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Focus on Bluetooth - What's it all about?
Connect without cablesBluetooth is a simple instant radio solution that allows different devices to talk to each other. This means that many of the operations you do now using cables or infrared can be replaced by Bluetooth. However, because each Bluetooth device is a radio, it means that they are not limited to line of sight, and they can even communicate through walls. Also, because it doesn't use physical cables you don't have to worry about having the correct cable or connector for the other end of the connection.
Bluetooth is designed to transmit over 10m+ distances, but with a low power drain, which means it can be used in battery powered products (e.g. mobile phones / PDAs). 'Personal Area Networking' aptly describes Bluetooth's best feature - being able to create a mini personal network with any devices within your 10m+ radio 'bubble'.
For devices to communicate using Bluetooth they each need a radio. Many products are now available with Bluetooth built in (e.g. mobile phones from Nokia and Ericsson / printers from Hewlett Packard / Epson). However, if you don't already have Bluetooth built in to your device you can use an add-on Bluetooth radio (e.g. computer and PDA products from Brainboxes / printer adaptor from Hewlett Packard).
Some of the devices currently available in the market include:
- Bluetooth PCMCIA cards
- Bluetooth USB adaptors
- Bluetooth CompactFlash cards
- Bluetooth Printers and printer adaptors
- Bluetooth Network access points
- Bluetooth Mobile Phones
More devices are appearing on a regular basis from different companies.
What can I use it for?Bluetooth applications
- In the office Bluetooth allows you to move around at your ease, whilst keeping connections, allowing greater freedom and convenience in the office.
- Internet access
- Email
- Occasional Network access
- Exchanging files
- Synchronizing contact and calendar information between PDA / laptop / mobile phone
- In the home Bluetooth allows you to move around at your ease, whilst keeping connections, allowing greater freedom and convenience at home.
- Internet access from different rooms
- Shared Internet access by several computers
- Synchronizing contact and calendar information between PDA / laptop / mobile phone
- Printing
- On the move
- Internet access - via mobile - GPRS
- Dialling the office to pick up emails & files
- Printing at customer's office
- Exchanging files & e-business cards with customers / contacts
- Internet access - via public network points (e.g. airport / station)
- Synchronizing contact and calendar information between PDA / laptop / mobile phone
Brainboxes & BluetoothBrainboxes has been involved in the design and manufacture of Bluetooth products since 1999. We were the first company to demonstrate a working Bluetooth product based on CSR's world beating silicon and had our first Bluetooth product certified in early 2001 - making us one of the first companies in the world to have a Bluetooth 'approved' product.
Benefits of Brainboxes Bluetooth
- Our extensive experience designing and manufacturing multiport serial cards leads to a better Bluetooth product, as Bluetooth at its most basic level is a serial link without the cable.
- Brainboxes is 100% focused on Bluetooth and has been involved in Bluetooth since the beginning
- Brainboxes develops hardware and software to suit the user - constantly refining the user experience to make it simpler and easier to use
- Brainboxes 18 years of experience, designing, developing and manufacturing communications hardware and software has led to a high quality Bluetooth product, which is supported in-house, giving Brainboxes customers a quick, flexible resolution to any issues.
Benefits of Brainboxes Bluetooth Hardware and Software
- Microsoft approved hardware
- Brainboxes products work out of the box with Microsoft's Bluetooth software
- Brainboxes products will be Microsoft logo approved ('Designed for Windows XP') as soon as the Microsoft software is released later this year.
- Wide range of products - all developed and manufactured at single source giving users a consistent user experience
- Excellent quality hardware leads to less returns
- Extensive interoperability testing enabling users devices to work together out of the box
- Intuitive user interface gives a better user experience
- Highly configurable software
- Ability to set up user accounts for Bluetooth shared folders provides secure password access only to your files
- Integrated with Windows Explorer, easy to understand and use
- Good range, better distance than most other Bluetooth products
- Excellent data throughput, fast access to information / data
What products have we tested against?Mobile Phones
- Ericsson T68, T68i
- Ericsson T39
- Ericsson R520
- Nokia 6210 (Bluetooth battery pack)
- Nokia 6310, 6310i
- Motorola 270
- Printers & Printer Adaptors
- Hewlett Packard 995c (built in Bluetooth)
- MPi printer adaptor
- Hewlett Packard printer adaptor
- Troy printer adaptor
Network Access Points
- Red M
- Pico
- Inventel
- Wireless Networks
- Axis
Miscellaneous
- Compaq iPAQ 3870 (built in Bluetooth)
- Third Party Applications used with our products include:
- Mobile phone related software
- BVRP Mobile Phone Tools
- Nokia Connectivity Suite
- Pocket PC related Software
- Field Software - Print Pocket CE
(c)Brainboxes Limited 2003 - Acknowledgements to Brainboxes of Liverpool, who compiled these FAQs on Brainboxes Bluetooth Products. Applicable to Brainboxes Bluetooth Products.
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