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What is bluetooth? (What the heck is bluetooth?)
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Bluetooth is an industrial specification for wireless personal area networks (PANs), also known as IEEE 802.15.1. Bluetooth provides a way to connect and exchange information between devices like personal digital assistants (PDAs), mobile phones, laptops, PCs, printers, digital cameras and video game consoles via a secure, globally unlicensed short range radio frequency.
The name Bluetooth is derived from the nickname of a 10th century king
of Denmark, Harald Bluetooth. According to the inventors of the
Bluetooth technology, Harald engaged in diplomacy which led warring
parties to negotiate with each other, making Bluetooth a fitting name
for their technology, which allows different devices to talk to each
other. The name of the king in Danish was Harald Blåtand and the
Bluetooth logo is based on the H and B runes.
Bluetooth is a radio standard and communications protocol primarily
designed for low power consumption, with a short range (power class
dependent: 1 meter, 10 meters, 100 meters) based around low-cost
transceiver microchips in each device.
Bluetooth lets these devices communicate with each other when they are
in range. The devices use a radio communications system, so they do not
have to be in line of sight of each other, and can even be in other
rooms, so long as the received power is high enough.
The Motorola
RAZR uses bluetooth to communicate with other devices like
computers and headseats.
(This has been bumped from the original Group29 Forum Post: What is bluetooth?)
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Posted on Wednesday, June 04, 2008 @ 08:25:12 UTC by BB
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