BlueTooth CAR-100

[fhein]

Has anyone used the se bluetooth controlled car? I read that it is charged using the phone, but for how long does it run on one charge?

[Michael]

I never used one of the commercial models.

But my guess is that it is charged with the phone's charger, not the phone.

[Verbal_Kint]

mobile-review (http://www.mobile-review.com/index-en.shtml) has reviewed it. Even though that side won't load for me now, it had a picture which looked like you put it into the phone.

[Michael]

Yeah, that is for sure a jack meant to plug into the phone directly.

Wierd.

[Verbal_Kint]

There is a reason for that I think. It doesn't need to much power (a few hours of driving on each charge..) and it ensures SE only compatibility.

Marnix

[Steven]

Yep, that's what a SE rep told me. They don't want the Nokia people charging these lil' toys and playing with them ;)

[smalltown]

I think the design of the sonyericssson bluetooth car is nice. That can make people to buy it. Its have cut design. Nice. i like it. yes

[fhein]

I read the review that verbal_kint mentioned and it pretty much answered my questions (it runs for a couple of hours on each charge). But I kinda expected it to be much smaller (about 2/3 of what it is), recharge faster (the review mentions that it shouldn't be charged for more than an hour because it drains the phone) and run out of batteries faster. Perhaps it's better with a long charge time and a long run time than 1 minute charge and 10 minute run that I guessed.
katshing.se (http://www.katshing.se/) lists them as being in stock and sells them for 598 SEK + 90 SEK shipping. They don't deliver outside Sweden, but it's 66 + 10 euro.