Benefits of bluetooth?

Nolf-JobNolf-Job Inside each and every one of you!
edited October 2003 in Science & Tech
I've read about bluetooth, and know most of the basics, I'm just wondering what kind of real benefits it offers. All it seems like it does is to get rid of cables and extend the range of things like wireless keyboards/mice. If anyone has any insight into its more interesting capabilities I'd like to hear about them.

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  • Al_CapownAl_Capown Indiana
    edited October 2003
    My insight: I hate it. It's a pain in the ass to setup and buggy. This is according to my experience with an MS Bluetooth mouse, but then again everything about Microsoft's line of mice is buggy.


    P.S. I see you go to purdue. What class are you in? My sister just started this year.
  • Nolf-JobNolf-Job Inside each and every one of you!
    edited October 2003
    Can you explain a little more about what kind of problems you had. I've been looking at this keyboard http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm?page=products/details&CRID=658&CONTENTID=7321&countryid=2&languageid=1 and the media pad would be nice when I'm running music to my living room from my computer. I've heard that the same thing can be done with a bluetooth pda though?

    Al, I'm a junior double majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Graphics Technology.
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    I love bluetooth immensly.

    I have a USB bluetooth adapter that travels from my work desktop to my home desktop PC, my laptop/tablet combo is bluetooth enabled, my cellphone is bluetooth enabled (Sony Ericsson P800 smartphone with inbuilt PDA and I have a bluetooth headset for my smartphone.

    All work seamlessly together. :cool:

    The adapter allows me to syncronise my home MS Outlook with my work Outlook seamlessly without wires. It allows me transfer files and OGG files (phone has an inbuilt MP3/OGG/AVI/MPEG4 player built-in) back and forth and sync data with the PDA functions.

    The bluetooth laptop allows me to dial up via GSM ISDN or GPRS whenever I am travelling.

    The headset works perfectly with my phone and as an audio gateway with my adapter into my desktop/s.

    Haven't used a wired connection for months now and Id never consider going back. When Im travelling, my phone stays in my pocket. My laptop goes to make a GSM/GPRS connection and the phone instigates a connection acting as modem. All through bluetooth. The headset has voice dialing and headset/headphone capability, no need to have the phone anywhere but in my pocket.

    I love bluetooth. It rocks.
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    Bluetooth is somewhat a relatively short range wireless connection protocol. Depending on the strength of the relay, and whether or not you have a wireless LAN and a conversion gateway, it can be used for Laptop to PC communication, PC to PC adhoc communication, PC to PDA linking for syncing PDA<->PC or PDA<->Laptop, and is kinda limited at going through walls, though it does not need to be line of sight to work over fairly short distances.

    Lets say you have a Living Room that is seperated from where the computer is by two other rooms. You might have fun trying to use your bluetooth keyboard there and still get good comm to your PC. OTOH, if Bluetooth relays were used you could accomplish this reasonably well. It is a relatively short distance thing that has limited security facilities right now.

    John.
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