Editing Bluetooth

==Bluetooth==

Bluetooth is a very secure and elegant, royalty-free, ultra-short range wireless network technology originally developed by [[Ericsson]] and later [[The Bluetooth Consortium]] founded by Ericsson and other big companies and now by the [[Bluetooth SIG]].



The current version 1.1 operates in the same internationally unlicensed 2,4Ghz frequency band as [[WiFi]] or [[802.11b]], which has prompted a lot of uncertainty to the future of Bluetooth due to the much higher power output of WiFi appliances. Bluetooth uses frequency hopping at 1600 hops/second spread over 79 frequency slots, which makes it highly resistant to interference and Apple Computers has introduced high-end PowerBook portables with '''integrated Bluetooth and [[802.11g]]''' to clearly state the case that these technologies can coexist on the same band (802.11g uses the same 2,4GHz band as 802.11b and is very much backward compatible with 802.11b).

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===See also:===
* [[Future Bluetooth]]
* [[Security alert]] - an vulnerability in Sony-Ericsson T610 and Nokia 6310i
* [[Bluetooth news blog]]
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==Bluetooth sites:==

* [http://www.bluetooth.com/ Bluetooth SIG public pages]
* [http://www.bluetooth.org/ Bluetooth SIG member pages]
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==Bluetooth mailing lists and archives:==
* http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blueinfo/ - Interesting stuff for you Blueholics
* http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bluetech/ - Highly technical, archives open only to members
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==Bluetooth [[product]]s and [[companies]]:==

===Content download / Bluetooth Hot-Spot implementations===
* http://www.wideray.com/product/hardware.htm
* http://www.i-jack.com/eng/index.html


===Stores===

* [http://www.blueunplugged.com BlueUnPlugged] - The Biggest Bluetooth Store, nice for catching upcoming products.

===Input devices:===
* [http://www.baracoda.com/market/anglais/market_pencil_A.html Baracoda Pencil] - The First Bluetooth [[Barcode]] [[Scanner]]
* [http://www.flexis.co.kr/web/fxcubebt.htm Flexis Bluetooth Keyboard] - made out of silicon, can be neatly rolled up, weighs aroung 180g. This doesn't seem to be sold anywhere yet.
* [http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/keyboard/wodbt_info.asp Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop for Bluetooth] - The First Bluetooth keyboard


===Phones with built-in [[BT]] are available from:===
*[http://www.sonyericsson.com Sony Ericsson:]
*[http://www.nokia.com Nokia:]
*[http://www.siemens.com Siemens:]
Coming soon from:
*[http://www.motorola.com Motorola:]

===Laptops with built-in BT are available from:===
*[http://www.apple.com Apple Computers]
*[http://www.hp.com HP] - nc4000 portable with (optional) integrated 802.11b (upgradeable to g) '''AND''' Bluetooth. Also handhelds with integrated BT+Wlan are available from HP
*[http://www.dell.com Dell] The 8600, 9100, and XPS Models

===PDA's with built-in BT===

[[Category:Hardware]]