The Pocket LOOX N560 Receives the Bluetooth Qualification Tick

[Darius Wey]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://qualweb.bluetooth.org/Template2.cfm?LinkQualified=QualifiedProducts&Details=Yes&ProductID=3163' target='_blank'>http://qualweb.bluetooth.org/Templa...&ProductID=3163</a><br /><br /></div><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20050629-FS.gif" /><br /><br /><a href="http://qualweb.bluetooth.org/Template2.cfm?LinkQualified=QualifiedProducts&Details=Yes&ProductID=3163">This report</a> at the Bluetooth Qualification Program Website seems to indicate that the Pocket LOOX N560 (presumably) is equipped with Bluetooth 2.0 (supporting enhanced data rates) and includes A2DP and AVRCP. The latter is something featured in AKU 2.0 for Windows Mobile 5.0, but it's no guarantee that the N560 will ship with it as there isn't any clear indication as to whether the N560 uses the Microsoft or Broadcom Bluetooth stack.

[Menneisyys]

The list lacks BT PAN, which may mean it's a MS BT stack. I don't think Broadcomm would kill the most important advantage of their BT stack over that of MS.

Increased data rate, A2DP and AVRCP support aside, the lack of BT PAN is still pretty painful. The latter can be really useful with a lot of games (http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/menneisyys/102005MPPPCGames.asp) and other BT communications (http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&amp;title=microsoft_portrait_gphone_and_peer_to_pe&amp;more=1) (for example MS Portrait) /BT-based network sharing (http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&amp;p=453&amp;more=1) applications.