Damnit, you could've replied sooner, I've been fussing for hours trying to get my 600W Mitsubishi Cube to compile xmms.
On a lighter note, I have discovered an exciting way to get rid of CD's I don't need anymore.
Bluetooth is significantly cheaper to implement, costing under $20US per device to the manufacturer.
Most devices use a single chip version of bluetooth and a tiny antenna, or one integrated into another antenna, all requiring less real estate on circuit boards and less materials.
Bluetooth tranceivers radiate less energy, causing lower interference than 802.11b and allowing it to be packed closer to other hardware.
Bluetooth uses drastically less power than 802.11 because it's range is designed to be very limited.
In addition to this, the bluetooth standard also caters for encryption that is transparent to the user, this coupled with it's limited range offers vastly increased security over 802.11 for transferring your valued and confidential information between cellphone/PDA and computer.
In short it's smaller, cheaper and less complicated in every respect, allowing those manufacturers you talk about to make smaller, better connected cellphones.
Damn I wish I could get a microwave that supported X11, then I could sit in the lounge and watch the status of my food cooking with a nice remote app running on the microwave.
Or did you mean an X11 server?
Coz it'd be super-nifty to be able to display ethereal on my microwave display so I could watch how the leakage in ISM band affects throughput on my 802.11 network.
As far as I can tell, your point is that bluetooth is useless because you don't have any use for it.
If I can sync my calendar and address book to my phone while it's in my pocket when I'm sitting at my desk, it's saved me a minute or so connecting up and disconnecting cables from it.
The arguments you use against bluetooth could equally be applied against keyboards and pointing devices on laptops.
"The vast majority of people use laptops sitting at a desk. Keyboards and mice are not an issue for most people -- they use their laptop at a desk.
So basically, these people don't need built in input devices. Adding them only makes laptops more expensive and only benefits a small fraction of the users, so isn't justified."
Seems to make a little less sense when you look at it this way doesn't it, I could easily extend this argument to a thousand other examples in everyday life... back seats in cars for instance.
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Damnit, you could've replied sooner, I've been fussing for hours trying to get my 600W Mitsubishi Cube to compile xmms. On a lighter note, I have discovered an exciting way to get rid of CD's I don't need anymore.
Pardon?
Where did you get that information from?
Bluetooth is significantly cheaper to implement, costing under $20US per device to the manufacturer.
Most devices use a single chip version of bluetooth and a tiny antenna, or one integrated into another antenna, all requiring less real estate on circuit boards and less materials.
Bluetooth tranceivers radiate less energy, causing lower interference than 802.11b and allowing it to be packed closer to other hardware.
Bluetooth uses drastically less power than 802.11 because it's range is designed to be very limited.
In addition to this, the bluetooth standard also caters for encryption that is transparent to the user, this coupled with it's limited range offers vastly increased security over 802.11 for transferring your valued and confidential information between cellphone/PDA and computer.
In short it's smaller, cheaper and less complicated in every respect, allowing those manufacturers you talk about to make smaller, better connected cellphones.
A worthwhile upgrade if you ask me.
Damn I wish I could get a microwave that supported X11, then I could sit in the lounge and watch the status of my food cooking with a nice remote app running on the microwave. Or did you mean an X11 server? Coz it'd be super-nifty to be able to display ethereal on my microwave display so I could watch how the leakage in ISM band affects throughput on my 802.11 network.
As far as I can tell, your point is that bluetooth is useless because you don't have any use for it. If I can sync my calendar and address book to my phone while it's in my pocket when I'm sitting at my desk, it's saved me a minute or so connecting up and disconnecting cables from it. The arguments you use against bluetooth could equally be applied against keyboards and pointing devices on laptops. "The vast majority of people use laptops sitting at a desk. Keyboards and mice are not an issue for most people -- they use their laptop at a desk. So basically, these people don't need built in input devices. Adding them only makes laptops more expensive and only benefits a small fraction of the users, so isn't justified." Seems to make a little less sense when you look at it this way doesn't it, I could easily extend this argument to a thousand other examples in everyday life... back seats in cars for instance.
A hundred million dollars sounds a little exaggerated, where did you get that figure from?
I thought of my dear old ZX 81.