Cheap Bluetooth-without disassembling screen! instock again

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aaa · #1 Post by **aaa** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 7:52 am

I posted this link before, but again:

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... ht=#301775
Direct link: In stock again!

Antenna: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZvinniemakQQhtZ-1

Total is about $33 for everything, there was somebody else on ebay offering the card/antenna/LED for about $46, but that involves disassembling your display. With the antenna I linked, being very short and compact, it fits right next to the bluetooth card. I tried the card without an antenna, but ended up having to hold my phone to the upper left corner of the laptop for it to work

... so I got that antenna and now I can detect the phone from other rooms.

Another issue: the no1802 must be undone and redone for the bluetooth to be detected.

#2 Post by **bill bolton** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 7:59 am

aaa wrote:Antenna: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZvinniemakQQhtZ-1

Do you mean the antenna described as "MINI PCI WIRELESS 802.11G ANTENNA BLUETOOTH DELL LAPTOP" ??

Cheers,

Bill

aaa · #3 Post by **aaa** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:38 am

Yep. There are all sorts of antennae that will work, basically any wifi antenna, but this is the smallest one I've seen.

ccotenj · #4 Post by **ccotenj** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:20 pm

that link to compuvest gives me "no matching result"...

aaa · #5 Post by **aaa** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 5:52 pm

There were only 4 left when I posted so they're probably all gone :/.

ccotenj · #6 Post by **ccotenj** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 7:11 pm

oh well. not the end of the world. i ordered the antenna, the card will come eventually.

robert alcantara · #7 Post by **robert alcantara** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:39 pm

What's wrong with something like this:

http://dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.83

I ordered the black one for only $6.11 USD

ccotenj · #8 Post by **ccotenj** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:50 pm

nothing "wrong" per se with a dongle, it's just an inelegant solution...

i even have a few floating around... and i suppose that as long as i have a wireless card sticking out the side, a dongle wouldn't really "hurt"... i'd just like to get it internal...

aaa · #9 Post by **aaa** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:11 pm

robert alcantara wrote:What's wrong with something like this:

http://dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.83

I ordered the black one for only $6.11 USD

Oh no. Not that. Especially *that*. Thing fell apart within DAYS. I specifically told my sister to get a laptop with builtin bluetooth, she doesn't and gets that... thing. Well at least it kinda works still even though the plastic fell off

aaa · #10 Post by **aaa** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:29 pm

Hey, they apparently have more than a 100 in stock again for same cheap price

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aaa · #11 Post by **aaa** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:12 am

And apparently they dropped the price to $10 now

SHoTTa35 · #12 Post by **SHoTTa35** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:08 am

yeah i was just about to say that... $10 That's freaking insane! Well hopefully some people jump on this. I don't have a T4x anymore but i would have gotten it for sure!