Posted by EastCoastStar
Source:
Harald Bluetooth was king of Denmark in the late 900s. He managed to unite Denmark and part of Norway into a single kingdom then introduced Christianity into Denmark. He left a large monument, the Jelling rune stone, in memory of his parents. He was killed in 986 during a battle with his son, Svend Forkbeard. Choosing this name for the standard indicates how important companies from the Baltic region (nations including Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland) are to the communications industry, even if it says little about the way the technology works.
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I would have never thought of this one haha.
Posted by masseur
nice refresher.
here are all the other references to this on esato for interest
Posted by k4m!k4ze
yep. Had bluetooth as one of the topics in a subject last month so i studied about that
. Also there was a stone carving (maybe that monument you were talking about 
)showing him with a mobile in one hand and a laptop in another
Posted by whizkidd
I knew that! Thanks anyway, :-D
Posted by EastCoastStar
sorry... forgot my source...
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/bluetooth5.htm
and well... @whiz you are just smart! haha
Posted by Debu
Whoa whiz, I'm Impressed!!! Where did you hear about this before?
@eastcoststar: Thanks for this lovely gem of information.
Posted by k4m!k4ze
If you follow the link mass posted, you will find a few threads where the source of the name 'bluetooth' has been posted. One of these threads was started by whiz and someone told him the source of the name
Posted by SnowBear
old
Posted by whizkidd
I had read about it in a magazine.
Posted by Debu
Thats very good yaar, Very sharp of you to spot such a thing.