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Bluetooth And Apple

By Mike Sulioraa


The new Apple powerbook G4 are among the first computers to offer Bluetooth technology 2.0 EDR. The 2.0 EDR technology, which still backwards compatible with 1.0, is up to three times faster than previous versions, offering maximum data rate transfers of up to 3 MBps. Being the first company to certify a system with 2.0 EDR, Apple continues to make great use of the Bluetooth technology.

In addition to the powerbook G4 portables, there are other Bluetooth enabled computers available from Apple, including the iBook, iMac G5, eMac, and the Power Mac G5. When you turn the Bluetooth feature on, your Mac can easily perform a file transfer or even a synchronization. From the Bluetooth selection menu, you can choose to either send a file or browse devices, quickly and easily. Or, you can click the sync button in iSync to update your cell phone or Palm OS handheld.

The Mac and GSM/GPRS cellular phone with Bluetooth work to produce each other more useful. By using iSync, you can keep your phone updated without needing to type any info, that you can keep the information inside the more manageable address book on your own Mac instead. You can even use your Bluetooth enabled Mac to print documents and digital images to choose a printer that also supports the technology of Bluetooth. Or, you can even use a headset approach your friends during an iChat session.

Your Mac also has the ability to use Bluetooth technology to communicate with your Palm OS handheld. This way, you can perform a HotSync operation without using any cables. You can also send your business card or calendar events directly to someone else's handheld usingthe technology of Bluetooth.

The implementation of Bluetooth by Apple may be the latest inside a series of moves which have caused great transfer of the computer industry. Apple established USB since the standard interface using the launching from the first Mac in 1998.

Since that time, Apple established the 802.11 wireless standard of networking using the launch from the iBook and AirPort in 1999. During 2003, Apple launched AirPort Extreme, that was based on the new 802.11g high-speed technology of wireless.

Now, Bluetooth really helps to further strengthen the dominant position with the Mac in wireless communications, assisting to preserve Apple's history of being the first one to market with innovative technology that integrates straight into

the os.




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