{"id":635499,"date":"2010-01-19T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5452057"},"modified":"2010-01-19T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T23:00:00","slug":"sort-of-bring-your-old-car-into-the-21st-century-with-brandos-bluetooth-steering-wheel-mp3-player-carelectronics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/635499","title":{"rendered":"Sort Of Bring Your Old Car Into the 21st Century With Brando&#8217;s Bluetooth Steering Wheel MP3 Player [Carelectronics]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/steeringwheelbluetoothmp3_fmcarkit_1_640.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/500x_steeringwheelbluetoothmp3_fmcarkit_1_640.jpg?w=500\" class=\"left image500\"  \/><\/a>Brando&#8217;s new Steering Wheel Bluetooth MP3\/FM Car Kit is a wacky little device that hangs on your steering wheel, giving you all sorts of different features probably done better by a nice in-dash stereo kit.<\/p>\n<p>First, there&#8217;s a Bluetooth speakerphone for hands free driving, including an ugly little Bluetooth headset. There&#8217;s also a built-in MP3 player that reads files off microSD cards and transmits audio to your stereo via an FM transmitter.<\/p>\n<p>The phonebook holds 600 numbers, the battery is rechargeable, and this thing seems like a crappy substitute for any number of better gadgets. But hey, for $48 it&#8217;s probably one of the cheapest ways to get all of these features into a beater you don&#8217;t feel like upgrading with a nice in-dash stereo. [<a href=\"http:\/\/shop.brando.com\/steering-wheel-bluetooth-mp3-fm-car-kit_p04151c0309d060.html\">Brando<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/2010\/01\/19\/bluetooth-mp3-more-all-on-your-steering-wheel\/\">CrunchGear<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=0a670268cb26ded92e05cb216911e627&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=0a670268cb26ded92e05cb216911e627&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?resize=0%2C0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=1VUD7Q3MBc0:uKDpKrSMZDM:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=1VUD7Q3MBc0:uKDpKrSMZDM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=1VUD7Q3MBc0:uKDpKrSMZDM:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=1VUD7Q3MBc0:uKDpKrSMZDM:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=1VUD7Q3MBc0:uKDpKrSMZDM:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=1VUD7Q3MBc0:uKDpKrSMZDM:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/1VUD7Q3MBc0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brando&#8217;s new Steering Wheel Bluetooth MP3\/FM Car Kit is a wacky little device that hangs on your steering wheel, giving you all sorts of different features probably done better by a nice in-dash stereo kit. 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