From its member party kicking off an explosive year for Bluetooth technology, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced the winners of its fourth annual Best of CES Contest, an event held during the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to highlight the hottest, most innovative and consumer friendly Bluetooth enabled products.Fifty-four new Bluetooth products were submitted for the contest in six categories focusing on what consumers can do with the technology – talk on a headset, input information, listen to music, print data, transfer information, or enable use in an industrial or other vertical environment. The Bluetooth SIG carefully tested each product and judged them on a variety of criteria, including compliance with Bluetooth SIG qualification standards, ease-of-use, look and feel and overall usability of the product as expected by the average consumer.  

Bonus points were given to products complying with Experience Icon requirements. The Experience Icons make it simple for consumers to understand what a Bluetooth enabled device can do and how it will work with other devices for file transfers, printing, listening to music, talking on a headset or inputting information. Manufacturers are encouraged to use the icons on packaging of certified Bluetooth enabled products. Consumers can simply match Experience Icons to ensure a seamless wireless experience. 

Winners of the Bluetooth SIG Best of CES 2009 contest are (finalists indicated in parentheses): 

• Overall – Parrot Zikmu by Starck wireless speakers
• Headset/Hands-Free – LG HFB-500 solar-powered car kit (Motorola H780 Universal Bluetooth headset)
• Input – Microsoft Vista Feature Pack for Wireless (ISSC Dexin Bluetooth mouse)
• Music – Samsung YP-P3 media player (Parrot Zikmu by Starck wireless speakers)
• Print – LG Decoy mobile phone (Samsung M8800 mobile phone)
• Transfer – Parrot Specchio by Martin Szekely digital photo frame (Broadcom Windows Vista Bluetooth software stack)
• Vertical – Nonin Medical Model 9560 Pulse Oximeter (Ford Sync with 911 Assist)

New this year is the category of User’s Choice. Visitors to www.bluetooth.com/userschoice can enter to win one of the finalist products by voting on their pick of best product. Each vote counts as one entry and visitors may vote as often as they’d like. Check back towww.bluetooth.com on January 16 to find out the fan favorite. 

Category	Finalists:
Headset
	Rated as one of the top Bluetooth® headsets for background cancelation the Motorola H780 UniversalBluetooth headset features improved Motorola CrystalTalk™ for headsets so you can hear and be heard.	The LG HFB-500 visor Bluetooth® car kit has an embedded solar power system drawing from natural sun light to recharge the battery without any need to plug the unit in.
Input
	You can smoothly shift between the things you want to do and the things you need to do. For fun, you’ll love the extensive options you get for music, images, live and recorded TV, and online entertainment. For work, you’ll find improved document sharing and networking support.	Dexin MBP84/MBL84 Bluetooth® Mouse features Bluetoothv2.1 EDR with low battery detection, an optical and laser model.
Print
	The Pixon is an 8-megapixel touch screen camera-phone that looks like, and delivers the photographic quality of a digital camera.	The LG Decoy is a music phone with a built in Bluetooth®headset. It’s a sleek slider with mirror like finish, simple one-click pairing to your Bluetooth headset and 2.0 megapixel camera and camcorder.
Music
	The YP-P3 features a 16:9 3-inch wide screen multimedia player with capacitive touch screen with real haptic feedback and intuitive ‘Emoture’ touch user interface. Also enjoy 3D Surround Stereo with DNSe 3.0 High quality audio.	New Parrot by Philippe Starck Wireless Stereo Speakers. Innovative Designer Speakers feature 100 W total output, 360 Degree Immersive Sound and Apple Compatibility, along with a broad range of wireless capabilities.
Transfer
	Parrot Specchio Wi-Fi digital photo frame by Martin Szekely. 6.5 inch high-resolution LCD screen, connect easily and easily upload images from email or community sites. When powered down the frame appears to be a mirror.	The BCM1000-VPP software package offers a unique ‘control’ interface that is dynamically populated based upon profiles supported by the paired device.
Vertical
	The model 9560 is the worlds first fingertip oximeter with aBluetooth® radio (Nonin SABER module 6252-000). It is a simple oximetry solution that improves the quality of life for people using telehealth products.	Building on the huge success of SYNC, Ford Motor Compnay is moving to the next generation of in-car communications with the introduction of SYNC with “911 Assist” and SIRIUS Travel Link™ navigation.