Apple Internal Bluetooth Module

[shadowfax0]

i've got a wireless headset for my T39, the HBH-15, it's really schwag, and i got it for $30 off ebay, work great! I think the iPod earphones like that would rock, I'd really dig a pair of those

 

[Jimong5]

Originally posted by dajay
have you noticed, those are two different ti. one has more stickers than the other and comes with a ufo power supply while the other has the small white one.

so this must mean, ehrm.... nothing i guess

the interesting thing is that the current Ti has a completely new adaptor, that only works with the current Ti. The UFO adaptor wouldn't even fit into the current Ti.

 

[Marvenp]

Originally posted by chmorley
I do believe it's 30. You have 29 posts (in 10 months).

If you want information from the source, though, check out the FAQ.

Chris

Thanks Chris. I wonder if this post get's me out of "Newbie Land"?

[Admin Edit: Yes it does, but off-topic posts like this also are at risk of getting deleted without warning]

 

[Marvenp]

Originally posted by MisterMe
You really want people to know that you don't have a life?

On the contrary smarta$$, I do have a life that's why I don't have time to sit around and reply to every post on this site. I read what's important to me and move on. And if i have something to say, I post. Perhaps that's why I don't have enough posts to be a member, and perhaps it's you who doesn't have a life.

I own two companies (count 'em) two in Tokyo one of the busiests cities on the planet.

 

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by Jimong5
the interesting thing is that the current Ti has a completely new adaptor, that only works with the current Ti. The UFO adaptor wouldn't even fit into the current Ti.

Not sure about that one...the plug is exactly the same for all revisions of the TiBook.

 

[scem0]

Seven5:
Well, I think you are wrong when you say that Blue Tooth is for people on the go. That is very true, but it would also be very useful for those 'not on the go'. I know that I have way more wires cluttering my office then I would want, and I am sure this is true with most people. Blue tooth is just basically easy, wireless connectivity that can make your room fell less 'wired.'

 

[Arcady]

Originally posted by Jimong5


the interesting thing is that the current Ti has a completely new adaptor, that only works with the current Ti. The UFO adaptor wouldn't even fit into the current Ti.

That's not true. My TiBook 500 came with a UFO adapter that also works fine with a TiBook 800 (and also works great with a Dual USB iBook 600). The adapter from the TiBook 800 works with the TiBook 500 also. Currently, the Ti and iBook both ship with the same adapter.

Also, you can use an adapter as old as one from a PowerBook Duo if you get a generation gap plug from Madsonline. The voltages are the same, but the newer plugs are smaller.

 

[seven5]

well sure, if you're using a laptop as a desktop, then there is some wires to hook up and unhook, but you would be USED to that, for using a laptop as a desktop, go get a dock if thats your game.

And sure, if someone has a problem with "Cluttered Wire" then they would WANT a bluetooth printer or scanner, but the thing is, is that that vendors wont make them, cause people don't REALLY care about that, cause its SLOW, who wants a sloww printer like that, or a slow scanner, isn't that why USB was pushed so hard?!?!?

and finally, the biggest issue is, and has been for me as long as there has been wireless ANYTHINg, is that if there is a bluetooth wireless device, there is batterys, and idon't know about anyone else, but i REALLY don't need to buy baterys for my keyboard, it plugs into my 17" studio LCD, and the wire REALLY doesn't bother me. I dont want to be stuck without a keyboard or mouse cause i'm "out of batterys"

 

[moo083]

iPods and bluetooth

Here are the 2 ultimate reasons for bluetooth to be on an iPod:
Well, before I say that, they don't need to start with them built in, just add support for a firewire bluetooth adapter that connects to guess where.
Now, on to the suggestions:

a. transfering files that are stored on the hardrive. They won't allow to exchange music though. I mean, look at them now! They will not even allow you to copy the music to your own hard drive (people do it, including me, but it wasn't exactly Apple's intention).

b. This is the cool one: You get the bluetooth adapter and stick it in your phone. Then, you get a compact flashcard that does not actually have memory on it, but a bluetooth adapter also. It has the firmware built in. You pop that into a digital camera and because the firmware is on the card itself, no native support is needed on the camera. The pictures, whenever taken, go directly to the iPod. Nearly unlimited space for all your pictures. A disgusting amount of room.

And when you find out whether that bluetooth mouse works, please tell us. I'd like to know. Thanks.

 

[Mirage_]

Originally posted by Marvenp


On the contrary smarta$$, I do have a life that's why I don't have time to sit around and reply to every post on this site. I read what's important to me and move on. And if i have something to say, I post. Perhaps that's why I don't have enough posts to be a member, and perhaps it's you who doesn't have a life.

I own two companies (count 'em) two in Tokyo one of the busiests cities on the planet.

calm down grasshopper

 

[Somebody]

b. This is the cool one: You get the bluetooth adapter and stick it in your phone. Then, you get a compact flashcard that does not actually have memory on it, but a bluetooth adapter also. It has the firmware built in. You pop that into a digital camera and because the firmware is on the card itself, no native support is needed on the camera. The pictures, whenever taken, go directly to the iPod. Nearly unlimited space for all your pictures. A disgusting amount of room.

While this seems like a neat idea, I'm afraid that Bluetooth is going to be too slow for this purpose. Especially with higher-resolution cameras becoming more common. I already find USB to be uncomfortably slow for transfering 2 Mpixel images from my digicam to my desktop. Switch from USB to Bluetooth (which cuts the transfer rate by about a factor of 10), and upgrade to a 5 Mpixel camera, and suddenly things are 20-25 times slower. And this is when I'm actually taking pictures and want quick write speeds, not when I'm at home and can go do something else while a slow transfer happens.

One solution to the speed problem might be for the camera to still have a decent sized flash memory, and use that as a 'cache' to store images until they can be shipped over the slow Bluetooth link; But this requires the camera to stay on a lot more between shots (in order to transmit to the iPod) and may hurt battery life as a result.

To veer offtopic for a moment: I do think that the idea of using the iPod as a means of storing digital photos is a great one. But I think a better solution is to get a camera with a firewire interface (already pretty common on professional digicams, I think), and some firmware upgrades for the iPod let it talk directly to the camera to download images. Sure, it's slightly inconvenient to have to carry a short firewire cable, but if you're already carrying both an iPod and a camera, odds are you have a small duffel bag or carry-all with you, anyways.

I hear a lot of people wanting to do high-bandwidth type stuff with Bluetooth, but it's really not designed for that; Hopefully the next iteration of Bluetooth will be a couple of orders of magnitude faster.

 

[porovaara]

Originally posted by Somebody
One solution to the speed problem might be for the camera to still have a decent sized flash memory, and use that as a 'cache' to store images until they can be shipped over the slow Bluetooth link...

High end prosumer digital cams have insane amounts of onboard memory now, but then again at 5MP they need it. Where they are starting to excel is much faster interfaces to compact flash and compact flash write speeds being increased dramatically. Bluetooth sync would be awesome even though you can only expect about 74k a second. Imagine taking your camera and just laying it in a charger somewhere in your computer room and all your pics just showing up. Sure if you need the images then and there it is still better to just use a CF adapter. (For reference my cams pics are around 2.5meg each and USB speeds are already annoying).

But I think a better solution is to get a camera with a firewire interface (already pretty common on professional digicams, I think), and some firmware upgrades for the iPod let it talk directly to the camera to download images.

Nope, no firewire standard yet but there needs to be something. Prosumer cameras will be in the 7mp range next year and with movie functionality increasing at a rapid rate digital cameras are going to be carrying a few hundred meg of images on them, we need something faster.

I've been using bluetooth stuff for over a year. For some things it is awesome, but it does suck up a lot of power from mobile devices. It is slow and needs to be close if you have a lot of offending devices around (cordless phone/802.11) but it is *damn* cool.

 

[Postal]

I'm interested in Bluetooth headphones myself! So long as the quality is good (not necessarily great, but good), I'd love to just slip on a pair of headphones instead of having to unwind a cord. You could probably have a docking station for the headphones to power them up instead of using conventional batteries.

Imagine a situation where the only cable you plug into your laptop when you get home is for the power adapter. That would encourage me to use my laptop more, that's for sure.

 

[shadowfax]

i think that BT headphones would OK on the quality, MP3 at 320 Kb/sec is really good stuff, but 2.4 GHz.... that takes a lot of battery to run. you'd probably only be able to run a headphone set with a decently light battery for an hour or so at a time, i would think... personally, i don't mind the wires on my Sennheiser HD 500s... hehe.