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CHICAGO - Motorola and wireless headset supplier GN Netcom unveiled their first Bluetooth products during the GlobalXChange show and announced plans for late-year shipments.
Motorola's first Bluetooth-capable wireless phone is the trimode CDMA Timeport 270, which will be available in limited quantities to carriers in December and in high volume in the first quarter.
The Timeport 270 is expected to retail for at least $299, and a Bluetooth Smart Module attachment due at the same time is expected to retail for around $199, the company said. The Smart Module is integrated into a replacement battery cover and will overate off the phone's battery
The module will be available in wireless phone distribution channels along with a Motorola-brand PC Card, due in December at an expected price range of $149-$249, and a Motorola-brand USB add-on, due in the first half of 2001, the company said.
Motorola said it is holding off a Bluetooth headset introduction until sometime in...