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1 Kilometer Bluetooth Link to Cell Phone

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the long-distance-wireless dept.

carbolic writes "WiFi-Toys.com has posted an article (with pics) about performing a Bluetooth connection over a distance of 1 kilometer. They claim it is a new world record. They used a Class 1 USB adapter modded using a kit from Bluedriving.com. The over-the-air connection went to an unmodified Sony Ericsson T610 at a distance of 'about 3,300 feet' and they transferred a few pictures. This test was to a paired device pre-configured for the built-in ObexFTP access, but the implication is that now it's easy to Bluesnarf without even being near the target phone."

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  1. Oh the possibilities by f8ejf · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Since bluetooth is in the 2.4GHz band, hams can probably use boosters of up to 200W legally, just like with WiFi.

    We here at the radioclub were able to cover considerable distances with decent directional WiFi waveguides and 10W amplifiers. I wonder if bluetooth would fare as well... Hmmm, something to play with during the holidays :-)

  2. fantastic.. by Turn-X+Alphonse · · Score: 1, Interesting

    May just be me here but I can't think of a use which would need that much distance... hell I can't think of a use for bluetooth in any distance... but then I hate mobile phones so I maybe biast

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    1. Re:fantastic.. by MooCows · · Score: 2, Interesting

      To me the advantage of a mobile phone with bluetooth (and GPRS) is I can connect to it with my PDA and my Laptop.

      Result: GPRS/UMTS on my PDA and Laptop.

      Which means internet access everywhere there's mobile phone coverage.

      Result: Slashdot everywhere :)

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  3. $12 Walkie Talkies by aklix · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I used 2 $12 walkie talkies to control an RC car. Never tested it a mile because i wouldnt be able to see it (suposedly goes 2 miles) but it kept in great range, even when we used binoculars. Simple task too.

  4. Not very exciting by SuperBanana · · Score: 2, Interesting
    WiFi-Toys.com has posted an article (with pics)

    And they're pretty lame pictures, at that. One is of a guy holding something AWAY from the camera that looks like it might be a box. Or a piece of cardboard. We have no idea. Another pic shows a picture of a hill, with a GIANT red hand-drawn arrow pointing to where the phone is. Picture #3 is the boot screen for the phone, courtesy T-Mobile. Then we get a blurry pic of the linksys bluetooth adapter with a giant cable coming off it...and last but not least...a picture of the bluetooth-raped cellphone..so traumatized, it has switched itself off.

    Cute the Visene guy- "Wooooooow".

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  5. can u smell it? by Bog+Standard · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The fact that the device was "pre-configured" and then "unmodified" should raise a few eyebrows. This is pure FUD and marketing bull. Anyone with at least a plebsworth of IT sense knows that to form a connection it takes two ends. I havent read the article but then again I don't need to.

  6. Re:The perfect Friday night story by dracvl · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Now if they could just figure out a way to use bluetooth to get dates...

    I believe you're looking for this.

  7. Toothing by baka_vic · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well, toothing seems to be all the rage in the EU. Here's a definition by Wikipedia:
    Toothing describes the use of a Bluetooth enabled mobile phone or PDA to arrange sexual encounters. Linky

  8. Another ADVERTISEMENT by gnuber · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I hate it when /. posts blatant product advertisements as stories. This story was submitted by "Carbolic", whose given URL (mouse-over his name) is Wifi-toys.com. He talks about a wifi-toys.com story (in the third person), and links to the "kit from bluedriving.com". The small print on that page notes that Bluedriving.com is a member site of wifi-toys.com . The $99 "kit" linked to is just a $45 Linksys adaptor and a CD of freeware and drivers (you'd be better off downloading the newest versions from the net). A fool and his money are soon parted, I guess. This is the second time this week that Carbolic has posted a story linking to his site.

    I won't fault Carbolic for pimping his site, particularly since he isn't hiding his affiliation. But the /. editors should filter this spam out.

  9. The flip side by macemoneta · · Score: 2, Interesting

    With a good sized dish, you can probably monitor anyone in your neighborhood typing on a BT keyboard. Encryption doesn't do any good, if the clear text data is compromised.

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