Who has a bluetooth USb adapter
 

Hi there.

Who has one of these for connecting a bt mobile phone or a windows mobile pocket pc for web use, file transfer, etc

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I do.

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i don't! would like one though

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How much did you pay for it?

What model / manufacture?

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Its an generic cheap-as-chips one, no obvious name on it. It cost me £9 I think, about 3 years ago. It does what it needs to do though.

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And that is?

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AdVent from pcworld cost me £10

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http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/st...TH+USB+ADAPTER

What does anyone think of these?

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All kind of much the same IMO.

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Hmm, what about bluetooth devices? 1.1, 1.2 etc? Do they support many different profiles as they are called or not, etc

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I think I paid about a fiver for mine from ebuyer

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And what can it do?

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Connect to a bluetooth device. What else would I want it to do? :/

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Hmm, I mean expand, what features does it have, what can you do with it, file share? web access? etc

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http://www.allmobileaccessories.co.u...h-dongle.shtml

This is a good example.

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I got 1 about a year ago but to be honest I cant remember if it was used after the novelty wore off.

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I have one but i cant quite remember where i put it. My new laptop has it built in though

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Mikomi 20m Bluetooth USB Adaptor.

Should I take my chances and just get this, and see whether it has all the features a much more pricey one would have.

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/st...TH+USB+ADAPTER

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As has been said before, they're all much the same. The dongle just facilitates a connection to another device such as a phone. Everything else is in the software.
I use a £6 cheapie from Tesco to connect to my phone. Coupled with the Motorola software it enables me to upload ringtones and download piccys.

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So your saying that the cheap ones there can do just as the expensive ones can do?

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Web access for a mobile device on a £6.99 USB bluetooth.

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I have one & I use it to access my nokia phone, backup stuff from it such as contacts, pictures, videos etc. I have also used it with my phone to access the internet when mine has been down & it ran very well. If your going to be using it for this sort of thing then I would highly recommend getting one, hell just buy one, not like they cost an arm & a leg.

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My daughter bought one today (£5) so she could transfer her phone pictures and video to her laptop.

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I have one kicking around somewhere
Probably only bluetooth 1.0 since its getting on for 4 - 5 years old.

As for features depends on what OS its being used with and what the drivers are

I have the newer bluetooth 2.0 with EDR built-in to my laptop so I've never bothered to replace the dongle, seldom use it as I just pop the memory card from my phone in the pc's card-reader (much quicker ;) )

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I use a cheapo one. I use it with Microsoft sms sender to send messages through my Nokia using an interface on the PC while I am at work. This way I am not seen typing on my phone when at work, instead I am typing on my PC,