Looking for an easy way to control that Arduino powered robot you built? We just caught wind of a pair of apps for Android that look pretty handy! WiFi Bot Control and Bluetooth Bot Control.

[James] is one of those guys on a quest to control everything ... A cheap serial Bluetooth modem from eBay lets him connect to his phone. An Arduino board listens for data from the modem and ...

Arduino boards get a Bluetooth Smart dev kit from Nordic Semiconductor. The SDK is compatible with a range of Arduino, ChipKIT shields that employ the nRF8001 Bluetooth Smart connectivity device.