| Bluetooth Makes it Easy for All Your Devices and | | | | can communicate natively with computers running |
| Accessories to Work Together | | | | Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista. |
| Bluetooth is one of the latest marketing | | | | Having a Bluetooth PDA and a Bluetooth adapter |
| buzzwords for PDAs and cellular phones, along | | | | for your computer can eliminate the need for a |
| with PCs and especially laptops. It is a wireless | | | | docking station or sync cable, removing one more |
| technology designed to let products and | | | | piece of clutter from your desktop. You can even |
| accessories built by different manufacturers work | | | | set the two devices up so they automatically |
| together, without requiring special access codes or | | | | synchronize their data when they're in range of |
| driver installation. Theoretically, any Bluetooth | | | | each other. |
| accessory should work with any | | | | Other PDA Bluetooth Accessories |
| Bluetooth-enabled device, and multiple accessories | | | | Headphones and headsets are the most common |
| working with the same device shouldn't interfere | | | | PDA Bluetooth accessories right now. Wireless |
| with each other. | | | | headphones are great if your PDA has music |
| For example, if you pick up a Bluetooth headset | | | | stored on it, because you don't have an unsightly |
| for your current PDA, and then in a year's time | | | | wire running from your head to your pocket or |
| replace it with a new PDA, the headset should | | | | purse. Headsets and earpieces allow hands-free |
| work with the new PDA without any difficulties. | | | | operation of your cell phone or smart phone, |
| With some older PDA Bluetooth accessories and | | | | which is not only convenient but is also quickly |
| devices, this is not always the case, but generally | | | | becoming a legal requirement world-wide for using |
| the more recent the design of the accessory or | | | | your phone in your car. |
| device, the more likely it is to work with other | | | | Printer manufacturers are quickly adding Bluetooth |
| Bluetooth products. | | | | capabilities to their products, turning them into |
| PDAs, Cellular Phones, and Computers | | | | convenient PDA Bluetooth accessories. Previously, |
| New PDAs today resemble cellular phones as | | | | to print something stored on your PDA, you had |
| much as classic PDAs like the Palm Pilot. Most of | | | | to use the docking station or sync cable to |
| these devices are Bluetooth-enabled, and even | | | | download the information to your computer, then |
| have the capability to link with other | | | | print it from the computer. With a |
| Bluetooth-enabled PDAs and cellular phones to | | | | Bluetooth-enabled printer, you can send your data |
| exchange data. For models that are not | | | | directly to the printer without the intervening |
| Bluetooth-enabled, there are frequently PDA | | | | steps. If your computer is also Bluetooth-enabled, |
| Bluetooth accessories available that will add | | | | it can send data to the printer as well, eliminating |
| Bluetooth capabilities to the unit. Bluetooth | | | | the need to hook up the printer to the computer |
| adapters are also available for PCs and laptops, | | | | or network. |
| usually plugging into a USB port, allowing you to | | | | There are many other PDA Bluetooth accessories |
| easily exchange data between your computer and | | | | available for your PDA, and with Bluetooth it |
| your PDA. | | | | doesn't matter who manufactures either the |
| Just about any type of data can be transferred | | | | device or the accessory. A Motorola headset will |
| over a Bluetooth link, from electronic business | | | | work with an iPhone, and a Palm Tungsten can |
| cards and pictures to word processing documents | | | | print spreadsheets on a HP LaserJet. |
| and PowerPoint presentations. For transferring | | | | Manufacturers are constantly coming up with new |
| data from a PDA to a computer, special software | | | | PDA Bluetooth accessories to meet the demands |
| is often needed and included with the Bluetooth | | | | of consumers. Bluetooth technology is making it |
| adapter. However, PDAs running Windows Mobile | | | | easier for everyone to communicate. |