What good is blue tooth technology on a laptop??

I bought my first laptop and it has blue tooth on it but I dont know how I can get the most out of blue tooth or if its worth anything on the laptop.

What good is blue tooth technology on a laptop??
It is a fast and wireless way of exchanging files with your mobile phone or any other bluetooth device.. I mostly use it to transfer files such as themes and pictures to my mobile phone..





Hope this helps %26amp; good luck,
Reply:It allows you to connect to certain wireless devices. The ones you'll see the most often are cell phones and mice. If you have a cell phone with data service it's nice to have because you can use the internet connection of the phone on the laptop.
Reply:Yes you can do a lot with it such as:





sync your cell phone and or PDA


have a wireless mouse (bluetooth complatible of course)


connect to other PCs in range (quick connect for quick exchange of data)


have some other bluetooth gadgets
Reply:After years of promises to revolutionize the computing world, wireless technology is finally making its way into meeting rooms and offices around the world. What is this new technology and how can it help you meet more effectively?





Bluetooth and Wi-Fi


The two major players in wireless options right now are Bluetooth wireless technology and Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11). Both are international standards that operate on radio frequencies.





Bluetooth was originally developed by Ericsson, a Swedish phone company, but then became an industry standard that is now available to everyone. The technology is named after Harald Blåtand (translated to Harold Bluetooth in English), a Danish king who united Denmark and Norway. Bluetooth promises to unite the computing world and so the name was chosen.





Bluetooth products contain a tiny short-range radio that allows products like cell phones, printers, laptops, handheld PCs and peripherals to talk to each other without cables. The technology has a range of 30' (9 m) and doesn’t draw much power from the device it is installed in.





Wi-Fi, also a radio technology, was developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. This technology is faster than Bluetooth, has a range of 75–150' (22.5–45 m) in an office and up to 1000' (300 m) in open areas, and requires a greater amount of power.





Both technologies allow you to use your computer, peripherals and network without cables – but the benefits they offer are different.





Wireless Benefits


How great would it be to walk into a meeting room, turn on your laptop and connect to the network wirelessly? You could instantly share documents with other meeting attendees, print any important documents without disrupting the meeting to connect to the printer and more. Wireless technology means colleagues can connect and share information seamlessly.





Although Bluetooth and Wi-Fi offer similar solutions there are differences to consider before purchasing either technology for your meeting room.





Bluetooth technology is a great cable-replacement technology because it draws less power and has a shorter range than Wi-Fi. With Bluetooth you would no longer need cables for your mouse, printer, keyboard or other peripherals.





Wi-Fi, with its longer range and larger power draw, is the best option to wirelessly connect larger devices such as your computer and a network. In bigger devices the larger power draw lets you exchange data without a noticeable change in speed and users can be further away from the modem. However, for smaller, battery operated devices, Wi-Fi’s larger power draw isn’t as useful because it will quickly drain their power supply.





Bluetooth is the lower-cost option – it is expected that adding Bluetooth to products will raise the cost by US$10. Wi-Fi, on the other hand, could raise the cost by US$35 per product.





Make your technology versatile, by buying products such as laptops and pocket PCs that have both technologies installed, so you can choose when and where to use either technology.





Go Wireless!


There are currently over 800 licensed Bluetooth solutions and over 500 Wi-Fi products. Companies such as Intel, Microsoft and Toshiba offer products that are equipped with either Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or both.





You may not go wireless overnight, but if you slowly introduce the technology into your meeting rooms you could find that your meetings become more productive. No more wasting time searching for cables and setting up multimedia equipment. Access all the files, appointments and tools you need – tangle-free!
Reply:Blue tooth may seem to be a word related to tooth decay or something , but actually its not. Blue tooth is a upcoming technology which are commercially used in mobiles and other devices. If you take a printer,mouse or keyboard,if it has to be connected with your system you need to have cables. Most of the offices, cables are plenty and occupy not only space and gives office a bad look.





Popular upcoming technology bluetooth can be called as cable replacement technology why because the chip inside bluetooth is designed to take the information normally carried by the cable and it transmits the information in a special frequency to the receiver. Then the receiver will transmit information to the system.





Why would you choose Blue tooth?


Let me answer this:





Blue tooth is the only proven technology for short range communication in the market where more than 500 million units of Blue tooth technology products has been installed, you can imagine the volume of requirement for blue tooth products





Nowadays most of the latest technology mobiles have implemented Blue tooth technology, key to blue tooth technology popularity are mobiles, because mobiles have become a part and parcel of human life.
Reply:I use a bluetooth mouse and transfer file to my phone with bluetooth..
Reply:Bluetooth is wireless technology, and with it, you can use wireless devices like a mouse or keyboard. Bluetooth is good to have because you don't need to worry about untangling wires, and things like that.