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Bluetooth[edit | edit source]

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).

Bluetooth sites:[edit | edit source]

Bluetooth mailing lists and archives:[edit | edit source]

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blueinfo/ - Interesting stuff for you Blueholics
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bluetech/ - Highly technical, archives open only to members

Bluetooth products and companies:[edit | edit source]

Content download / Bluetooth Hot-Spot implementations[edit | edit source]

Stores[edit | edit source]

BlueUnPlugged - The Biggest Bluetooth Store, nice for catching upcoming products.

Input devices:[edit | edit source]

Baracoda Pencil - The First Bluetooth Barcode Scanner
Flexis Bluetooth Keyboard - made out of silicon, can be neatly rolled up, weighs aroung 180g. This doesn't seem to be sold anywhere yet.
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop for Bluetooth - The First Bluetooth keyboard

Phones with built-in BT are available from:[edit | edit source]

Coming soon from:

Motorola:

Laptops with built-in BT are available from:[edit | edit source]

Apple Computers
HP - nc4000 portable with (optional) integrated 802.11b (upgradeable to g) AND Bluetooth. Also handhelds with integrated BT+Wlan are available from HP
Dell The 8600, 9100, and XPS Models

PDA's with built-in BT[edit | edit source]

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 ==Bluetooth==
-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]]
+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]].
-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 [[802.11g]]''' 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 Bluetooth and is very much backward compatible with 802.11b).
+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).
+----
+===See also:===
+* [[Future Bluetooth]]
+* [[Security alert]] - an vulnerability in Sony-Ericsson T610 and Nokia 6310i
+* [[Bluetooth news blog]]
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-===Bluetooth links===
+==Bluetooth sites:==
 * [http://www.bluetooth.com/ Bluetooth SIG public pages]
 * [http://www.bluetooth.org/ Bluetooth SIG member pages]
+----
+==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
+----
+==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]]