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USB to Bluetooth Adapters?

Posted by Cliff on from the do-they-even-exist-yet dept.

OtakuMan asks: "I am looking for a Bluetooth adapter so I can free up some of my USB slots. I have found many Bluetooth -> USB adapters, but I have not found any USB -> Bluetooth adapters. Any help?"

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  1. Good luck! by Raetsel · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'll be very, very surprised to see the kind of thing you seem to be looking for. It sounds almost like you plugged one of those bluetooth dongles into a USB hub, another Bluetooth dongle into your computer, and wondered why you couldn't use the hub. (Is that what you had in mind?)

    Problems:

    1. IIRC, USB requires a computer to "run the hub." It has to be in the loop, somewhere, to arbitrate/manage/etc. the connections.

      (IEEE 1394/Firewire/iLink, on the other hand, doesn't require the computer and thus you can plug your Firewire-equipped Mini-DV camcorder into your Firewire VCR (or editing deck) and expect it to work. Curiosity point: any /.ers out there plugged a Firewire hard drive straight into a DV camcorder and had it work?)

    2. USB -- version 1.x -- is designed for 12 Mbit/sec. Bluetooth tops out (for now) at 1 Mbit/sec. (i.e. USB over Bluetooth? Bad idea.)
    Short version: I don't think USB was designed to work that way. You do get it to work and that's going to be one hell of an ugly hack.
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  2. Me too! by floydigus · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am looking for a connector to connect my Ask Slashdot questions to the editors.

    I know this is possible, because I have seen other peoples questions get posted.

    Maybe it's because mine aren't stupid enough?
    Please help!

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