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Best Bluetooth USB Adaptor? |
jmburt
Joined: Sep 22, 2003
Posts: 117
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I want to purchase a bluetooth usb bluetooth adaptor for my laptop (runing windows 2000). Any suggestions on which brand to buy?
I want to be able to snyc with my p800.... |
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RizSher
Joined: May 01, 2003
Posts: 109
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Pretty much any recent Bluetooth dongle will let u sync your phone. You should be looking at extra functionality.. like.. headset/audio gateway profile, PIM Sync etc etc. I have a Billionton 100 m dongle and it works perfectly for all of these.
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petrutms
Joined: Nov 17, 2002
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From: Cluj Napoca, Romania
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and the max distance from the phone to the activated dongle is? I want a dongle for my p800 too....
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fabrizio
Joined: Mar 06, 2003
Posts: 134
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I have two Bluetooth adapters that I can give you feedback on:
1. Anycom Bluetooth USB Adapter, works very well with my T68. It also supports sending sound over to my Bluetooth HBH 10. So I asume it will work great with the P800
2. 3com Wireless Bluetooth PC Card (3CRWB6096B) This one, has proven to be an absolute disastrous purchase. Configuration has always been tedious, have used this with a T28w, T39m, and T68, each time dedicated about half a day getting it setup. Also, it doesn't support (at least not out of the box) my HBH 10.
Don't get me wrong, I like 3com products, and I give 3com credit for having come out with this card well before other manufacturers did, however as this technology got easier to handle, they neglected updating the software and making it more user friendly. |
wrath000
Joined: May 14, 2003
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From: Norway
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@petrutms I would expect the effective range would be limited to the max range of P800 - 10 meters
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RizSher
Joined: May 01, 2003
Posts: 109
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Wrathoo: I also thought the range would be limited by weakest link in a BT setup. However, I was looking to buy one of these BT landline telephone transmitters which let u hook up your pc to a telephone line via bt if U dont have a telphone jack nearby. One of the companies (will have to look up again which one) had a transmitter wiht a range of 10 m, but they were bundling a 100 m dongle with it to give it an effective 100 m range. I'm a bit confused now. Care to shed some light? |
wrath000
Joined: May 14, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Norway
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I can only guess, but I still seriously doubt that you can use a 10meter transmitter to get a 100m range... You can perhaps get a slightly longer operating range, but 100m seems unrealistic
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RizSher
Joined: May 01, 2003
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What I meant was they said it comes with a 100 m dongle for that range, under fine print, I further clarified it to 50-60 m. |
wrath000
Joined: May 14, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Norway
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I suppose it could be possible in open space. I wouldn't count on getting very high transfer speeds at that range though (due to the number of retransmissions... )
Some class.2 dongles have 20-30m range., so I guess the actual range you get with P800 will pretty much remain unknown until someone tries it...
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koolboyztn
Joined: Oct 07, 2003
Posts: 13
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dont buy 3Com, i still can't find the way to send files from my T610 to my PC, every time i try to send, i got the errors. |
trekkian
Joined: Oct 13, 2003
Posts: 19
From: SE asia
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hi out there....
i've got a T610 and just got my USb cable DCU-11 today... i was so pissed off when i found out that u cant send pics from your phone to your pc ( check the sonyericsson site before this and they said nothing about the cable not being able to send pics to the pc)
anyway lucky for me i know a guy who ahs a bluetooth pc and i'm goin over this weekend to try to hook my phone up to it...
i just need to know how i do this (i know i have to go to add devices on the phone) and the steps i'll have to take to get the connection going from the computer. And also what sony ericsson software i'll need? the image editor?
Also what will have to to click on to get the phone to upload the pics to the computer ( win XP) or will it be automatic....
thanks alot...
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wrath000
Joined: May 14, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Norway
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The only thing you need is BlueTooth software (stack) installed.
All you have to do is open BlueTooth File Transfer (found under T610's services), and use it as an ordinary windows folder...
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trekkian
Joined: Oct 13, 2003
Posts: 19
From: SE asia
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ok thanks wrath...
i'm still a little puzzled on how u actually send the pics... there will be a file on the computer that says T 610's servies? and i transfer it from there? |
fijbert
Joined: Dec 26, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Montreal / Beirut
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I hv an MSI BT dongle
works amaze
the range is limited by the weakest range
I'll explain y
consider device A (| | r the limits of device A) and device B (:: limits of device B)
the ranges touch each other, but unfortunnately the range of A cannot reach B
| A |: B :
the ranges intersect, but once more, the devices are not in range of each other.. no communication can be made
| A :| B :
A is in range of B, so B can send to A, but A cant send to B
| :A | B :
both are in range, communication can now be established
|: A B : |
the devices must actually be in range.. cuz then ur sending off ur data to a signal that means nothing 
Nobody is perfect, I am nobody, therefore I am perfect |
ffourtwenty
Joined: Oct 23, 2003
Posts: 3
From: Nevada, United States
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D-Link
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Belkin <- works WAY further than the 10m it says - like 30-40m
I even discovered some poor turd's 3650 today and sent him the SE logo, hee...
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he sees you. |
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Posted: 2003-10-14 18:18
