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Authored by: JayBee on Apr 27, '02 10:19:56PM

The best introductory description I heard of BlueTooth was this:

AirPort is wireless short range non-line-of-sight Ethernet
BlueTooth is wireless short range non-line-of-sight USB

ie just as AirPort is used to hook into a LAN, BlueTooth is used to connect peripherals.

The Utopian extreme of this is that you'll walk into your house, your cellphone will check your home answering machine for missed calls/new messages, will set the VCR to record what programmes you highlighted in your PDA while you were out, turn the kettle on... yadda yadda yadda - the usual "Ain't the wired life GREAT?!" blah.

Except BlueTooth is actually here now, and actually has this functionality built in. A fridge that picks up email? Nah. A kettle that makes coffee as soon as I walk in the front door? I'd pay for that :D



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