Thursday, June 12, 2003
Why Has 802.11 Flourished and Bluetooth Failed?
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 10:30 AM
"The crux of the problem is that 802.11 represents the Internet and Bluetooth represents the faux Internet, and getting to know the difference gives us an understanding of what the Internet really is. On the surface, both promise connectivity without wires. That's really all 802.11 promises.
The Bluetooth story sounds much better. It promises to get rid of that tangle of wires on our desk and it will allow us to have a wireless headset that works with our cellular phone. We can connect our PDAs to our cellular phone and connect to the Internet and we can synchronize our cellular phone with our desktop and on and on. Unfortunately, Bluetooth synchronizes to the desktop only if you are at the desk--and that's the crux of the problem."
Bob sure says "crux" a lot. :lol: This article should spark some interesting debate. I recently installed an Iogear Bluetooth dongle on my desktop PC, then tried to get my iPAQ 5450 to talk to it, and gave up after 30 minutes. The Iogear product is great, and the iPAQ Bluetooth manager seems intuitive, but it's still too hard, still too illogical. Sigh.
The Bluetooth story sounds much better. It promises to get rid of that tangle of wires on our desk and it will allow us to have a wireless headset that works with our cellular phone. We can connect our PDAs to our cellular phone and connect to the Internet and we can synchronize our cellular phone with our desktop and on and on. Unfortunately, Bluetooth synchronizes to the desktop only if you are at the desk--and that's the crux of the problem."
Bob sure says "crux" a lot. :lol: This article should spark some interesting debate. I recently installed an Iogear Bluetooth dongle on my desktop PC, then tried to get my iPAQ 5450 to talk to it, and gave up after 30 minutes. The Iogear product is great, and the iPAQ Bluetooth manager seems intuitive, but it's still too hard, still too illogical. Sigh.
