wi-Fi vs. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

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corleone · #1 Post by **corleone** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 2:49 pm

The only time i have heard of bluetooth is in the world of GPS receivers (go geocahing!!!). Can someone shed some light on the advantge to the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth vs the plain Wi-Fi??

thanks in advance,
C.

Mofongo · #2 Post by **Mofongo** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 3:21 pm

The biggest advantage of Bluetooth is communication to cell phones and PDAs. If you have a Bluetooth-enabled cell phone, you can use it as a modem for your laptop. Also, lots of PDAs have Bluetooth, so you can use that to communicate with them. Bluetooth is highly flexible and much lower power than Wi-Fi, hence it's popularity with small devices.

Mofongo

vhui · #3 Post by **vhui** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 4:24 pm

the T41 2373-9FU is the first PC i've owned that has built-in bluetooth capability. i was pleasantly surprised by BT's usefulness, (transmission) speed, and ease of setup (although it seems like some others on this forum haven't been as lucky with BT setup/config). i sync both a palm pda and a nokia phone with Outlook 2003 on my T41 through BT. It takes about 30 seconds to sync roughly 600 contacts and calendar entries on my phone! neato!

Guest · #4 Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 7:40 pm

What about printing no one talks about printing. Wouldn't it be great to print wirelessly? Is it because I am a college student print papers regularly and looking forward to bluetooth on my new laptop in the fall so my desk won't be cluttered with a cord. It already has the ethernet and that is thick enough.

dclee012 · #5 Post by **dclee012** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 8:33 pm

just get a wireless print server:
http://www.linksys.com/products/product ... 84&scid=37

or plug in your printer to a wireless router if it has a ethernet jack

jephhy · #6 Post by **jephhy** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 8:40 pm

dclee012 wrote:just get a wireless print server:
http://www.linksys.com/products/product ... 84&scid=37

or plug in your printer to a wireless router if it has a ethernet jack

Agreed, I have a Netgear wireless router with a print server and it works great.

Jeff

dclee012 · #7 Post by **dclee012** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 8:43 pm

bluetooth on a printer... haha

effxiikc · #8 Post by **effxiikc** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 10:02 pm

wireless print center is expensive

i mean with that price u can get another printer
but if u got the cash...i would be pretty nice ^^"

Mofongo · #9 Post by **Mofongo** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 1:08 pm

needalaptop wrote:What about printing no one talks about printing. Wouldn't it be great to print wirelessly? Is it because I am a college student print papers regularly and looking forward to bluetooth on my new laptop in the fall so my desk won't be cluttered with a cord. It already has the ethernet and that is thick enough.

Get a Canon i80, their ultraportable model. They are really pricey ($250) and the ink cartridges are small, so you will also spend more money on ink. However, you can buy a Bluetooth kit for it and print wirelessly! So if you have money to spend, it's a really great solution if you want maximum mobility and minimal wires.

Mofongo

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