Using Bluetooth for more than a wireless headset

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: KEITH SHAW ON WIRELESS COMPUTING
DEVICES
06/30/05
Today's focus: Using Bluetooth for more than a wireless headset

Dear networking.world@gmail.com,

In this issue:

* Mobile Action Handset Manager
* Links related to Wireless Computing Devices
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Using Bluetooth for more than a wireless headset

By Keith Shaw

Over the past two years, I've been hosting the Network World
Wireless & Mobility Technology Tour (the latest tour finished
just last week in Denver and Boston). The tour's keynote
speaker, Craig Mathias of the Farpoint Group, always asks the
audience whether they are using Bluetooth. A smattering of hands
go up in the air, and then he asks them if they are using
Bluetooth for something other than a wireless headset for their
phones. Most of the hands go down.

If you are serious about using Bluetooth for something other
than a headset, head to the Mobile Action Web site (
<http://global.mobileaction.com/product/product_Bluetooth.jsp> )
to read up on its new Handset Manager MA-720, a Bluetooth data
suite that aims to link cellular phones with PCs. The latest
versions adds more device access and improves data transfer
speeds, as well as provide a single platform for all
Bluetooth-enabled Mobile Action Handset Manager models, the
company says.

The $54.95 MA-720 comes with an ivory white Bluetooth dongle and
accompanying software that matches a user's cellular handset.
The software (Handset Manager Version 9.0) supports 20 languages
and more than 80 GSM, CDMA and 3G phone models (go to
<http://www.mobileaction.com/> for a complete list and the
latest software versions). The system supports any PC's
Bluetooth Human Input Devices (HID), including keyboards and
mice, Mobile Action says. The new version now supports wireless
applications and devices such as MSN Messenger and Skype, and
the dongle driver supports Windows XP Service Pack 2.

But connecting to a PC is just the beginning of the software -
it has a phone book editor that lets you edit, back up and
organize your contacts list on a PC and upload it via Bluetooth
to the phone; a calendar synchronization application; a picture
editor that lets you compose and edit pictures and GIF clips
into animations; an MP3 clipper that lets you clip parts of an
MP3 file in order to create MP3 ring tones; and an audio
composer that lets you edit personal polyphonic ring tones with
up to 128 different instruments.
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To contact: Keith Shaw

Keith Shaw is Senior Editor, Product Testing, at Network World.
In addition, he writes the " Cool Tools
<http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/cooltools.html> "
column, which looks at gizmos, gadgets and other mobile
computing devices.

You can reach Keith at <mailto:kshaw@nww.com>.
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This newsletter is sponsored by Nokia
Empower Your Mobile Enterprise

Nokia believes that business mobility will fundamentally change
the way work gets done-and for the better. To allow the entire
organization to get the most from this paradigm shift in
productivity, Nokia Enterprise Solutions focuses on delivering
increased efficiency through enhanced mobility. Learn more by
downloading this white paper today!
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=107238
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ARCHIVE LINKS

Archive of the Wireless Computing Devices newsletter:
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/mobile/index.html

Keith Shaw's Cool Tools:
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/cooltools.html
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