What is Bluetooth?

Bluetooth is an International wireless standard for communication between various electronic devices such as a mobile phone and a laptop.

Bluetooth is intended to get around the problems that come with both infrared and cable synchronizing systems. The hardware vendors, which include Siemens, Intel, Toshiba, Motorola and Sony Ericsson, have developed a specification for a very small radio module to be built into computer, telephone and entertainment equipment. From the user's point of view, there are some important features to Bluetooth. Most importantly, it's wireless. When you travel, you don't have to worry about keeping track of a briefcase full of cables to attach all of your components, and you can design your office without wondering where all the wires will go. It's an inexpensive method of connection between devices and Bluetooth doesn't require you to do anything special to make it work. The devices find one another and strike up a conversation without any user input at all.

Examples of Bluetooth use:

Take a picture using your camera phone. Send it via Blutooth to your laptop to adjust the colour and print size, transmit the picture from your laptop to your bluetooth enabled printer.

Sychronise your calander from your PDA or laptop with your desktop machine.

Using a cell phone as a modem connect to the internet with your laptop and download music. This music can then be sent to a bluetooth enabled stereo system.