The HTC Wizard has Bluetooth version 2.0...!

[dgpurvis]

Yep - not 1.1 or 1.2 - it is the first PDA, and one of the first devices full stop, that has the brand spanking up-to-date version 2.0 of Bluetooth.

If you don't know - BT 2.0 is 3 to 10 times faster (3 - 10 Mbps), uses less power, has no lag when connecting multiple devices and is backwardly compatible with BT 1.0 - 1.2 (proper and smaller stereo headsets will be one advantage of this).

See here for the evidence (from the Bluetooth Qualification website): http://qualweb.bluetooth.org/Template2.cfm?LinkQualified=QualifiedProducts&Details=Yes&ProductID=2740

[ShALLaX]

Excellent, good find!

[saldous]

Says BlueTooth 1.2 here: http://www.theunwired.net/?itemid=2638

[wardy]

Spoke to I-mate today , they confirm bluetooth 2.0 with Wid instead of Microsft Stack. They also mentioned 3g on the wizard. I guess they ment EDGE.

[ShALLaX]

Oh I really hope it is the Widcomm stack.

[ShALLaX]

Hrm.. annoyingly this says Bluetooth 1.2: http://www.qtek.fi/qtek9100.htm ... though their site says it has a 2.1MP camera in the spec even though the picture says 1.3MP :roll:

[saldous]

I can't understand how so many different sites all get the spec wrong and are confusing the consumer. HTC should sort their act out and accurately inform their reseller chain of the correct specs.

[RAGOv]

so,does bluetooth 2.0(if it really is,not 1.2) means a bluetooth range up to 100 meters?

RAGO :lol:

[Enervate]

Just to clarify, if you visit http://www.my-xda.com/xdaminis_spec.html O2 themselves say this comes with Bluetooth 2.0

[tsiros]

Yep - not 1.1 or 1.2 - it is the first PDA, and one of the first devices full stop, that has the brand spanking up-to-date version 2.0 of Bluetooth.

Um... no, it doesn't... sorry... the BT support is lame on the qtek and the range is worthless.

If you don't know - BT 2.0 is 3 to 10 times faster (3 - 10 Mbps), uses less power, has no lag when connecting multiple devices and is backwardly compatible with BT 1.0 - 1.2 (proper and smaller stereo headsets will be one advantage of this).

No it isn't. can you please check before you say wrong things? from wikipedia:


Bluetooth 2.0

This version is backwards compatible with 1.x. The main enhancement is the introduction of Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) of 2.1 Mbit/s. This has the following effects (Bluetooth SIG, 2004):

* 3 times faster transmission speed (up to 10 times in certain cases).
* Lower power consumption through reduced duty cycle.
* Simplification of multi-link scenarios due to more available bandwidth.
* Further improved BER (Bit error rate) performance.


A few comments:

if the chip in the device does not support EDR then it is no better than simple BT v1.2

It might say v2.0 on the box, but if it is not WITH EDR then there is no real advantage over v1.2

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