Bleutooth Definition
Bluetooth is a short distance wireless technology. It is used to make PANs between your devices and with any nearby devices.
An example when you could use bluetooth would be when you are driving along in your car and your mobile phone is in your pocket, you could use a wireless headset to talk to the person on the other line. You could also send and receive files e.g. if you had a word document on your mobile, you could send it to a bluetooth enabled printer and the printer would be able to print your document off.
The latest car manufacturers trying to keep up with technology have now introduced bluetooth enabled cars that will allow you to use bluetooth to have a hands free mobile phone. This has become extremely popular as the dangers of driving while talking on your phone have increased and in many countries is now a driving offence.
With most modern mobile phones being bluetooth enabled, the mobile gaming industry has started to boom. Users can now pair up their mobile phones and play multi-player mobile phone games. The Nokia N-Gage was the first complete gaming mobile phone.
Although many mobile phones support bluetooth, there are specific connections that bluetooth allows know as as 'Profiles'. Headset enables HSP profiles, hands free supports HFP. HSP and HFP are mainly used for connecting your mobile phone to car kits. FTP is used to upload files from your device to web space or FTP account. Bluetooth also allows you to connect to the internet via a mobile phone (DUN). Two other profiles are BPP and HID which allow you to connect to a printer or keyboard.
Most commonly bluetooth enable mobile phones are class 2 which have a connectivity range of close to 30 feet but you do get class 1 mobiles that can offer a enormous range of a whopping 300 feet. Class 1 bluetooth is most commonly used in call center environments where it gives the call center technician the freedom to rome the open plan floor but still be able to talk to the client.
Fact
The term bluetooth was named after a 10th century Danish Viking King called Harald Bluetooth, who conquered Norway.
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