BeeWi Bluetooth Control Pad plus Remote Control Mini Cooper S Car you ride with your Phone!
by Antonio Wells
Jun 17, 2011 8:54 AM –
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BeeWi Bluetooth Control Pad plus Remote Control Mini Cooper S Car. Use your SmartPhone to drive the BeeWi RC car – available in Europe. Use your Smartphone to control and drive the BeeWi Bluetooth RC Car (for Android 2.1 & above). Your smartphone becomes the ultimate remote control device using intuitive motion or touch screen control interfaces to drive the BeeWi Bluetooth car. TO BE USED WITH A BEEWI BBZ201 RC CAR (available in most countries in Europe)!
Price: Free app, Car starts at £25.00
Tested on: Nexus S 4G, Nexus One, Samsung Infuse 4G, Samsung Epic 4G, and Motorola Droid
Content Rating: Everyone
Pros & Cons:
Pros
- Drive a remote controlled car with your phone via Bluetooth!
- Drive with accelerometer or touchscreen controls!
- Fast and fun remote controlled car!
- Easy to connect and setup.
Cons
- Currently only available in Europe.
Features:
BeeWi Bluetooth Control Pad is an app that works over Bluetooth to remote control a Mini Cooper S car with your phone. Pairing setup is easy once the app is downloaded and Bluetooth is enabled on your phone. Simply turn on the car power, launch the app, tap the Menu button a hit “Select a Car”, it will search for “BeeWi Mini Cooper S”, select it and presto! Sometimes “null” shows, select that and still presto… now the fun!
By default the orange “P” is engaged and is as you guessed, stands for ‘Park’. Toggle that to green and you’re ready to drive. Watch out, the Mini Cooper S is fast. First time I set it up the RC vamped off my desk and crash landed taking the rear view mirror with it (see the pics). 
There are two driving options; accelerometer or touchscreen controls. With the former you tip the phone down to drive, pull up for reverse, and tilt left/right like many accelerometer controlled Android games. For the latter you can multi-touch control the car with on-screen drive/reverse and left/right controls.
The car is only available in Europe so you’ll have to order online if you want it in the States. This is exciting to see innovative mobile technology in practical uses. To see how it works and how much fun it is, check out the vids below:
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Beewi Bluetooth Control Pad
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Beewi Bluetooth Control Pad Select Car
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Beewi Bluetooth Control Pad Controller Sensor
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BeeWi Mini Cooper S Front
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BeeWi Mini Cooper S Rear
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BeeWi Mini Cooper S Bottom
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BeeWi Mini Cooper S with Bluetooth Control Pad App
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BeeWi Mini Cooper S with Bluetooth Control Pad App
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BeeWi Mini Cooper S with Bluetooth Control Pad App