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R_J_Webb
27th August 2003, 09:26 AM
Hi, as we'll all end up with an xda2, and they seem set to have built in Buetooth. I thought a thread all about the possitive applications for Bluetooth would be useful.

Can we steer away from the 'why can't it just have wifi' argument and actually discuss uses for bluetooth.

My thoughts are...

Bt gps mouse for the car would be fantastic. allowing you to pass the xda around the car and still have it picking up a signal. even take it outside the car when stopped to plan the rest of your route.

I have a broadband internet connection at home, running from a dedicated server machine, by Bt'ing the server i'll be able to wirelessly surf the net anywhere in my house, that would rock! internet based voice comms in my mobile. guess you could also Bt activesync if you really felt the need, but i tend to charge it at the same time so i'll stilll be plugging a cable in.

Bt headsets could be good. driving along the road and your phone rings etc...

Guess you could Bt contacts and appointments etc

Bt games could be interesting, think theres a worms clone called snails that already does this.

Does anyone know if it'll be able to connect to more than one Bt device at a time? say a gps system and a headset? or my server machine and a headset? Can anyone think of Bt uses that i've overlooked

Cyberb0b
27th August 2003, 06:09 PM
i hope your house's not so big do not forget BTs range does not go over 10 meters and BT is much more subject to interferences frequencies with other devices than 802.b or g protocol. Even more BT max speed theorically is 2 Mbps, whereas wifi 802.11b is 10 and 802.11g is 54

i guess THAT makes the difference too :)

BT is more secure ok but within a very limited range and brandwidth, perfect for headsets

Carlos
29th August 2003, 11:41 PM
You can use multiple devices. BT effectively doesn't even give the full 10-meter specified range (unless it is Class II, 100 meter spec). It is very slow with an effective throughput around 700k. It is fantastic for headsets, and still much faster than GPRS. The GPS thing makes me laugh though...both devices need power, so why not just cable them together?!?