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Bluetooth dongle?

I have several ringtones stored on my computer, but I do not have a usb connector on my phone. How do I send the tones to my phone via Bluetooth? I have a Motorola V300 but do not think it is Bluetooth compatible. A Bluetooth dongle will take care of this?

Is a bluetooth dongle just for phones or can it be for any bluetooth device?

Also if my PC doesn't have bluetooth already do I need a dongle?


Technically you can use a bluetooth dongle to make any device bluetooth-enabled, not just a phone. if your PC doesn't have bluetooth built-in, you need the dongle.

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New 'Bluetooth' devices making their way into law enforcement

New 'Bluetooth' devices making their way into law enforcement Bluetooth technology was developed in 1994 by Ericsson in Sweden with technology that has existed since 1944

As police officers working in the 21st century, equipped with both vehicle and or portable radios, radio waves are everywhere around us. Many of our vehicle computers use cellular radio waves to communicate with other officers or dispatch. Radio waves are further used in many different devices in an ever-increasing variety of methods. A relatively new form of radio wave is Bluetooth. The term “Bluetooth” is most associated with cellular telephones, but did you know it is widely used in other electronics?

According to the www.Bluetooth.com web site, Bluetooth technology was developed in 1994 by Ericsson in Sweden with technology that has existed since 1944. The name, Bluetooth, has no real meaning. In fact, Bluetooth is a project code name that simply stuck and is still used to this day.

Bluetooth uses radio waves to link electronic devices containing Bluetooth chips embedded in them, allowing the devices to communicate and send and receive information. Unlike television stations or other electronic devices using radio waves that have the ability to send information a long distance, Bluetooth radio waves can only link to another device within about 30 feet.

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Bluetooth is one of those features that can be a pretty important factor in mobile handsets. It allows you to transfer media (including pictures and music) to and from your laptop/desktop or even stream stereo music to a headset using A2DP (Advance Audio Distribution Profile). Many users now tether their cell phones to netbooks/laptops using Bluetooth, cementing just how important it can be.

However, Bluetooth doesn’t appear in every netbook/laptop/desktop. Using a USB Bluetooth dongle is one of the ways of getting Bluetooth onto your netbook and it’s a relatively inexpensive option. MobileFun , a specialist retailer of mobile accessories, kindly sent over the Atomic Pico Bluetooth USB dongle for review. This particular dongle is the smallest in the world according to its manufacturers and costs £8.95. MobileFun applies a small delivery charge on top of this depending on whether shipping is to the UK or mainland Europe.

The packaging highlights the many benefits of Bluetooth and exactly what can be connected. The dongle comes with the latest Bluetooth 2.1 specification and is compatible with all major Windows operating systems and Mac OSX.

Data transfer is quoted at a maximum of 3 Mbit/s and the dongle should give you around 10 metres of coverage. A number of profiles are supported including A2DP (Advance Audio Distribution Profile) for high quality stereo. It also supports secure pairing and encryption.

The dongle comes with a small disc from which you can install the optional BlueSoliel software (for advanced Bluetooth options). However, the dongle is designed to work as plug and play in Windows XP, Vista & Windows 7. For basic file transfer no drivers are needed.

Whenever a company claims to the smallest/largest it’s always difficult to verify their claims. However, whichever way you look at it, the Atomic Pico is super small. It has dimensions of just 12 mm x 13 mm x 3 mm.

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