03-02-2006, 04:00 PM
|
|
Magi
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 2,386
|
|
Many Owners of Bluetooth Devices Still Don't Use Bluetooth
"Bluetooth is in an ever-growing number of devices. Last year, 315 million products containing Bluetooth chips for short-range wireless communication got shipped, according to Michael Foley, who runs the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, the standards organization that oversees the standard. This year, ten million items a week will get shipped. Getting people to use the technology, however, remains a challenge."
No doubt Bluetooth is becoming more and more ubiquitous. In my experiences, most all of the people I encounter professionally know what Bluetooth is (thanks mainly to the booming Bluetooth headset market). However, as the Bluetooth SIG noted, roughly about 30-50% of all Bluetooth devices are actually utilized for their Bluetooth capabilities. What makes matters worse in my opinion is that some phone carriers don't even allow you to use all of the Bluetooth capabilities such as dial-up networking or file transfer. It makes me wonder if Bluetooth will ever be accepted by the general public as something more than just a wireless headset technology.
|
| |
|
|
|
03-02-2006, 04:04 PM
|
|
Sage
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 805
|
|
Well, me and my friends exchange lots of stuff, incl lots of programming code, short clips, ringtones everyday. We love BT technology. Even my teacher sends all of us files via BT after the class ends so that we can read the notes after the college.
Sunny 
|
| |
|
|
|
03-02-2006, 04:26 PM
|
|
Ponderer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 92
|
|
bluetooth more trouble than it's worth
I've had BT on my last 2 PDA's - an iPaq 4155 and my current Axim x50v and have spent literally hours trying to get both devices to connect to my Dell D400 laptop. I've never succeeded. Maybe there's some fluke with the gear I have (I work in IT, so I'm not a total computer n00b) but BT has been a total disappointment for me. As for phone - who knows. We're obligated to carry company provided phones and they give us the cheapest ones they can find, so no BT.
|
| |
|
|
|
03-02-2006, 04:39 PM
|
|
Intellectual
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 238
|
|
My bluetooth experience has been less than stellar. I bought an HP RX3715 thinking I'd get a chance to use a bluetooth headset with it but HP decided to leave that part out. I thought I'd use it to sync but that has also been disappointing. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. It randomly forgets pairing. Other than that it's just a pretty blue light on the front.
I give up. Anyone want a usb blootooth dongle?
Bill B.
__________________
Bill B
Zune Tag - therealstlbud
|
| |
|
|
|
03-02-2006, 04:44 PM
|
|
Ponderer
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 108
|
|
Made me laugh
I have to say this post made me laugh. I was once berated far and wide for publishing an article on the web called "Bluetooth! Why bother?" in which I pointed out that while Ericsson was disappearing up its own technical backside creating Bluetooth, Nokia was dominating the mobile phone market by inventing the snap on cover.
Yes, the snap on cover may be an unglamarous idea but it didn't half sell handsets as Ericsson found out to its cost.
Bluetooth is the ultimate example of what is wrong with many high-tech companies. Too much emphasis on technology and too little emphasis on marketing.
I can't remember the last time I turned on BT on my i-mate KJAM and I've never even investigated it on my V3i which I've had for a month. Of course, one reason is the incredibly user hostile interface on the PC made even more incomprehensible by Microsoft becoming involved with it. Whoever thought the average consumer would be able to cope with pairing and bluetooth neighbourhoods was clearly missing a marble or two.
Mind you, the posers I see with dongle hanging off their ears are clearly a match made in heaven for the inventors of BT. Problem is, there just isn't a big enough market to make is a runaway success.
Nice idea in concept but not worth bothering about in practise.
LouisB
|
| |
|
|
|
03-02-2006, 04:52 PM
|
|
Pontificator
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 1,183
|
|
So far I've never used Bluetooth for anything, even though I have a number of bluetooth enabl;ed devices (laptop, PDA, wife's phone).
I'd like to use a Bluetooth keyboard with my PDA but Toshiba did not add the appropriate scheme to the E830 Bluetooth driver. I'd like to use a Bluetooth headset with it too ... so I could use the PDA for Skype and listening to music ... but bluetooth and Wi-Fi appear to interfere with each other making that a non-starter ...
|
| |
|
|
|
03-02-2006, 05:11 PM
|
|
Ponderer
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 54
|
|
I've had my i730 for about 3 months now and I have just ordered my first BT headset. I only did that because of the clearance sale they had at Moto. I see there are other things, but I'm not sure I'll need to take advantage of them.
Mark
|
| |
|
|
|
03-02-2006, 05:34 PM
|
|
Pupil
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 38
|
|
I use Bluetooth for the headset, to sync my phone to my laptop, and for a wireless mouse. It is quite awesome, and perfectly suited or close-range, low-bandwidth stuff. Bluetooth has become a requirement for me, especially with it being built-in to everything...no more need for dongles.
I love Bluetooth. It's a shame folks don't really know about it. It has such simple practicle uses.
- Keirmeister
|
| |
|
|
|
03-02-2006, 06:15 PM
|
|
Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 98
|
|
...and why do Telcos remove the BT DUN profile???
Not to make an off-topic post even more off-topic, but WHY OH WHY do Telcos remove the BT DUN Profile from a device that would otherwise be wonderful with BT? I live in Canada, and Telus has the WM5 Pocket PC Phone Starcom UT6700. Granted, no device is perfect, but it's on their new 3G network, and I happen to have an HP Tablet PC w/ Bluetooth built in, and ride the bus 3 hrs a day. Can you say match made in Heaven? Except Telus advertises that the phone CANNOT be used as a wireless modem, although it works fine tethered (via USB cable).
WHY? WHY? That one item right there makes it not worth the money for me to buy the phone.
Color me pissed.
|
| |
|
|
|
03-02-2006, 06:17 PM
|
|
Ponderer
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 100
|
|
I generally don't use bluetooth for one very important reason - power.
I never use my bluetooth headset, as the last thing I want is to carry around another charger. I'm on the road most of the time, and there's very limited space in my bag for chargers. I also never sync my phone with my laptop using bluetooth, as I carry around a USB charge/sync cable to charge my phone - again, no big plugs.
The only place I use bluetooth is for a wireless keyboard and mouse for my home PC - I've found that the bluetooth mouse uses less batteries than the RF setup I was using previously.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Linear Mode
