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Microsoft and Bluetooth?

Posted: 04-27-2004, 11:19 AM
The Crow
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As others have said, not strictly cellular, so sorry, but there's not much
advice out there that I've found useful.

I want a Bluetooth desktop for my pc, because my current wireless keyboard
doesn't have the range I need. I know Microsoft make a Bluetooth keyboard,
but I've heard some bad things about it, like the receiver is incompatible
with other bluetooth devices that aren't Microsoft manufactured. Is this
true? I don't have any Bluetooth devices right now, but I don't want to
find that I can only buy MS products in the future if I buy this bluetooth
desktop setup now. Are there any other bluetooth keyboard and mouse setups
out there that you of, that may be better? Thanks.


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Mauricio Freitas
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Re: Microsoft and Bluetooth?
Posted: 04-27-2004, 07:29 PM
It's not a bad product, it implements a limited set of profiles. You can
wait for Windows XP Service Pack 2 which brings more updated profiles,
including the ones required for Serial access (mobile and PDa
synchronisation) and others.

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"The Crow" <crappy.mesh-suck@poor.service.org> wrote in message
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> As others have said, not strictly cellular, so sorry, but there's not much
> advice out there that I've found useful.
>
> I want a Bluetooth desktop for my pc, because my current wireless keyboard
> doesn't have the range I need. I know Microsoft make a Bluetooth
keyboard,
> but I've heard some bad things about it, like the receiver is incompatible
> with other bluetooth devices that aren't Microsoft manufactured. Is this
> true? I don't have any Bluetooth devices right now, but I don't want to
> find that I can only buy MS products in the future if I buy this bluetooth
> desktop setup now. Are there any other bluetooth keyboard and mouse
setups
> out there that you of, that may be better? Thanks.
>
>


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