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| 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]]. | | Bluetooth is a very secure and elegant, royalty-free, ultra-short range wireless network technology developed originally developed by [[Ericsson]] and later [[The Bluetooth Consortium]] founded by Ericsson and other big companies and now by the [[Bluetooth SIG]] |
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| | It operates in the same internationally unlisenced 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 Comuters has introduced some high-end PowerBook portables with '''integrated Bluetooth and 802.11B''' to clearly state the case that these technologies can coexist on the same band. |
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| 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:===
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| * [[Future Bluetooth]]
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| * [[Security alert]] - an vulnerability in Sony-Ericsson T610 and Nokia 6310i
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| * [[Bluetooth news blog]]
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| | | ===Bluetooth links=== |
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| * [http://www.bluetooth.com/ Bluetooth SIG public pages] | | * [http://www.bluetooth.com/ Bluetooth SIG public pages] |
| * [http://www.bluetooth.org/ Bluetooth SIG member pages] | | * [http://www.bluetooth.org/ Bluetooth SIG member pages] |
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| ==Bluetooth mailing lists and archives:==
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| * http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blueinfo/ - Interesting stuff for you Blueholics
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| * http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bluetech/ - Highly technical, archives open only to members
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| ==Bluetooth [[product]]s and [[companies]]:==
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| ===Content download / Bluetooth Hot-Spot implementations===
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| * http://www.wideray.com/product/hardware.htm
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| * http://www.i-jack.com/eng/index.html
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| ===Stores===
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| * [http://www.blueunplugged.com BlueUnPlugged] - The Biggest Bluetooth Store, nice for catching upcoming products.
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| ===Input devices:===
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| * [http://www.baracoda.com/market/anglais/market_pencil_A.html Baracoda Pencil] - The First Bluetooth [[Barcode]] [[Scanner]]
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| * [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.
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| * [http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/keyboard/wodbt_info.asp Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop for Bluetooth] - The First Bluetooth keyboard
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| ===Phones with built-in [[BT]] are available from:===
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| *[http://www.sonyericsson.com Sony Ericsson:]
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| *[http://www.nokia.com Nokia:]
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| *[http://www.siemens.com Siemens:]
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| Coming soon from:
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| *[http://www.motorola.com Motorola:]
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| ===Laptops with built-in BT are available from:===
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| *[http://www.apple.com Apple Computers]
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| *[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
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| *[http://www.dell.com Dell] The 8600, 9100, and XPS Models
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| ===PDA's with built-in BT===
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