Bluetooth
This guide explains what Bluetooth is, how it's used, and where it fits into the world of wireless.
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Kate Gerwig, Editorial DirectorTABLE OF CONTENTS
Bluetooth Quick Start
Bluetooth Articles
Bluetooth Book Excerpts
Bluetooth Tutorials & Code Examples
Developer Tools and Downloads
Q&A with Bluetooth Experts
Bluetooth Vertical Industries
Online Bluetooth Resources
Bluetooth Specs
Industry Quotes about Bluetooth
Bluetooth.org Abstract: "The name Bluetooth is taken from the 10th century Danish
King Harald Blatand -- or Harold Bluetooth in English. During the formative stage of the Trade
Association a code name was needed to name the effort. Over an evening discussing European history
and the future of wireless technology several felt it was appropriate to name the technology after
King Blatand. He had been instrumental in uniting warring factions in parts of what is now Norway,
Sweden and Denmark - just as the technology is designed to allow collaboration between differing
industries such as the computing, mobile phone and automotive markets. The code name stuck."
Bluetooth Quick
Start
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- Glossary Definition: Bluetooth (SearchMobileComputing.com, powered by Whatis.com)
- Flash introduction to Bluetooth (Bluetooth.org)
- How Bluetooth works (HowStuffWorks.com)
- An introduction to Bluetooth (Wireless Developer Network)
- Introduction to Bluetooth at InformIT.com (Prentice Hall)
- Personal Area Network: A Bluetooth Primer (O'Reilly & Associates)
- What is Bluetooth? (Palowireless)
Bluetooth Articles
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- Article: Chasing away your wireless blues (Lisa Phifer)
- Article: How Bluetooth cuts the cord (John Shepler)
- Article: Hackers to feast of data via Bluetooth 'war nibbling'. (Jim Rendon, SearchMobileComputing.com)
- Article: Bluetooth stuck in the doghouse. (Jim Rendon, SearchMobileComputing.com)
- Article: New tool offers both Bluetooth, Wi-Fi monitoring. (Jim Rendon, SearchMobileComputing.com)
- Article: How to stop Bluetooth insecurities. (Mathew Schwartz, Enterprise Systems)
- Article: Bluetooth Real World. (Bruce Brown and Marge Brown, ExtremeTech)
- Commentary: The 'other' wireless technology is alive and kicking. (Jim Lipman, TechOnline)
- Article: Highly integrated Bluetooth IC simplifies design. (Louis E. Frenzel, Electronic Design)
- Article: 2004: The year of Bluetooth. (Jon Fortt, Mercury News)
- Article: Bluetooth growing in popularity - but not everyone's interested. (Tony Hallett, Silicon.com)
- Article: Why has 802.11 flourished and Bluetooth failed?. (Bob Frankston, ZDNet)
- Article: Bluetooth risks security. (Unstrung.com)
- Article: Will Bluetooth ever be easy?. (Keith Shaw, Network World)
- Analysis: Predicts 2004: Mobile and Wireless. (Ken Dulaney, Vice President, Gartner Research)
Bluetooth Book Excerpts
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- Chapter download: Wireless Hacks, 2nd Edition: Hack 1 -- Set up Bluetooth on Linux
- Chapter download: Security for BlackBerry Devices with Bluetooth Wireless Technology
- Chapter download: Wireless
Hacks, 2nd Edition: Hack 2 -- Set up Bluetooth on Windows XP
Bluetooth Tutorials and Code
Examples
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- Tutorial: Make Bluetooth work for you: Build a sample chat application. (DevX.com)
- Tutorial: Bluetooth Tutorials. (Xilinx, Inc.)
- Tutorial: Bluetooth resources. (MSDN, Microsoft)
- Tutorial: Scriptable Apple applications. (Apple)
- Tutorial: Minimizing Bluetooth Interference. (Jim Geier, Wi-Fi Planet)
- Tutorial: Introduction to Working With Bluetooth Devices. (Apple)
- Code: Bluetooth Samples (MSDN, Microsoft)
- Code: Palm OS: Bluetooth SDK Code Samples (Palm)
- Code: Official Linux Bluetooth protocol stack (BlueZ)
- Code: J2ME Bluetooth developers (Benhui.net)
Developer Tools and
Downloads
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- BlueHoc: Open-source Bluetooth Simulator (IBM)
- Bluetooth testing tools, including comparison chart (Palowireless.com)
- Bluetooth simulation model suite for OPNET (Highland systems)
- Palm OS Bluetooth SDK (PalmSource)
- Bluetooth development tools (Ericsson)
- Palowireless.com
- Sprint Application Developers Program
- Bluetooth Solutions (IAR Systems)
- Bluetooth Protocol software (ImpulseSoft)
- Rococo Software's Bluetooth Technology Licensing Kit (TLK) (Rococo)
- Bluetooth Development Kit (WIDCOMM)
Q & A with Bluetooth
Experts
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- What is the enterprise application for Bluetooth?
- Wi-Fi vs. Bluetooth?
- Is it worthwhile to look at Bluetooth for the office?
Bluetooth in Vertical
Industries
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- Industry: Automobile
- Industry: Consumer
- Industry: Core Technology
- Industry: Computing
- Industry: Telephony
Online Resources for
Bluetooth
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- Comprehensive
collection of editor-selected Bluetooth resources (SearchMobileComputing.com)
- Bluetooth.com - The Official Bluetooth Web site
- IEEE 802.15 Working Group for WPAN
- Bluetooth.org - FAQ & Knowledge Base
- Apple: Bluetooth
Bluetooth Specification
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- Bluetooth Specification Documents (Bluetooth.org)
- Implementation Guides (Bluetooth.org)
Industry Quotes about
Bluetooth
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- Mike Disabato, Senior Analyst, Burton Group: "Things get interesting with version 2.0, which is due out a year and half after 1.2. At the high end, it can transmit data at 12 Mbps. With that throughput, you can start streaming video."
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- Bluetooth SIG: "Total worldwide shipments of devices incorporating the short-range wireless technology Bluetooth have exceeded one million units per week for the first time."
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- Ollie Whitehouse, Director of security architecture, AtStake: "Businesses will obviously gain from using Bluetooth. They should not ban it outright, but they should understand the risks. They need to deploy it in a controlled manner, not just automatically adopt it."
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- Jon Fortt, Mercury News: "Bluetooth, the wireless technology that replaces the cables on electronics, is set to have a big year in 2004. The companies that see the trends first -- companies like chip maker Broadcom and testing-equipment maker Agilent Technologies -- are confident of it."
This was first published in February 2006