Cheapest USB Bluetooth dongle in UK?

> > BigPockets have one for £19.99...
> >
> > Ebuyer has a generic cheapo one for £14.82
> >
>
> The cheapest it is, the crappest connection & software you will have with
> Bluetooth.
>
> Get the branded one. TDK or Belkin should be good. I have Belkin and it
> works great with my T610.

I second that motion! I bought an MSI dongle, and while its pretty good
they're a bit poor at updating the drivers (see thread below), i.e. the
latest drivers that TDK and Belkin have had out for a couple of months have
only just been released by MSI (the last release of driver came out in May
2003 I think; so they skipped a couple of updates in between too!).
Personally, I'd plump for the TDK dongle if I was gonna buy one again, you
can find it for around 35 quid if you look around. However, if cash really
is an issue the MSI dongle is ok, and dabs.com do it for around 25-quid I
think (the MS-6967) and the widcomm drivers up to this point have been
hackable if you really want the latest versions (which is what I've done up
till now).

If you go with a "generic cheapo" one, expect to never get it working
properly (and if you do manage it, you're probably in the lucky few) 'cause
bluetooth is damn testy at the moment. When there's eventually operating
system level support of bluetooth, then the "generic cheapo"'s will become
more of an option.

I bought mine ages ago from www.scan.co.uk [see below]

Quality! Works great with my T610...

Well worth your pocket money!!
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Description
MSI BTose Bluetooth Dongle USB 20m Class 2


Model No: MS-6970-010


Item currently in stock

£13.50 ex. VAT

£15.86 inc. VAT

"Rarelyamson" <rarely_amson@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:e092e240.0311270500.676af31@posting.google.co m...
> I bought mine ages ago from www.scan.co.uk [see below]
>
> Quality! Works great with my T610...
>
> Well worth your pocket money!!
> --------------------------------
>
> Description
> MSI BTose Bluetooth Dongle USB 20m Class 2
>
>
> Model No: MS-6970-010
>
>
> Item currently in stock
>
> £13.50 ex. VAT
>
> £15.86 inc. VAT

I use the MSI PC2PC Dongle with me Nokia 6600 & 7650 without any prob's..

In article <93Zwb.20174$K%5.19867@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk>,
cool_and_funky@*-nospamthanks_*yahoo.com says...
> I second that motion! I bought an MSI dongle, and while its pretty good
> they're a bit poor at updating the drivers (see thread below), i.e. the
> latest drivers that TDK and Belkin have had out for a couple of months have
> only just been released by MSI (the last release of driver came out in May
> 2003 I think; so they skipped a couple of updates in between too!).
>

I have just purchased the MSI 6967 Bluetooth USB dongle but cannot even
get the software installed!

According to the "Quick User's Guide" the software is installed first
and then the hardware.

When I try installing the software from the CD I do not get the option
of selecting Bluetooth software, the installation process just installs
"IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Software 3.24.23" and nothing else.

Unfortunately at the moment I cannot access the MSI website, I am
getting 'server not found' so cannot look at the FAQs on the site.

They have the latest software for the 6967 on the site but I need to
install the original software before I can install the latest version.

Anyone have any ideas what the problem might be when I check what files
are on the CD I cannot find any reference to Bluetooth!!

Cheers - Harry

In article <93Zwb.20174$K%5.19867@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk>,
cool_and_funky@*-nospamthanks_*yahoo.com says...
> I second that motion! I bought an MSI dongle, and while its pretty good
> they're a bit poor at updating the drivers (see thread below), i.e. the
> latest drivers that TDK and Belkin have had out for a couple of months have
> only just been released by MSI (the last release of driver came out in May
> 2003 I think; so they skipped a couple of updates in between too!).
>

I have just purchased the MSI 6967 Bluetooth USB dongle but cannot even
get the software installed!

According to the "Quick User's Guide" the software is installed first
and then the hardware.

When I try installing the software from the CD I do not get the option
of selecting Bluetooth software, the installation process just installs
"IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Software 3.24.23" and nothing else.

Unfortunately at the moment I cannot access the MSI website, I am
getting 'server not found' so cannot look at the FAQs on the site.

They have the latest software for the 6967 on the site but I need to
install the original software before I can install the latest version.

Anyone have any ideas what the problem might be when I check what files
are on the CD I cannot find any reference to Bluetooth!!

Cheers - Harry

"tHatDudeUK" <randomcharacter4spammers@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
news:bq0qg3$1tplmi$1@ID-158809.news.uni-berlin.de...
> BigPockets have one for £19.99...
>
> Ebuyer has a generic cheapo one for £14.82
>
> Just looking for a decentish cheap (a branded one such as MSI would be
nice)
> one based on the widcomm stack...
>
> If I can't find anything else I migh just go with the Ebuyer one.
>
> TIA..
>

Got the blue monkey (windigo) usb bluetooth adapter about £ 20 ex VAT to
pair with T610 worked great once the blue manager 3.0a software was
installed which you can download from www.windigosys.com password is
oy1773go wouldn`t use for internet sharing or Personal Area Networking
however I would recommend the TDK but I wouldn`t use bluetooth for this
purpose - but for PC > Mobile phone for file transfer / dial up you can`t
really go wrong with any adapter once you have the drivers sorted out. Range
is very good too.

The varlet known as Nick Le Lievre did proclaim to all assembled:


>pair with T610 worked great once the blue manager 3.0a software was
>installed which you can download from www.windigosys.com

Apart from the drivers, of course, will the other software work via
another dongle?
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FrJack
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