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Today’s Totally Cool Tech: The Legacy USB Joystick – $15 (via Everything USB); CallPod Drone USB Bluetooth Adapter – $50 (via Everything USB); iPod Bluetooth Adapters by RXS: Redshift – $45+ @ TwistedCarbon.com (via Gadget Spy); The Pioneer DEH-7000BT – $214 @ Amazon

Finally – a controller to play video games the way they should be played – OLD SCHOOL STYLE !!!
Tired of trying to play video games with a keyboard/mouse?
Tired of trying to use a thumbstick, flight yoke, or other thumbpad designed controllers to play video games and they just don’t work right and your game play suffers?
The answer is here at long last, the classic joystick controller!

Simply plug the Drone into the USB port of your computer, and it will immediately connect with your Bluetooth headset or headphones to provide streaming music and voice over a 100 meter (328ft) range. There is no software to install because the Drone has on-board software which communicates with your headset. The computer sees the Drone as a USB speaker and simply routes the audio automatically. When a Skype call comes in, Drone switches over to the call automatically. When used with the Dragon headset you can enjoy the full 100 meter range. Supports A2DP (Stereo) Bluetooth profile.

Bluetooth iPod/iPhone Adaptor (RXS BTM‐3303)

• The Bluetooth iPod/iPhone Adaptor supports A2DP and AVRCP profiles. This means that you can stream music from your Apple device to your Bluetooth accessory. It also adds a remote control functionality so you can play, pause and skip tracks using your speakers or headphones.
  
• You can also connect to Bluetooth car stereos. Gadgets such as the iTrip rely on FM frequencies to broadcast music from your iPod and play it though your car stereo speakers. With the Bluetooth iPod/iPhone Adaptor you no longer have to rely on FM signals or suffer interference when listening to your iPod whilst driving.
  
• The Bluetooth iPod/iPhone Adaptor weighs just 4.5g, measures 43.5 x 15 x 6.6mm and sits neatly against your device. (This kit may be tiny but it has big advantages!)
  
• It works using the power from your device so there is no charging necessary.
  
• It has a working range of up to 10m and is available in black, white or silver.

Bluetooth 3.5mm Mini Jack Adaptor (RXS BTM‐0903)

• The Bluetooth 3.5mm Mini Jack Adaptor simply plugs into any device with a standard headphone socket to provide instant connectivity.
  
• It is Bluetooth 1.2 compliant class 2 and supports an A2DP profile allowing you to stream music direct to a single Bluetooth accessory.
  
• The Bluetooth 3.5mm Mini Jack Adaptor is charged separately from your device via USB. It provides up to 10 hours of listening time and up to 150 hours of stand‐by time.
  
• The Bluetooth 3.5mm Mini‐Jack Adaptor is 48 x 21 x 11mm in size, weighs 14.5g and is available in black or white.

Pioneer DEH-P7000BT – New Built-in Bluetooth® Solution
Your calls come in loud & clear with advanced echo cancellation. Setup is easy with simple phone pairing and automatic phonebook transfer.

• Simple Phone Pairing
  Simply tilt, turn and push the Rotary Commander* to register and use up to three Bluetooth® -compatible cell phones.
• Transfer All Your Phonebook* Information and Numbers
  Use with Phone Pairing to transfer your entire phonebook at a single time to the headunit, which can memorize up to 3600 different numbers: 400 persons x 3 contacts x 3 phone types (cell phone, home, office, etc.).
  * Compatible Phone with PBAP profile required.
• New Echo Cancellation
  Advanced Echo Cancellation has three levels of adjustment to keep phone calls sounding sufficiently loud and clear.

Note: Not all Bluetooth® phones may be compatible, and some features may not be available with all phones.

Bluetooth® Wireless Technology for “Wireless Audio” Control and Streaming
When you’re not utilizing hands-free calling, the DEH-P7000BT can use Bluetooth® Wireless Technology to feed your appetite for entertainment. Using “wireless audio” control and streaming (AVRCP, A2DP), you can control  and listen to a compatible audio player or music phone on your headunit.

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