@joker - no flames from here matey. if someone can show me that it doesn't use more power in idle then I'm all for leaving BT turned on if not connected.

But like you I am a control freak, and because I don't use either my keyboard or gps all the time would just like to be able to easily turn it on and off.

My laptop had a hardware switch - overkill but that script should solve it. Now just for an icon.