Showing posts with label bluetooth technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bluetooth technology. Show all posts

Monday, October 27, 2008

The Advantages Of The Bluetooth Wireless USB Adapter

Bluetooth is a wireless technology, using a small microchip, a portable device and a mobile. Your mobile and the device get interconnected by Bluetooth as soon as they come within the specific range.

The technology thus gives you short range connectivity using 2.4 GHZ radio waves, without the use of wires and different size of cables. But what you need is the Bluetooth USB adapter and the chip. This chip function just likes the cable wires but they use radio waves to connect and transmit the information.

Bluetooth USB is a small hardware device. Bluetooth adapters and the dongles are the small devices almost the size of your small fingure and they can be attached to the USB port in your personal computers. As you attach the dongle the computer automatically gets connected to the nearby mobile by Bluetooth. You can then use these settings to download the ring tones or wallpapers to your mobile.

How is it advantageous?
The first benefit is that you don't have to tangle yourself in those noodle strip wires and cables. You just insert the US dongle in the USB port and download the wallpapers or ring tones or the games to your mobile.

It is simple to use. You just need to be in the range of 10-15 meter distance, so that your devices get connected by Bluetooth.

It is safe to use. The devices with Bluetooth exchange the authentication details and get connected automatically.

The technology also supports the VOIP technology hence you can talk to your friends also.
When you are using the USB adapter on your personal computer, then you are in a way using the computer and the mobile technologies together.

Around 8 devices can connect within the piconet or Personal Area Network formed by the Bluetooth.

You can transfer the games, ring tones, songs, text messages, and files among the connected devices in the piconet at the speed of 1-2Mbps.

When you connect the Bluetooth USB adapter to your computer you make your computer Bluetooth enable. That means your computer can now exchange the authentication code with other Bluetooth enabled devices in the short range of the piconet and get connected wirelessly. Now you can coordinate the contacts on your desktop or print the sheets or transfer files.

Although the connectivity is affected if there are more devices within the piconet or there are any changes in the environment, but the advantages out power the demerits.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

What Is Bluetooth Technology

Technological advancements in the wireless communication are fast catching up and Bluetooth technology is one of them. Named after the Danish king, Harlad Blatand, Bluetooth, is the technology that uses short range radio waves at 2.4 GHz bands to connect the digital appliances, laptops, headsets, mobile devices and other portable devices, so as to have a wireless communication within a small area called as Personal Area Network (PAN).

This technology came as an innovation from Erricson. And gradually became popular with the teaming up of the other IT companies and the mobile phones, so as to provide a facility to their customers for wireless communication within their work places or their home.

This technology enables the performance of the various tasks using the mobile phones, laptops, digital camera within an area of ten to fifteen meters, which can get interconnected with each other using the Bluetooth technology, till they are switched on. Once the devices with Bluetooth come within this area range they get interconnected. Thus a Bluetooth headset having RS transceiver, protocol, connects to a Bluetooth device which is at 7 meter distance. Thus the easy use of VOIP technology is also a feature and advantage of Bluetooth.

Once the devices are in the range they automatically exchange the address and other authentication details and get connected wirelessly.

For a Bluetooth all that is required is a small microchip, a mobile device or a digital camera or a laptop or portable device, radio waves, GSM or CDMA feature in your mobile. The main function is of the chip which like the cables transmits the information to the receiver chip at a particular radio frequency. As the devices with Bluetooth come in a specific range of 10-15 meters they get connected creating a network. The network thus formed is called as Personal Area Network (PAN) or piconet.

Upto eight devices can connect within this range and data can be transferred at the speed of 1-2Mbps. The authentication by the user is at 128 bit encryption. One device within a piconet can be a part of other piconet which is enabled by timesharing.

So you can synchronize the calendar and your contacts on your personal computer and palmtops, exchange and share data between devices like PDA and desktop without the use of USB portals.

Bluetooth technology, as it develops over time and year will enable for a convenient wireless communication and task performance under a much wider area.