November 25, 2002 02:25 PM

What You Need to Know About Bluetooth

Setting new wireless standards
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Paul Thurrott
Windows IT Pro
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With the confusing array of wireless technologies vying for your attention, you might be a bit confused by Bluetooth, which fills a unique niche that the more common 802.11-based technologies don't offer. Unlike 802.11b and other wireless standards, Bluetooth isn't designed to supply wireless Ethernet networking capabilities. Instead, Bluetooth is a standard designed to simplify interconnecting wireless devices of many types, within a limited area. Here's what you need to know about Bluetooth.

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Curious that Samsung M40 notebook does not appear to be configured for Bluetooth. Is this not a strange omission? Its smaller X30 is.

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