| Author |
Cost of Bluetooth Accessories |
ur quattro
Joined: Jun 13, 2002
Posts: 8
From: Exeter, UK
PM |
Im now starting to get the most out of my T68m (upgraded to i) thanks to this website. One thing that does annoy me though is the cost of Bluetooth equipment. a minimum of £150 for a headset? go away! Its, on average, an extra £100 for a Bluetooth enabled PDA. Pah!
Luckily Im a Apple user at home and a Bluetooth USB adapter in only £41 from the online Apple shop, an absolute steel compared to around £100-£150 for the same thing, but for a PC. Looks like i'll have to stick to the IR port when using a PC.
was looking into a Bluetooth car-kit, but you are talking stupid money.
"My son, ask for thyself another kingdom, for that which I leave is too small for thee" |
|
|
tranquil
Joined: Dec 15, 2001
Posts: > 500
From: Oslo, Norway
PM |
I agree, it's very costly. But it is the latest in hi-teck... Hope fully it will be a lot cheaper in only a coupple of years.
KS
|
orang3
Joined: Mar 28, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Never_never_Land
PM, WWW
|
about the cost price ...you can ask jan .. he is the 1 who design the bluespoon .. he shld know the price..
Sex is like hacking. You get in, you get out, and you hope you didn't leave something behind that can be traced back to you |
JC#79 Blitz
Joined: Apr 15, 2002
Posts: 92
From: London
PM |
the whole selling point behind this new tech was that bluetooth was not going to be expensive all the talk of a few years ago was a cheap and innovative way to connect several devices. but promise after promise has been forgotten and now we have to pay inflated prices just to get the most out of our great phones pda's and p.c's. Is it not time for less bullshite and for these companies to tell how it is from the beginning so we dont get caught up with having to have something, once we have the first part. It's like having a jigsaw puzzle costing £2.50 then the last 5 pieces costing 3x the price of the whole thing coz they connect oh so easily or something. Despite being told that the extre bits will be cheap and affordable, a real steel!!!! yeah right well i have had my whinge what do you think?
|
Fingers
Joined: Jan 29, 2002
Posts: 468
From: New Zealand
PM |
A mac, an Ericsson, and an Audi fan, dude you're on to it, it's all the best stuff for you. |
markymark
Joined: Mar 06, 2002
Posts: 190
From: Amsterdam, Netherlands
PM |
true, a bluetooth chip costs less then 5 dollars to produce, but since we're the "early adpators" we can pay the research costs and of course a significant amount of "gadgeteers taxes"
|
shawnmccall9
Joined: Apr 21, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Chicago, IL USA
PM |
right, R&D are huge costs that the company has to make a large profit in order to have the incentive to make the investment...as well as make up for money lost in other ventures. |
Fahed_2000
Joined: Feb 12, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: UK - London
PM, WWW
|
bluetooth is just a cheap low power consumption version of wireless LAN
Good Shit, Bad Shit, It's all Shit |
|
|
Posted: 2002-06-14 14:34
