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==Bluetooth== | ==Bluetooth== | ||
Bluetooth is a very secure and elegant, royalty-free, ultra-short range wireless network technology | 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:=== | ===See also:=== | ||
* [[Future Bluetooth]] | |||
* [[Security alert]] - an vulnerability in Sony-Ericsson T610 and Nokia 6310i | |||
* [[Bluetooth news blog]] | * [[Bluetooth news blog]] | ||
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==Bluetooth | |||
==Bluetooth sites:== | |||
* [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:== | |||
* 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:=== | ===Input devices:=== | ||
* [http://www.baracoda.com/market/anglais/market_pencil_A.html Baracoda Pencil] - The First Bluetooth [[Barcode]] [[Scanner]] | * [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 | * [http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/keyboard/wodbt_info.asp Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop for Bluetooth] - The First Bluetooth keyboard | ||
===Phones with built-in [[BT]] :=== | ===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=== | ===PDA's with built-in BT=== | ||
[[Category:Hardware]] |