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Hemos
on from the making-wireless-really-work dept.
LupeROD writes "Here's a story that shoulders the responsibility of trying to convince us all that the spectrum wars between 802.11 and Bluetooth are bogus and the truth, be it obscured, is that 802.11 and Bluetooth are really compadres.""
Phony my butt!
by
baptiste
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· Score: 1, Redundant
This article states the obvious - 802.11b and Bluetooth target different audiences, etc. No kidding. However, they ARE in conflict. Numerous articles and tests have shown that 802.11b throughput and range drops like a stone if your 802.11 device happens to be near a bluetooth device since they share the same spectrum. So what do you do if you have bluetooth devices all over your cube and the guy next to you wants to use his 802.11b PDA? He'll most likely have serious trouble if he's not near the access point.
I personally think Bluetooth is a joke. Remember how USB was supposed to eliminate all the wires to our PCs? You know - one or two USB cables to the box. The monitor and keyboard would have USB ports on them so you could plug other stuff into them, etc, etc. But it hasn't really happened. Yes, USB is making inroads but VERY slowly and NOT because of bandwidth issues. USB 2 will be nice but its not gonna speed up adoption of USB. Bluetooth will be similar. WHo cares if your PDA uses a serial or USB port or wireless to talk with your desktop? Personally? I'd prefer to have wires for security (do I want my contacts and calendar broadcast to to my cubemates?) Thanks, I'll pass. Printers? Maybe - but serisouly, use a thin, easy to route USB cable.
I don't need a pico net on my desktop. I need a smartly designed setup where wires run a minimum distance because defvices can be chained, etc. My mouse should plug into my keyboard (duh!) instead of running along side its wire. (Appel got that one right) My keyboard should be able to plug into my monitor. My camera - go to the monitor or keyboard. Speakers? Whatever. You get the point.
I just don't see the killer apps that will make Bluetooht more than an annoyance.
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I personally think Bluetooth is a joke. Remember how USB was supposed to eliminate all the wires to our PCs? You know - one or two USB cables to the box. The monitor and keyboard would have USB ports on them so you could plug other stuff into them, etc, etc. But it hasn't really happened. Yes, USB is making inroads but VERY slowly and NOT because of bandwidth issues. USB 2 will be nice but its not gonna speed up adoption of USB. Bluetooth will be similar. WHo cares if your PDA uses a serial or USB port or wireless to talk with your desktop? Personally? I'd prefer to have wires for security (do I want my contacts and calendar broadcast to to my cubemates?) Thanks, I'll pass. Printers? Maybe - but serisouly, use a thin, easy to route USB cable.
I don't need a pico net on my desktop. I need a smartly designed setup where wires run a minimum distance because defvices can be chained, etc. My mouse should plug into my keyboard (duh!) instead of running along side its wire. (Appel got that one right) My keyboard should be able to plug into my monitor. My camera - go to the monitor or keyboard. Speakers? Whatever. You get the point.
I just don't see the killer apps that will make Bluetooht more than an annoyance.
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