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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
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Originally Posted by Duncan
Ah - but you are wrong on that too. Currently I have 7 BT enabled devices on the go - every one of them from a different company. They all pair easily, are simple to use and work togther well. Your poor assessment of BT seems largely based on using products that have BT implemented badly - and you just can't judge the whole tech on that basis (especially as whatever eventually replaces it will have just the same problem).
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You and other geeks. The only consumer success on bluetooth is headsets for phones. Everything else is a small niche market.
I've had/have at least 10 different bluetooth devices in the past 3 years. Just last week I had to reboot my PC because it stopped accepting BT requests. I am having problems with 100% of the BT devices ever owned. Jabra 250, Stowaway keyboard, PDA2K, various iPAQs, Nokia cell phone, etc. The number gets higher with people at work or that I know I've helped get cellphones and headsets set up. They all know now how to re-establish a partnership without calling me on the phone because I've walked them through it enoughtimes when the devices just stop talking to each other. Various carriers, various makes/models of phones and headsets. You are saying that through some extraordinary stroke of bad luck, I just haven't happened upon any trouble free BT devices? :roll: |
I will say that I genuinely cannot understand how you have had such an experience. I've used several of the products you name with no problems. I really can't remember the last time I had a partnership break on me. It certainly has nothing to do with being a geek - I can barely understand WiFi connections - if BT wasn't easy to use and set up I would have no time for it.
FTR - I know plenty of general non-techy people (we're talking about teachers - people with serious technophobia) with BT headsets, BT units in their cars and BT GPS - none of whom have issues.
Seriously - when I hear you describe your experience and compare it to the countless accounts of people who have had much better experiences (including myself) I can only think that you are unusually unlucky - I'm bewildered by how different you experience is to the experiences I see around me (and indeed the experiences of most of us techo-heads).
I had a BT Stowaway - not one problem EVER with three different Pocket PCs. Several BT enabled Pocket PCs with only one issue - the out of memory one (which isn't to do with the actual BT). Six BT headsets I've been through without one BT issue ever. To paraphrase you: You are saying that through some extraordinary stroke of good luck, I just don't have any problem BT devices?
I did have problems with BT devices - the Loox 600 and iPAQ 3870 were poor, my first BT headset was lousy, my first (TDK I think) PC dongle was rubbish and my brief dalliance with a Nokia phone was a mistake - but note how old all of those are. There was a time when I cursed BT as not ready for the primetime - now I barely think about it as it is all so simple and easy. I just wish WiFi worked as easily and without issues - or several other technologies that continue to frustrate me.
(Heck - I can't even remember where my cradle is as I only ever AS via BT).