PC Peripherals Making a PC bluetooth enabled

[Kneo]

Hi,
How does one make a PC, bluetooth compatible ? e.g. I have a cellphone which is Bloutooth enabled, but i cannot connect it to a PC as my PC does not have any bluetooth.

What is the solution and cost associated with it?

Thanks in advance

 

[Crazy_Eddy]

What you need is a Bluetooth dongle. Plug it into your USB port and you're set to go.

Not sure about current prices, but i guess it should be less than 1k?

Edit: Ebay has loads of the generic ones for ~300 bucks.

Higher quality ones would be nearer to 800/900 bucks.

 

[G@d of w@r]

I asked for the Class 1 bluetooth dongle recently. The shopkeeper said 350bux. bluetooth went damn cheap. i remembered purchasing "BILLIONTON CLASS1" dongle for 1200bux just a year back :bleh:

 

[G@d of w@r]

make sure u install drivers before plugging dongle else ur dongle will not be detected. Enjoy Toothing!!

 

[Kneo]

Any idea where one can get it from ? Also, what do you mean by class 1. would that suffice ? I just want to use it for my cell

 

[G@d of w@r]

it was writting Class 1 on the dongle so

i though there must be diferent class of

bluetooth available according to the range.
Kalpesh if u stay in mumbai then Lamington

road will be the best place to get else go to

any Mobliewala shop they keep it

 

[Blugene]

kubuntu 6.10 has inbuilt support for bluetooth...no drivers required for bluesoleil USB dongle...on windows, of course you need to install the s/w provided on the mini disk. on ubuntu it works like a charm....though i haven't checked what all can be done in linux other than just transferring files using BT. I bought the BT dongle for arnd 250 bucks 2 months back.

 

[R3D-D3V1L]

Get any local one..

I remember getting one with a claimed 100m range for 210/- from NP a couple of months back..

 

[rASCAL]

buy any dongle

acc to the dongle u will get a stack (s/w) with it

otherwise it will be ms stack

 

[yusuf]

So far best performance I got is from Widcomm stack came with my dongle. I recently purchased another dongle from Bangalore (billington) just to find out later that it was duplicate. Anyway, works fine with widcomm stack but with limited range.