You can access BT SPP in your Arduino code, treat it as a serial device and connect to your Edison project via Android phone with BT SPP App. This means you can control your Edison projects ...

He was able to get it running with an Arduino in no time so he decided to take the project a little bit further. What he ended up with is a stepper motor driver which can be controlled over Bluetooth.

Today, Coin announced that it will offer up an Arduino Bluetooth Low Energy module that's designed to be small and easy to integrate into hardware hacks and products of all kinds.