| Bluetooth wireless networking is a technology | | | | |
| that is sweeping the globe and being | | | | The Class 1 devices are the most powerful and |
| integrated into a wide variety of electronic | | | | have a range of up to 300 feet. Class 2 |
| devices these days. The underlying Bluetooth | | | | devices are of lesser power and provide an |
| technology was developed in the mid 1990s and | | | | effective range of 50 to 100 feet. The Class |
| began to be seen in more and more pieces of | | | | 3 devices require even less power and their |
| equipment toward the end of the decade. | | | | range is limited to approximately 15 to 30 |
| | | | feet. |
| The developers of Bluetooth, Ericsson (which | | | | |
| has since become Sony Ericsson), endeavored | | | | One thing many people fail to recognize is |
| to create a single standard for wireless | | | | that this latest technology was never |
| technology networking that could be easily | | | | designed to provide for anything other than |
| and inexpensively integrated into various | | | | short-range connectivity and communications. |
| electronic devices for ease of connectivity. | | | | And, this short-range limitation is actually |
| Having a single standard shared by all | | | | a benefit that was intentionally designed |
| electronic developers, designers and | | | | into the specifications. |
| manufacturers was the ideal because it would | | | | |
| allow the end user to enjoy wireless | | | | The first benefit of the short-range design |
| networking of their devices, regardless of | | | | of its networking is that this factor limits |
| who manufactured the electronic item. | | | | the possibility of interference from devices |
| | | | belonging to others who are in close |
| Ericsson made a strategically brilliant | | | | proximity. This keeps others from connecting |
| decision in the early days of Bluetooth | | | | with your devices and is a form of basic |
| wireless networking technology. They decided | | | | security intended to protect your devices and |
| to make the Bluetooth specifications | | | | your data. |
| available free of charge to companies that | | | | |
| were interested in developing and implanting | | | | Another benefit of limiting the range of |
| the technology into their products. This | | | | networking devices is that less power is |
| created a spirit of cooperation amongst the | | | | required for the transmission over shorter |
| developers. | | | | distances. This in turn means that you can |
| | | | enjoy longer battery life, and since the |
| This has helped to make this technology very | | | | majority of its enabled products are powered |
| affordable for companies to continue to | | | | by battery, this is an important feature for |
| develop innovative products using the latest | | | | most users. |
| technology platform. This has also made its | | | | |
| networking to quickly become the standard in | | | | There are a multitude of electronic devices |
| mobile wireless technology, and has made the | | | | that use Bluetooth wireless networking |
| devices more affordable for the end user as | | | | standards, such as: the Bluetooth wireless |
| well. | | | | PDA, the Bluetooth wireless phone and the |
| | | | Bluetooth wireless headset than works in |
| With wireless networking technology | | | | conjunction with them, the Bluetooth wireless |
| functioning in different devices, these | | | | printer, the Bluetooth wireless stereo |
| electronic tools and gadgets are able to | | | | headset, just to mention a few. Bluetooth |
| seamlessly connect with each other and | | | | technology is increasingly in demand in a |
| communicate and transfer both voice and data | | | | wider range of products and manufacturers are |
| simultaneously. The Bluetooth wireless | | | | working hard to satisfy this demand with more |
| technology provides for three different kinds | | | | Bluetooth enabled electronic devices. |
| of defined communication ranges. | | | | |