INTRODUCTION
Bluetooth technology is an industry wireless specification standard for use in variousdevices for short-range communications. As a radio-based technology it allows devices toshare information over a maximum range of 10 meters. Bluetooth enables mobilecomputers, mobile phones, portable handhelds, and the Internet to “talk the talk” withoutcables. With bluetooth, devices don't need to be 'looking' at each unlike other wirelesstechnologies (i.e. infrared). As long as two bluetooth devices are close enough to eachother, it’s possible to make a connection. With bluetooth technology getting connectedtakes on a whole new meaning.Bluetooth is an industrial specification for wireless personal area networks (PANs).Bluetooth provides a way to connect and exchange information between devices like personal digital assistants (PDAs), mobile phones, iaptops,PCs,printers and digitalcameras via a secure, low-cost, globally available short range radio frequency.Bluetooth lets these devices talk to each other when they come in range, even if they arenot in the same room, as long as they are within up to 100 metres (328 feet) of each other,dependent on the power class of the product. Products are available in one of three power classes:
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Class 3 (1 mW) is the rarest and allows transmission of 10 centimetres (3.9inches), with a maximum of 1 metre (3.2 feet)
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Class 2 (2.5 mW) is most common and allows a quoted transmission distance of 10 metres (32 ft)
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Class 1 (100 mW) has the longest range at up to 100 metres. This class of productis readily available.The specification was first developed by Ericsson, and was later formalized by theBluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG). The SIG was formally announced on May20,1999. It was established by Sony Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Toshiba and Nokia, and later joined by many other companies as Associate or Adopter members.
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