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What is Bluetooth?

  • 02-04-2005 12:04pm
    #1
    Scarinae
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 11,362 ✭✭✭✭


    'Bluetooth' is written all over mobile phone brochures... But what's the difference between it and Infrared? Is it just like Infrared but with a longer range?


Comments

  • #2
    Shrimp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭Shrimp


    OH GOD, just google it will you..


  • #3
    Thumper Long
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭Thumper Long


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth


  • #4
    kasintahan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭kasintahan


    It's a wireless, non line of sight (NLOS), low bandwidth, low power, personal area networking technology (PAN) for transferring data between other bluetooth equiped devices.

    Use if for backing up phone data (pix, music, SMS etc) to a pc or printer, playing games with strangers on buses and identity theft (ask Paris Hilton).

    Frankly if you don't yet know what it is you probably wouldn't use it.


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,581 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    see also bluejacking
    infra red can also be sniffed too.


  • #6
    rsynnott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭rsynnott


    It is also, as all fearers of mobile phones and wireless know, a hideous lethal death ray.


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  • #7
    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    Toothing is another phenomenally great use for the technology.


  • #8
    HungryJoey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭HungryJoey


    While this thread is here...i am new to blue tooth also , I was wondering can i get a USB- Blue tooth adapter to plug into my PC and then transfer data between PC and Phone ?


  • #9
    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    HungryJoey wrote:
    While this thread is here...i am new to blue tooth also , I was wondering can i get a USB- Blue tooth adapter to plug into my PC and then transfer data between PC and Phone ?
    Yep! You can pick one up for €23.99 in Maplin.


  • #10
    HungryJoey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭HungryJoey


    Sweet...And no messing around aand complicated **** ? It will save me buying a Data cable from 3G ... For a NEC e616V 3g phone.


  • #11
    rsynnott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭rsynnott


    monkeyfudge wrote:
    Yep! You can pick one up for €23.99 in Maplin.

    There's an even cheaper (I think under 20euro) one in Peats, Russian made.


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