Bluetooth through walls?

[waremaster]

Hello.

Does the bluetooth on your Kaiser or Tilt work through walls?

I have a mac pro which has a very good strong bluetooth signal and I can connect to it via nearly all of my other PDA's however my Tilt cannot see the mac pro through any walls.

I have tested the range of the bluetooth by placing the Tilt on a table and playing an mp3 to my Jabra BT620s's and in direct view of the phone I can get about 25 ft from it which I believe is quite acceptabe but the minute I try to connect or maintain a connection throught a sheetrock wall it cuts out.

Does anoyone elses unit do the same thing? Or do I still possibly have a defective unit?

Any ideas?

Tom

[waremaster]

Am I the only one who notices this?

[3waygeek]

BT uses the same 2.4 GHz frequency range as 802.11b, so it should theoretically work. However, BT uses somewhat less power than WiFi, so you may not get the same range.

I have a Sony MEX-BT5000 radio in my car, which is paired with the phone. My garage is about 20 feet from my living room, with one wall between the two rooms. Sometimes, when I forgot to take my old Wizard with me, I would notice the Sony pairing with the phone, only to lose the pairing as soon as I back out of the garage. So it is possible for BT to connect through a wall. However, I haven't forgotten my Tytn II yet, so I haven't been able to test its BT performance.