Wednesday, April 18, 2007
WM Team Blog: "Why Did We Remove Bluetooth DUN?"
Posted by Janak Parekh in "ARTICLE" @ 01:00 PM
"I'm Greg Scott and I work as a developer on a team that provides core networking technologies on Windows Mobile. There has been some [negative] feedback from the community about Bluetooth dial-up networking (DUN) being removed in WM5 AKU3. I'll do my best to explain that."
A good article from Greg as to why we should look forward to Bluetooth PAN devices. Ironically, just as they're readding DUN back to WM6, Apple's newest OS release, 10.4.9, adds PAN to its Bluetooth stack, so one of the major reasons to reintroduce it is gone. Personally, I think PAN is the way of the future -- but, in general, it's always better to accommodate your users and gradually remove technologies, as opposed to the complete switch made in WM5 AKU3. (Oh, and note to Microsoft: I'd love to use PAN, but Palm never released AKU3 for my 700w. :roll:)
A good article from Greg as to why we should look forward to Bluetooth PAN devices. Ironically, just as they're readding DUN back to WM6, Apple's newest OS release, 10.4.9, adds PAN to its Bluetooth stack, so one of the major reasons to reintroduce it is gone. Personally, I think PAN is the way of the future -- but, in general, it's always better to accommodate your users and gradually remove technologies, as opposed to the complete switch made in WM5 AKU3. (Oh, and note to Microsoft: I'd love to use PAN, but Palm never released AKU3 for my 700w. :roll:)
