| For many situations, Bluetooth is the best option | | | | and mobile, cellular, PDA devices. The simplicity of |
| when it comes to connecting your office, or | | | | BT connections makes it a breeze to operate a |
| home office. Since the technology has been | | | | headset with your cell phone, with little user |
| integrated throughout the electronics industry, | | | | interaction necessary to make the connection. |
| implementation is made much easier. Even though | | | | Although this technology is ideal for mobile uses, it |
| BT has a significantly, low short-distance range, it | | | | has shown to be a proven office tool. Connecting |
| makes up in many other areas such as speed of | | | | BT-enabled devices to the network requires little |
| connection, security, and implementation of | | | | interaction and because of its short-distance |
| upgrades. | | | | range, it has proven to be a secure form of |
| One of the aspects, or requirements, of BT | | | | connection. It is a great way to setup a office |
| technology that a manufacturer must meet to | | | | network for file sharing, printing, and scanning. The |
| enable BT on their devices, is that the device | | | | range for BT 1.0 is approximately 33 feet, though |
| must be easily upgradeable with new revisions, | | | | 3.0 is up to 300 feet. |
| etc. | | | | With regards to file sharing, you can quickly |
| Bluetooth started as a basic communications | | | | connect multiple PDAs, and/ or computers to |
| technology. The inventors wanted a standard that | | | | transfer almost any type of file. A great use of |
| could be easily connected to each other or | | | | file transfer is in getting your MP3 music to your |
| networks. But since it is easy to implement, BT | | | | smart phone. Even if your computer presently |
| has become well-adapted by many varying | | | | does not have Bluetooth enabled, it can easily |
| electronics manufacturers, and has been shown to | | | | become so by plugging in a USB dongle to start |
| be a proven, effective means of connectivity. | | | | BT. |
| The most popular use of Bluetooth is headsets | | | | |