whats bluetooth for?

[dephektr]

what does bluetooth on a phone allow me to do? connect it to a computer?

 

[HolyGerbil]

Yes, its a wireless connection to your PC, assuming you have the correct adapter. You can exchange info such as contach information and calendars.

On a side note, wireless keyboard/mice using bluetooth have almost no input delay, a vast improvement on the standard wi fi wireless perhipherals, if that helps any

 

[Mrpilot007]

Blue tooth is a technology for wireless communication between devices. You could add an earpiece, connect to a computer as a modem, talk through your vehicle, access a gps device. Basically two way communication!

 

[Shlong]

I use it for wireless headset, would use it with my computer but dont have bluetooth on my computer but I have a usb data cable.

 

[ZippyDan]

someone recently asked me what bluetooth was for and how it was different from say 802.11g and although my initial answer of wireless connectivity for small devices and accessories seemed correct, as i continued answering it i confused myself more.

i said its not really for networking, but thats not completely true as it can network devices such as playing games on mobile phones

i said it was less secure, but thats dumb because it has to have security to be viable, and its not like WEP is very secure anyway

i said it was shorter range, but actually i think one of the advantages of bluetooth was long range (see RF mice/keyboards vs bluetooth)

i see wireless mice that use standard RF or 2.4ghz (with long range) and i see bluetooth mice. i see game devices connecting via ad hoc wireless-g protocol and i see phones connecting via bluetooth. what i really see is some level of redundancy. what exactly is bluetooth accomplishing that couldnt have been accomplished with already existing technologies/protocols?

of course i like the idea of bluetooth: everything connecting wirelessly seems like a great idea. but did we really need another "competing" standard in the alphabet soup of catchphrases and brand names?

 

[edmundoab]

stronger signal then RF

 

[PokerGuy]

I think you were right on in your initial assessment. It has a limited range (compared to 802.11x wifi), but it's quick easy connectivity between devices. It's really catching on with cellphones in cars etc.

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: edmundoab
stronger signal then RF

Really? How can that be? Bluetooth is RF (radio frequency in the 2.4 GHz range.) It is a European development that replaces IRda (requires direct line of sight) to enable a wireless link between small devices.

BT

 

[dephektr]

why do some pdas with bluetooth say that you can email stuff with them. Is it possible to recieve internet on a bluetooth device?

 

[dephektr]

bump

 

[Topweasel]

A Bluetooth proxy from your main computer or a router if one exists that also has bluetooth abilities would allow you to email as it is a networking protocol even if its not the way its always treated.