James Morrison
Bluetooth Adaptors
I only recently noticed you could get tiny bluetooth adapters that can remain on a laptop all the time without risk of snapping.
My experience of bluetooth drivers is not good, I can recommend going against the usually provided instructions and don't install the drivers from the accompanying disk if your on XP Service Pack 2.
I got a warning during the installation that there were problems with the device and although at first it seemed to work ok, after a while multiple errors would appear from mainly my wifi drivers which would eventually hang the machine entirely. The solution was to uninstall the provided Bluetooth Stack by Toshiba. Then XP's own bluetooth drivers pick it up on insert, they seem to work well and be relatively stable.
What is it with device manufacturers and blue leds? Even when the bluetooth is disabled it comes on for 5 seconds twice a minute, if its communicating it flashes continuously. Distracting and annoying, otherwise a good addition to a laptop which doesn't already have bluetooth and for when you don't have a usb cable for your phone. The linksys adaptor is going free if anyone wants it.
Bluetooth Adaptors
I only recently noticed you could get tiny bluetooth adapters that can remain on a laptop all the time without risk of snapping.
My experience of bluetooth drivers is not good, I can recommend going against the usually provided instructions and don't install the drivers from the accompanying disk if your on XP Service Pack 2.
I got a warning during the installation that there were problems with the device and although at first it seemed to work ok, after a while multiple errors would appear from mainly my wifi drivers which would eventually hang the machine entirely. The solution was to uninstall the provided Bluetooth Stack by Toshiba. Then XP's own bluetooth drivers pick it up on insert, they seem to work well and be relatively stable.
What is it with device manufacturers and blue leds? Even when the bluetooth is disabled it comes on for 5 seconds twice a minute, if its communicating it flashes continuously. Distracting and annoying, otherwise a good addition to a laptop which doesn't already have bluetooth and for when you don't have a usb cable for your phone. The linksys adaptor is going free if anyone wants it.