From: "Stanley Sidlov" Received: from mxout4.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.168] verified) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 343556 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 09 Sep 2006 07:18:52 -0400 Received: from mxin1.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.175]) by mxout4.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GM0rI-000Ocv-MO for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 09 Sep 2006 07:18:49 -0400 Received: from admin.nni.com ([216.107.0.130]) by mxin1.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GM0rI-000Eyy-KC for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 09 Sep 2006 07:18:48 -0400 X-Scan:Scanned for Virus By NuNet Received: from [67.81.124.65] (account stanleys@cybernex.net) by admin.nni.com (CommuniGate Pro POP 4.1.8) with XMIT id 524711725; Sat, 09 Sep 2006 07:18:47 -0400 To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 07:18:41 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: "Stanley Sidlov" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2.20.2300 for OS/2 Warp 4.5 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]Re: OT Bluetooth Message-ID: X-Mail-Handler: MailHop by DynDNS X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 01:09:34 -0400, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: >In short, for PANs (Personal Area Networks), Bluetooth is just great. >For headsets, headphones, and file transfers between PDAs, BT excels far >beyond 802.11 in ease of use and compatibility (try sending data from >your sound card via 802.11...huh????) :-) The right (sized) tool for >the right (sized) job! BT (or IR as two of our three phones have IR, too) is one of the main reasons we keep our updated contact information in Outlook 2003. (My phone can read Lotus Notes address books too.) We've used BT to exchange phone numbers, photos and movies between each other's phones. And sometimes the laptop makes a better speakerphone than the phone itself. With the exception of the phone Cingular paid us $50 to take, my daughter's Sony Walkman phone and my Siemens also do full contact information just like a PDA, we keep copies of everyone' email, street address, company info multiple phone numbers, etc on our phones. I have a very nice Broadcom BT v2 dongle for the laptop. I can transfer the phone's photos and other files (phone has a RS-MMC card) between the two. It's handy, and neat since I don't have to carry the RS-232 or the USB data cables for the phones with me.