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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 | 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 sites:== | ==Bluetooth sites:== | ||
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==Bluetooth [[product]]s and [[companies]]:== | ==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. | * [http://www.blueunplugged.com BlueUnPlugged] - The Biggest Bluetooth Store, nice for catching upcoming products. | ||
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===Laptops with built-in BT are available from:=== | ===Laptops with built-in BT are available from:=== | ||
*[http://www.apple.com Apple Computers] | *[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]] |