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- 09-01-2003, 09:52 AM #1Chris MichaelGuest
Hi everybody,
I need to buy a Bluetooth USB dongle and a CF card, but have heard horror
stories with regards to compatibility so I thought I'd seek some advice :-).
OK, firstly to deal with my HP Jornada 568 (PPC 2002), here are the two
options so far:
Belkin - http://tinyurl.com/lv3a
BlueMonkey - http://tinyurl.com/l7gz
And, here are the options for a USB dongle for my PC (running Windows ME):
Belkin - http://tinyurl.com/fv4y
TDK - http://tinyurl.com/lv3k
The PC, my PDA and my SE T610 are the only things that will be "talking" to
each other. Does anybody forsee any compatibility issues or recommendations
to help me choose from the products above.
Thanks,
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- 09-01-2003, 02:53 PM #2Tony ClarkGuest
Re: Bluetooth question: Windows ME + Pocket PC 2002 + T610
Most of the horror stories were about PPC 2003 and CF card drivers. Since
you don't have PPC 2003 then you should not have that problem. I have a
Belkin USB dongle and it works just fine with my Sony-Ericsson T68i. I am
not so happy with Belkin's sloooooow support for new driver releases. I am
currently running a new Widcomm stack but I had to hack it to make it work
with the Belkin. I really wish Belkin would try and keep up. Another
possible issue with Belkin is the F8T001, which is the USB dongle rated for
100m, does not support the headset profile according to Belkin. They told me
in an email that this device does not have the proper hardware to support BT
Audio. I have not been able to make it work even with the new Widcomm
drivers and others have reported a similar problem. So even though I am
hesitant to believe Belkin it appears that they are probably correct.
The Belkin and the TDK devices should work fine for you. I am not familiar
with the Blue Monkey devices so I cannot comment on them. If you can live
without the BT Audio support then getting Belkin on both the PPC and the
desktop is probably your best bet.
Cheers
TC
PS - I don't really think the BT Audio is anything to worry about since a)
most reports say that the quality is poor and suffers when the desktop CPU
gets busy and b) most of the BT headsets being sold today are mono only so
they really don't offer you much in the way of MP3/Video playback.
"Chris Michael" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi everybody,
>
> I need to buy a Bluetooth USB dongle and a CF card, but have heard horror
> stories with regards to compatibility so I thought I'd seek some advice
:-).
>
> OK, firstly to deal with my HP Jornada 568 (PPC 2002), here are the two
> options so far:
> Belkin - http://tinyurl.com/lv3a
> BlueMonkey - http://tinyurl.com/l7gz
>
> And, here are the options for a USB dongle for my PC (running Windows ME):
> Belkin - http://tinyurl.com/fv4y
> TDK - http://tinyurl.com/lv3k
>
> The PC, my PDA and my SE T610 are the only things that will be "talking"
to
> each other. Does anybody forsee any compatibility issues or
recommendations
> to help me choose from the products above.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Chris Michael
> www.INTOmobiles.com
> Free ringtones/logos
> Free mobile alerts
> 3 months free insurance
>
>
- 09-01-2003, 04:44 PM #3Chris MichaelGuest
Re: Bluetooth question: Windows ME + Pocket PC 2002 + T610
"Tony Clark" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]
|| "Chris Michael" <[email protected]> wrote in
|| message news:[email protected]...
||| Hi everybody,
|||
||| I need to buy a Bluetooth USB dongle and a CF card, but have heard
||| horror stories with regards to compatibility so I thought I'd seek
||| some advice :-).
|||
||| OK, firstly to deal with my HP Jornada 568 (PPC 2002), here are the
||| two options so far:
||| Belkin - http://tinyurl.com/lv3a
||| BlueMonkey - http://tinyurl.com/l7gz
|||
||| And, here are the options for a USB dongle for my PC (running
||| Windows ME): Belkin - http://tinyurl.com/fv4y
||| TDK - http://tinyurl.com/lv3k
|||
||| The PC, my PDA and my SE T610 are the only things that will be
||| "talking" to each other. Does anybody forsee any compatibility
||| issues or recommendations to help me choose from the products above.
|| Most of the horror stories were about PPC 2003 and CF card drivers.
|| Since you don't have PPC 2003 then you should not have that problem.
|| I have a Belkin USB dongle and it works just fine with my
|| Sony-Ericsson T68i. I am not so happy with Belkin's sloooooow
|| support for new driver releases. I am currently running a new
|| Widcomm stack but I had to hack it to make it work with the Belkin.
|| I really wish Belkin would try and keep up. Another possible issue
|| with Belkin is the F8T001, which is the USB dongle rated for 100m,
|| does not support the headset profile according to Belkin. They told
|| me in an email that this device does not have the proper hardware to
|| support BT Audio. I have not been able to make it work even with the
|| new Widcomm drivers and others have reported a similar problem. So
|| even though I am hesitant to believe Belkin it appears that they are
|| probably correct.
||
|| The Belkin and the TDK devices should work fine for you. I am not
|| familiar with the Blue Monkey devices so I cannot comment on them.
|| If you can live without the BT Audio support then getting Belkin on
|| both the PPC and the desktop is probably your best bet.
||
|| Cheers
|| TC
||
|| PS - I don't really think the BT Audio is anything to worry about
|| since a) most reports say that the quality is poor and suffers when
|| the desktop CPU gets busy and b) most of the BT headsets being sold
|| today are mono only so they really don't offer you much in the way
|| of MP3/Video playback.
Some great advice there Tony. I will probably not be going for the
BlueMonkey CF card, simply because it is not very well known and software
updates for future products will be very slow. However, I think I've chosen
the TDK USB adaptor, I know it's a lot bigger than the Belkin, but the
software that it comes with for mobile compatibility is supposedly second to
none. There shouldn't be a cross-manufacturer compaitbility problem (Belkin
CF and TDK adaptor), so that's what I think I'm going for.
Many thanks,
--
Chris Michael
www.INTOmobiles.com
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- 09-01-2003, 10:19 PM #4Tony ClarkGuest
Re: Bluetooth question: Windows ME + Pocket PC 2002 + T610
The TDK is a pretty good device from the comments I have read about it. You
shouldn't have a problem getting it to work with a Belkin CF card for the
Jordana.
Good luck and please let us all know how things worked out.
Cheers
TC
"Chris Michael" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Tony Clark" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]
> || "Chris Michael" <[email protected]> wrote in
> || message news:[email protected]...
> ||| Hi everybody,
> |||
> ||| I need to buy a Bluetooth USB dongle and a CF card, but have heard
> ||| horror stories with regards to compatibility so I thought I'd seek
> ||| some advice :-).
> |||
> ||| OK, firstly to deal with my HP Jornada 568 (PPC 2002), here are the
> ||| two options so far:
> ||| Belkin - http://tinyurl.com/lv3a
> ||| BlueMonkey - http://tinyurl.com/l7gz
> |||
> ||| And, here are the options for a USB dongle for my PC (running
> ||| Windows ME): Belkin - http://tinyurl.com/fv4y
> ||| TDK - http://tinyurl.com/lv3k
> |||
> ||| The PC, my PDA and my SE T610 are the only things that will be
> ||| "talking" to each other. Does anybody forsee any compatibility
> ||| issues or recommendations to help me choose from the products above.
>
> || Most of the horror stories were about PPC 2003 and CF card drivers.
> || Since you don't have PPC 2003 then you should not have that problem.
> || I have a Belkin USB dongle and it works just fine with my
> || Sony-Ericsson T68i. I am not so happy with Belkin's sloooooow
> || support for new driver releases. I am currently running a new
> || Widcomm stack but I had to hack it to make it work with the Belkin.
> || I really wish Belkin would try and keep up. Another possible issue
> || with Belkin is the F8T001, which is the USB dongle rated for 100m,
> || does not support the headset profile according to Belkin. They told
> || me in an email that this device does not have the proper hardware to
> || support BT Audio. I have not been able to make it work even with the
> || new Widcomm drivers and others have reported a similar problem. So
> || even though I am hesitant to believe Belkin it appears that they are
> || probably correct.
> ||
> || The Belkin and the TDK devices should work fine for you. I am not
> || familiar with the Blue Monkey devices so I cannot comment on them.
> || If you can live without the BT Audio support then getting Belkin on
> || both the PPC and the desktop is probably your best bet.
> ||
> || Cheers
> || TC
> ||
> || PS - I don't really think the BT Audio is anything to worry about
> || since a) most reports say that the quality is poor and suffers when
> || the desktop CPU gets busy and b) most of the BT headsets being sold
> || today are mono only so they really don't offer you much in the way
> || of MP3/Video playback.
>
> Some great advice there Tony. I will probably not be going for the
> BlueMonkey CF card, simply because it is not very well known and software
> updates for future products will be very slow. However, I think I've
chosen
> the TDK USB adaptor, I know it's a lot bigger than the Belkin, but the
> software that it comes with for mobile compatibility is supposedly second
to
> none. There shouldn't be a cross-manufacturer compaitbility problem
(Belkin
> CF and TDK adaptor), so that's what I think I'm going for.
>
> Many thanks,
> --
> Chris Michael
> www.INTOmobiles.com
> Free ringtones/logos
> Free mobile alerts
> 3 months free insurance
>
>
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