03-18-2003, 08:00 PM
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Belkin Bluetooth Access Point for $169.95
Belkin seems like the Dell of the accessory world - whenever they release a product, they seem to redefine the market with a much lower price than competing products. It wasn't that many months ago that Bluetooth access points were $500+, and this one is $169.95! If you've got a Bluetooth-happy household or office, this would be a good addition to the mix.
"Bluetooth Access Point with USB Print Server provides access for your Bluetooth devices to your network, USB printers, and the Internet wirelessly up to 300 feet."
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03-18-2003, 08:04 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Wouldn't BT USB Dongles be a cheaper alternative? They sell for as low as $50.
Also, dumb question, but can the Microsoft BT keyboard/mouse ensemble work for BT PDAs?
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03-18-2003, 08:27 PM
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Executive Editor
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Originally Posted by Foo Fighter
Wouldn't BT USB Dongles be a cheaper alternative? They sell for as low as $50.
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I don't think any of those dongles are Class A Bluetooth devices with a 300 foot range. :wink:
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Originally Posted by Foo Fighter
Also, dumb question, but can the Microsoft BT keyboard/mouse ensemble work for BT PDAs?
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I don't think so, hence the frustration people have with it. I've requested a review unit, so I'll let you know...
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03-18-2003, 08:44 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
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Originally Posted by Foo Fighter
Wouldn't BT USB Dongles be a cheaper alternative? They sell for as low as $50.
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I don't think any of those dongles are Class A Bluetooth devices with a 300 foot range. :wink: |
I think http://www.tecomproduct.com/bt3030.htm would disagree
range up to 100 meters.
Features
� Bluetooth Specification V.1.1 compliant
� Supports USB interface
� 20dBm Output Power ; Support Class 1
� Working distance up to 100 meters
� Supports Windows 98SE,Windows ME, Windows 2000,Windows XP
� Compliant with USB UHCI/OHCI spec.1.1
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Originally Posted by Foo Fighter
Also, dumb question, but can the Microsoft BT keyboard/mouse ensemble work for BT PDAs?
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I don't think so, hence the frustration people have with it. I've requested a review unit, so I'll let you know...
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Thats the really stupid part. Imagine being able to use the same keyboard for your laptop and your PDA.
Surur
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03-18-2003, 08:46 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jul 2002
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does this also receive from 300ft?
I mean surely my anycom bt cf card can still only transmit up to 30ft (more like 20ft) so I can't see the benifit :?:
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03-18-2003, 08:47 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Apr 2002
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> Wouldn't BT USB Dongles be a cheaper alternative? They sell for as low as $50.
Belkin does make a nice little dongle that has the 100 meter range, however, the Belkin AP has a few other nicities.
It's an Access Point, so it can serve multiple devices.
It has built in printer sharing as well. Two usb ports on the back.
The argument could be made for setting up a pc with a proxy to do the same thing, but then again, this is a much more elegant solution imho.
I have it setup on my network at home and share my epson printer to bluetooth devices and my windows laptop and mac desktop (took a little more work). It seems to be a little linux based device (you can telnet in and poke around) as well, so the printing stuff seems to be lpr based.
In my case for 150 bucks it served a few purposes. Getting my bluetooth devices on the net, letting me print from my palm or pocketpc anywhere, and a way of sharing my printers without having them hooked up to a machine.
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03-18-2003, 09:24 PM
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03-18-2003, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by thanos255
Belkin has a 333ft usb adapter.... sorry Jason  and it costs $50.00 at many places on the net. Just do a search on a website called www.pocketpcthoughts.com on their pricegrabber (Had to add that in) |
Well, well....look at that! I didn't think providers would bother making dongles Class A, but I guess if you have the power coming from a USB port, you might as well go for broke...cool, thanks for teaching me something new!
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03-18-2003, 09:36 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2002
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ohhh I taught you something new?/ So what did I win, what did I win???
(pant, pant, pant)
Thanks
Thanos
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03-18-2003, 09:47 PM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by thanos255
So what did I win, what did I win???
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A gyro! Anyone care to provide one?
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