Don Tolson
10-15-2003, 08:27 PM
Am I just being too naive or is there something I'm just not getting???
I bought a bluetooth adapter for my laptop (F8T001 v2) from Belkin so I could get rid of the USB cable connection to my iPAQ 2215 (yes, I admit it, also to play with the new built in bluetooth in the iPAQ).
All is well and good, and within a very short time, my iPAQ is happily Activesyncing with my laptop sans cord.
Now, Belkin has come out with a bluetooth mouse for laptops (F8T041-B) that comes with its own bluetooth adapter. I think "Great, now I can get rid of another USB cable, and muti-use my existing bluetooth adapter." I contacted Belkin to see if the mouse would work with the adapter I bought and the reply was 'probably not, that's why we came out with another adapter.'
Does this seem silly to anyone else? Shouldn't one bluetooth adapter be the same as any other adapter to a bluetooth device? I realize Belkin probably had to write some sort of HID software for the mouse, but why make it adapter specific? Sheeezzz.
I bought a bluetooth adapter for my laptop (F8T001 v2) from Belkin so I could get rid of the USB cable connection to my iPAQ 2215 (yes, I admit it, also to play with the new built in bluetooth in the iPAQ).
All is well and good, and within a very short time, my iPAQ is happily Activesyncing with my laptop sans cord.
Now, Belkin has come out with a bluetooth mouse for laptops (F8T041-B) that comes with its own bluetooth adapter. I think "Great, now I can get rid of another USB cable, and muti-use my existing bluetooth adapter." I contacted Belkin to see if the mouse would work with the adapter I bought and the reply was 'probably not, that's why we came out with another adapter.'
Does this seem silly to anyone else? Shouldn't one bluetooth adapter be the same as any other adapter to a bluetooth device? I realize Belkin probably had to write some sort of HID software for the mouse, but why make it adapter specific? Sheeezzz.