USB based Bluetooth receiver/transmitter

[Tyler Aviss]

I haven't really had any problems with bluetooth in general with
linux. All of the adaptors I've tried (two internal bluetooth adaptors
on HP laptops, and 2-3 USB dongles) worked fine once I added USB
bluetooth support and the bluetooth kernel stack.

Two of the bluetooth adaptors I used were the el'cheapo variety with
weird Chinese brand-names. There were no compatibility issues,
although in some cases the range sucked (shouldn't be a problem if
you're keeping the phone or whatnot right by the phone). You might
want to check about grabbing one of the cheap ones from a small store
or perhaps ebay as opposed to some expensive brand-name one from a
bigger-box store.




On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 11:11 PM, William Muriithi
<william.muriithi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi pals,
>
>  I want to attempt using bluetooth to send out sms. This will entail
>  tether a desktop to the cell phone for connectivity. So, I think I
>  will need a bluetooth hardware that should play well with bluez (The
>  Linux bluetooth stack) and Nokia bluetooth stack. I am assuming that
>  Nokia has reused most of their software across most of their phones,
>  so being specific about the phone isn't necessary. If that assumption
>  is however wrong, I would love to connect to a Nokia 6300.
>
>  Now, the first thing I did was to go on line for some hardware
>  compatibility thing of sort. Haha, seem that such a list existed
>  sometime back, but apparently Marcel Holtmann was forced to take it
>  down. Looking closer, it look like its still there but haven't been
>  update for over 2 years. Thats when I thought may be I should ask
>  here, just in case someone has worked on it recently.
>
>  Whats the best hardware to pick up to enable me fulfill the above
>  small project? I would  appreciate  sharing any pertinent experience
>  here
>
>  Regards,
>  William
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