What is Bluetooth?
Bluetooth is a ‘shortwire’ replacement for the mass of cables we use to connect ‘personal’ devices so they can share information. When talking about ‘personal’ devices we are referring to portable PCs, mobile telephones & headsets, PDAs, digital cameras, MP3 players and so on. As Bluetooth develops, we will see more enabled devices, particularly around the home. Bluetooth is designed primarily to work in the background, and, because the speeds are much lower than Wi-Fi, it should be considered as a low-key automated way of exchanging and synchronising localised information. However, Bluetooth does have networking capabilities to a maximum of seven users, with one machine as the master. The maximum working reach for Bluetooth is 100 m (in the Toshiba version) but will initially be around 10m. With the addition of software, it becomes ideal for ad-hoc work (i.e. project teams) or for presentations where a PowerPoint (or similar software) presentation in view-only (save disabled) or view
