You can do all you can do on WiFi with bluetooth and you don't need
an open wireless router (no WEP, WPA, etc.) which is hard to find and
the main reason I don't use it.
The drawbacks are that with bluetooth internet sharing requires some
setup (at least on Mac) and that the distance is a lot shorter than
with WiFi.
On Oct 10, 2006, at 6:53 PM, Steve Trotter wrote:
> But what advantage does bluetooth offer? Can't I do with Ethernet on
> wifi what I can do on bluetooth?
> Isn't bluetooth one method of wireless connecting? 802.11 another?
> Both
> accomplish the same thing, albeit differently, and one maybe does it
> better--but?
> I guess I'm confused as to why bluetooth is able to do what wifi
> can't--but then, I've never used bluetooth...
>
> can you straighten me out?
> thanks.
> Steve
>
> Javier Monllor wrote:
>> If you are only interested in file transfers, and not syncing, then
>> you should consider bluetooth. I purchased a PICO Card from Adrianno
>> and can now transfer text files, packages and vcards to my Newt and
>> back with very little issues.
>>
>> I've also installed ethernet and WiFi but have only used email, no
>> browsing and no package installation or syncing (I think you can
>> install packages with email but I haven't tried that either).
>>
>> If you're interested in ethernet, drop me a line off list as I have
>> one I can let go for a good price.
>>
>> Tovi
>>
>> On Oct 10, 2006, at 5:43 PM, Steve Trotter wrote:
>>
>> *snip*
>>
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