point entirely.
For the quality level of this product, $50.00 is about ~$20.00 too much for what you get. If anyone out there decides to create a quality version of this, I would be definitely give it another shot. To anyone thinking about this purchase – I would suggest waiting until that happens.
Link | January 30th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
RGS wrote,
Benji,
thank you very much for taking the time writing the review. If you find out about an updated version please let me know.
Link | January 30th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Adam wrote,
Lose, not Loose.
“Used to loose my phone all the time back in my crazy days.”
Link | February 7th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Hannes wrote,
For me, it works well, doesn’t lose connection. HOWEVER: your phone recognises the bracelet as either “hands-free” or “headset”. That means the phone redirects audio to the bracelet and turns its own microphone speaker off. End of story: you may be alterted to calls, but you can’t communicate, because the bracelet has neither microphone nor speaker :0
Or am I missing something?
Link | March 11th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Hannes wrote,
OK, got a hint on Expansys – disable both services/profiles: hands-free and headset. Not easy on my device, one has to do a refresh to see both services, and I thought I’d tried it in my various attempts.
Does the trick.
They might mention that in the manual (yes, I’m a dreamer
Link | March 11th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
winnie wrote,
Wish I could just get the guts of this — I have no interest in another bracelet but I’d quite like to slip something like this into my cunt so I get a nice buzz when someone calls me! I can never hear my phone in my bag.
Link | April 12th, 2008 at 2:49 pm