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whizkidd
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Is it true that Ericsson was the pioneer in developing Bluetooth. My friends who use Nokias say bluetooth was developed by nokia . What is the truth ?
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BobaFett
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ericsson, nokia and as i know motorola developed it together, with others help as well. the /// r520 and t39 was the first fone with bt feature.
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Neil Chen
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Ericsson came up with bluetooth. Hence the reason ericsson had the first bluetooth products on the market the HBH-10 and DBA-10 in 1999. In 2004 nokia proudly launched its own bluetooth adaptor...;-)!
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gelfen
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....which promptly failed to be compatible with anything.
if you're wondering why Ericsson called the protocol "Bluetooth", it named after a Danish Viking and King, Harald Blåtand (translated as Bluetooth in English), who lived in the latter part of the 10th century. Harald Blåtand united and controlled Denmark and Norway - hence the inspiration on the name: uniting devices through Bluetooth. He got his name from his very dark hair which was unusual for Vikings (Blåtand means dark complexion). However a more popular but less likely theory was that Old Harald had an inclination towards eating Blueberries - so much so his teeth became stained with the colour, leaving Harald with a rather unique set of molars.
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GOwin
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and the bluetooth symbol  is actually a combination of Viking runes for Harald Blåtand’s initials
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whizkidd
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Didnt know that BT had such a colorful past !
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gelfen
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well, if your phone starts venturing on long sea quests of rape and pillage you know why.....
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*Jojo*
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Well, nice thoughts about 'bluetooth's' origin here mates ! |
Scally_cadet
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How UWB gets a kewl name.
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