Also, the problem with dropping a bug in a cybercafe could be resolved by making the transmission more tight-beamed.
That's an advantage IrDA has over Bluetooth --
IrDA devices beam data in about a 30-degree
cone with a range of roughly one meter. It's
hard to intrude on a conversation over IrDA.
Bias/Plug: Synchrona has released a Java
implementation of IrDA (parts of it, more to
follow) to sourceforge.net/projects/jred.
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That's an advantage IrDA has over Bluetooth -- IrDA devices beam data in about a 30-degree cone with a range of roughly one meter. It's hard to intrude on a conversation over IrDA.
Bias/Plug: Synchrona has released a Java implementation of IrDA (parts of it, more to follow) to sourceforge.net/projects/jred.