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JohnDoe
Joined: Jun 03, 2003
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With a "dongle" you can easily set up networking between office computers or synchronise data seamlessly between bluetooth devices such as your phone, PDA and desktop upto 100 metres.
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Lars
Joined: Jun 01, 2003
Posts: 438
From: Singapore, Asia
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i have a Mitsumi dongle but it cannot work on my Pc. i'm running P3-550, Abit BE6 on Win2K. I think the available BT devices here are only Mitsumi, MSI, Gigabyte, Bluetake. so which one should i get? i don't wish to have problem installing. |
dlfretz
Joined: May 17, 2003
Posts: 35
From: Houston, TX USA
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The two best dongles are the MSI and the TDK.
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Lythia
Joined: Jun 17, 2003
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From: San Diego/San Jose, CA, USA
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A lot of people on Howard Forums use Belkin USB Dongle (F8T001 w/antenna) and I was thinking of getting that one as opposed to the TDK due to the price difference. So I know the Belkin F8T001 works fine with T68's (which is what I have). Can anyone offer any comments regarding it's quality? e.g. compared to TDK and MSI? pc -> laptop, pc -> phone, etc?
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bobdobbs
Joined: Jun 07, 2003
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http://www.buy.com/retail/product_jump.asp?sku=10330344&dcaid=15890
that has to be the best usb bluetooth adapter i have found, cheaply priced, and 1-330ft range. havent seen one with better range... and its only 44 bucks with shipping free.
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ESTOR
Joined: Apr 20, 2002
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From: Singapore
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Tecom is the same as Belkin.
It's a matter of getting the up-to-date bluetooth software that makes your life easy. Belkin's latest download 1.2.2.16 allows for Phone -> PC file transfer, so you will have the least trouble getting it to work. |
musht
Joined: Jun 13, 2003
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What about the BLUETOOTH brand? Is that any good? |
Indianbwoy
Joined: Nov 08, 2002
Posts: 108
From: London, UK
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DO NOT get a Cyber-Blue one..I think Carphone Warehouse r selling it for £49.99 coz the picture of the dongle in the magazine looks the same as the one I have.
http://www2.carphonewarehouse.com/commerce/servlet/gben-bluetooth-Details?itemID=MAIN.UK.INTERNET.BLUETOOTH.BLUETOOTH.USBBTCPW
I bought mine from Aria.co.uk for about £25 (So CPW are ripping ppl off for £49.99) in Feb and they suddenly seemed 2 stop selling it a month after I bought it. Maybe I shouldve been warned off by the cheap price!
The Cyber-Blue website seems 2 have gone offline and believe me when I tell u the software is shite! Its based on that crappy company - XTND Systems software.
I absolutely hate XTND Systems after previously seeing the crap ugly slow sync software they created that was bundled with the T68i, glad 2 c that SE dumped them and chose another company for the P800 sync software!
The XTND Systems software is so confusing 2 use and the SMS sending software they supply with it, made by mobem.com, dont even seem 2 have bothered to translate the menu options in2 english! It pops up with errors all the time and takes up alot of system resources loading every damn kind of crap on startup.
It does its job of transfers from Phone<>PC and u can prob get it 2 work 2 connect thru ur phones GPRS etc but its a headache 2 set up!
My only hope now would be that Microsoft release that generic bluetooth driver upgrade for Windows that is mentioned everywhere ASAP and then I wouldnt need 2 use the crap software supplied. At present I just installed it on my laptop which I dont hardly use cept for bluetooth stuff.
Any1 else had the misfortune 2 buy a Cyber-Blue dongle?
Did u manage 2 get any new better upgraded software for it, as i said, the website seems 2 have dissapeared so Im at a loss 
[ This Message was edited by: Indianbwoy on 2003-06-17 17:37 ]
Hmm...I have just seen the new revamped Cyber-Blue website back online....Im still not convinced its for the better I mean u have 2 contact them and ask them for the new version of the XTND Blue Manager rather than them putting a link for u 2 d/l from...I would stil advise ppl 2 look elsewhere.
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wapchimp
Joined: Jun 09, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Land of the chimps
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Time to open this oldie back-up.
Got the TDK dongle after all this time from expansys.
I got it to work first time. Very easy to use & worth every penny
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rchiu419
Joined: Jul 16, 2003
Posts: 2
From: Boston, MA
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I just got the Belkin Bluetooth USB Adapter (FT8001 or something like that) for my Powerbook G4, and at first I was confused, because there was no software provided and all the instructions said was - "Apple will provide software" - well guess what - I plugged it in with no installations or setups or anything and the thing worked. All I had to do was run the integrated Bluetooth setup on OS X and it had my phone paired in 30 seconds. Then you just use their file transfer program - it works great! I got it for $32.99 US on eBay, by the way. |
davio
Joined: May 23, 2003
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just ordered a BToes bluetooth usb dongle for £16.39!
Hope it works!!
http://www.savastore.com/products/product.asp?catalog_name=Savastore&product_id=10267054&pid=45&tid=6 |
wapchimp
Joined: Jun 09, 2002
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Barg if it works OK
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semka
Joined: Jul 07, 2003
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D-Link works fine for my Powerbook G4 |
Dj Boyi
Joined: Oct 05, 2002
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From: Liberty City
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Well i dont know what make mine is,all it says on the box is Bluetooth usb,also says class 1,100 metres.
So is it a dongle or something else(i'm confused cus it dont say the word dongle anywhere),it plugs into one of the usb ports at the front and has a flashing blue light but i only had it cus my new pc does'nt have irda,it cost me 30 quid. |
davio
Joined: May 23, 2003
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Dongle is just a name occasionally used for thumb sized usb devices.
£30 is cheap for a 100m BT dongle boyi
My £16 10m one is due any day now, its a BlueTake 'Btoes' |
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Posted: 2003-06-03 14:35
