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  Bluetooth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bluetooth lets these devices talk to each other when they come in range, even if they are not 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.
The Bluetooth logo merges the Nordic runes analogous to the modern Latin H and B. This is the official story; however, the actual Harald Blåtand that was referred to in naming Bluetooth was most probably the liberal interpretation given to him in The Long Ships by Frans Gunnar Bengtsson, a Swedish best-selling Viking-inspired novel.
Bluetooth is a wireless radio standard primarily designed for low power consumption, with a short range (power class depended 10 cm, 10 m, 100 m or up to 400 meters [1],) and with a low-cost transceiver microchip in each device.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bluetooth   (4150 words)

  
 Bluetooth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bluetooth lets these devices talk to each other when they come in range, even if they are not in the same room, as long as they are within up to 100 metres (320 feet) of each other, dependent on the power class of the product.
The Bluetooth logo merges the Nordic runes for H and B. This is the official story: however, the actual Harald Blåtand that was referred to in naming Bluetooth was most probably the liberal interpretation given to him in The Long Ships by Frans Gunnar Bengtsson, a Swedish best-selling Viking-inspired novel.
Bluetooth is a wireless radio standard primarily designed for low power consumption, with a short range (up to 10 meters [1] (https://www.bluetooth.org/admin/bluetooth2/faq/view_record.php?id=49),) and with a low-cost transceiver microchip in each device.
www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Bluetooth   (3447 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Harold Bluetooth
Harold Bluetooth (died about 985), king of Denmark (940?-985), who consolidated the Danish realm as a unitary kingdom.
Harold I (of England), called Harold Harefoot (died 1040), king of England (1037-40), illegitimate son of Canute II, king of Denmark, Norway, and...
Harold II (of England) (1020?-1066), king of England (January 6, 1066-October 14, 1066), last of the Saxon rulers, and a capable military leader.
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 Bambooweb: Harald Bluetooth
Harold Bluetooth Gormson (Danish Harald Blåtand, Norwegian Harald Blåtann) (ca 911- November 1 987), sometimes Harold II, succeeded his father Gorm the Old as king of Denmark in 935 (or 940) and king of Norway in 936.
Harold died in battle against the forces of his son and successor Sweyn.
Harold may have had three wives or consorts: Thora, Gunhilde and Gyrid (the niece of the Swedish king Eric the Victorious).
www.bambooweb.com /articles/h/a/Harald_Bluetooth.html   (263 words)

  
 Introduction
Bluetooth was first introduced in May of 1998 as a result of several companies working together to provide a solution for wireless access to computing devices (Option announces, 10/4/99).
Harold Bluetooth, King of Denmark, was filled with Christianity from his mother from an early age (Catholic Encyclopedia, 10/12/99).
Bluetooth is comprised of a 9x9 mm chip that is inserted two different devices so that they can communicate with each other.
misnt.indstate.edu /harper/bluetooth.html   (2924 words)

  
 Bluetooth biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Bluetooth logo merges the Nordic runes for H and B. This is the official story: however, the actual Harald Blåtand that was referred to in naming Bluetooth was most probably the liberal interpretation given to him in Red Orm by Frans Gunnar Bengtsson, a Swedish best-selling viking-inspired novel.
Bluetooth lets these devices talk to each other when they come in range, even if they're not in the same room, as long as they are within 10 metres (32 feet of each other).
Bluetooth should not be compared to Wi-Fi, which is a faster protocol requiring more expensive hardware that covers greater distances and uses the same frequency range.
bluetooth.biography.ms   (1517 words)

  
 Bluetooth 3-17-2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bluetooth® technology is a cutting-edge open specification that enables short-range wireless connections between desktop and notebook computers, personal digital assistants, mobile phones, camera phones, printers, digital cameras, keyboards and even a computer mouse.
Bluetooth is named for Tenth Century Danish king Harald Blåtand, (pronunciation) known in English as Harold Bluetooth Gromson, who is reputed to have been so fond of blueberries that his teeth were stained blue.
Bluetooth 1.5 adds support for a lot of new devices, but there are reports of intermittent connection loss, inability to sync with some PDAs, or complete loss of Bluetooth functionality.
www.macos.utah.edu /Meetings/notes/Previous/3-17-04/Bluetooth.html   (1267 words)

  
 King Harold Bluetooth
Harold sought to shut the Germans out of his kingdom by strengthening the "Danawirk"–a series of ramparts and fortifications that existed until the latter half of the nineteenth century; moreover, as absolute quiet prevailed throughout the interior, he was even able to turn his thoughts to foreign enterprises.
It is easy to understand why the indignant king of the Danes replied to this demand with a declaration of war, and why the "emperor" sought to force his "vassal" into subjection.
Bluetooth® is named for Tenth Century Danish king Harald Blåtand, known in English as Harold Bluetooth Gromson, who is reputed to have been so fond of blueberries that his teeth were stained blue.
www.ukbluetooth.co.uk /king_harold_bluetooth.htm   (717 words)

  
 Articles - Harold Godwinson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Harold's mistress, Edith Swanneck, was called to identify the body, which she did by some private mark (the face being destroyed) known only to herself.
Although one Norman account claims that Harold's body was buried in a grave overlooking the Saxon shore, it is more likely that he was buried in his church of Waltham Holy Cross in Essex, which he had refounded in 1060.
Harold's illegitimate daughter Gytha of Wessex married Vladimir Monomakh Grand Duke (Velikii Kniaz) of Kievan Rus' and is ancestor to dynasties of Galicia, Smolensk and Yaroslavl, whose scions include Modest Mussorgsky and Peter Kropotkin.
www.gaple.com /articles/Harold_II_of_England   (1464 words)

  
 What is Bluetooth?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bluetooth is a short-range radio specification that caters to the interaction between the Internet and Net devices and provides wireless connection between two devices, working within a distance of up to 10m.
Bluetooth facilitates mobility of doing tasks and receiving information because, almost entirely everything can be done through the Bluetooth enabled phone, handheld or laptop.
For instance, driving in a Bluetooth enabled automobile with a Bluetooth enabled mobile phone enables drivers to perform wireless tasks, even with their hands on the steering, through the use of the audio system in the automobile.
www.freewebs.com /grpe/whatisbluetooth.htm   (354 words)

  
 Harold Bluetooth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Harold Bluetooth Gormson (Danish Harald Blåtand, Norwegian Harald Blåtann) (ca 911 - November 1, 987), sometimes Harold II, succeeded his father Gormthe Old as king of Denmark in 935 (or 940) and king of Norway in 936.
Harold died in battle against theforces of his son and successor Sweyn.
The Bluetooth logo consists of the Nordic runes for hisinitials, H and B. Preceded by:
www.therfcc.org /harold-bluetooth-70826.html   (243 words)

  
 Harold Bluetooth on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
While fighting the forces of his son Sweyn, he was defeated and killed.
DENSO Wireless to Demonstrate Bluetooth-Enabled Wireless Handset at Bluetooth Developers Conference on Dec. 5.
WiFi to BlueTooth, what's new in the wireless world.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/H/HaroldB1l.asp   (297 words)

  
 PROJECT PAGE 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
His name was Harold Bluetooth and he reigned from 940 t0 985 and is credited not only with uniting the country, but also with establishing Christianity there as well.
Harold bluetooth was the son of King Gorm the old of Denmark and of Thyra.
King Harold accepted Christ and was baptised, and from then on he did all he could to change the belief's of Denmark.
mason.gmu.edu /~dlytle/csprojectp3.html   (217 words)

  
 Bluetooth FAQ
Bluetooth is designed to provide local connections between devices and peripherals close to you.
Bluetooth is designed to support up to 8 devices operating within a very small radius of 30 feet from each device.
With Bluetooth 1.0 users are required to "bind" with only one device at a time to use them with Bluetooth.
www.pocketpcfaq.com /faqs/bluetooth.htm   (507 words)

  
 King Harold Bluetooth
Thus, Bluetooth is a reference to the taming of a myriad of unruly competing standards by defining one world-wide specification.
Bluetooth is a developing, world wide, open, short-range radio specification focused on communication between the Internet and Net devices, plus it defines communication protocols between devices and computers.
For most people at present the most useful thing about Bluetooth is the ability to integrate your computer, mobile phone and audio communications with both of then entirely without wires and from distances ranging from 10 meters to 100 meters.
www.ukbluetooth.co.uk /What%20is.htm   (442 words)

  
 Mobile Computing: Bluetooth Technology
Bluetooth technology was originally designed in 1994 by two L.M. Ericsson Telephone employees, the Swedish born Sven Mattisson and his Dutch colleague, Jaap Haartsen.
No wonder then that the Bluetooth technology is named after a renowned Danish King, Harold Bluetooth, who was very famous for his traveling exploits; and seeing the trend of the upcoming generation, don't be surprised if it becomes a part of your vanity box!
Bluetooth operates on a globally available low radio frequency, at 2.4 GHz on the Industrial, Scientific and Medical band, and supports data speeds of up to 721 Kbps, as well as three voice channels.
www.stylusinc.com /website/bluetooth.htm   (668 words)

  
 Wireless Developer Network - An Introduction To Bluetooth
Bluetooth, the new technology named after the 10th Century Danish King Harold Bluetooth, is a hot topic among wireless developers.
Bluetooth was designed to allow low bandwidth wireless connections to become so simple to use that they seamlessly integrate into your daily life.
Bluetooth communication occurs in the unlicensed ISM band at 2.4GHz.
www.wirelessdevnet.com /channels/bluetooth/features/bluetooth.html   (2120 words)

  
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Harold Bluetooth converted many Germans to Christianity but ultimately; he was overthrown and died in exile.
Frequency hopping means that the Bluetooth technology transmits and receives on 79 hop frequencies from 2402 to 2480 Mhz, hopping in a pseudo random sequence, 1600 times a second.
In Bluetooth one channel is used every 625 microseconds (one slot) followed by a hop in a pseudo-random order to another channel for another 625 microseconds.
www.tech.plym.ac.uk /dcee/postgrad/reference/BlueTooth/bluetooth.html   (1983 words)

  
 Bluetooth Sdio -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Bluetooth logo merges the Nordic runes for H and B. This is the official story: however, the actual Harald Blåtand that was referred to in naming Bluetooth was most probably the liberal interpretation given to him in The Long Ships by Frans Gunnar Bengtsson, a Swedish best-selling Viking-inspired
King Harald Bluetooth lived in Denmark between 910-940 AD, and was the son of Gorm.
Bluetooth sniping is the act of using modified equipment to receive and send Bluetooth signals at long distance ranges.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/19/bluetooth-sdio.html   (779 words)

  
 BLUETOOTH FACTS AND INFORMATION
The system is named after a Danish king Harald Blåtand (Harold_Bluetooth in English), King of Denmark and Norway from 935 and 936 respectively, to 940 known for his unification of previously warring tribes from Denmark (including Skåne, present-day Sweden, where the Bluetooth technology was invented) and Norway.
Bluetooth is a wireless radio standard primarily designed for low power consumption, with a short range (power class depended 10 cm, 10 m, 100 m or up to 400 meters https://www.bluetooth.org/admin/bluetooth2/faq/view_record.php?id=49,) and with a low-cost transceiver microchip in each device.
In August 2004, a world-record-setting experiment (see also Bluetooth_sniping) showed that with directional antennas the range of class 2 Bluetooth radios could be extended to one mile.
www.dontpayyourtaxes.com /Bluetooth   (4177 words)

  
 It's a Wireless World With Bluetooth
Bluetooth, named after Harold Bluetooth, a 10th century Danish king who united Norway and Denmark, is a short-range radio technology that allows voice and data connections to be made up to 10 meters (about 30 feet).
According to a new report by Cahners In-Stat Group, Bluetooth technology will first surface by the end of 2000, mostly in mobile phones and adapters, notebook and desktop PC cards and adapters.
Bluetooth will catch on quickly with electronics manufacturers because it is an open specification that doesn't require them to pay royalties and is relatively inexpensive to implement.
reviews-zdnet.com.com /4520-6033_16-4204804.html   (425 words)

  
 OutdoorsBest Forums: help me understand this "Bluetooth" thing....
Harold (or Harald, as some spell it) Bluetooth, so called because of his dark hair, not his dark teeth, had the longes ship in recorded Viking History, the Long Serpant.
At last, the smaller Blutooth fleet ships were boarded, and the Bluetooth dove into the water with his armor to keep from being captured.
There was another Bluetooth that was shot in the butt with an arrow as he bent over a campfire to warm his rear end on a raid in England.
outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com /zerothread?id=324907   (282 words)

  
 ITworld.com - WIRELESS.ITWORLD.COM - Bluetooth's New Groove
Harold Bluetooth was a great Norse king who built some mighty fine bridges and united Scandinavia just over a thousand years ago.
Bluetooth creates a "Personal Area Network" up to about 30 feet around the user where Bluetooth-enabled devices employ a wireless version of Plug-and-Play to talk to each other.
Bluetooth certainly won't be mainstream for another year or so, but early adopters can start their engines right now.
www.itworld.com /nl/wireless_watch/04172002   (684 words)

  
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Bluetooth technical data Designed to operate in a noisy radio frequency environment, the Bluetooth radio uses a fast acknowledgement and frequency hopping scheme to make the link robust.
Protocols in Bluetooth Architecture The Bluetooth protocol stack can be divided into four layers (see table 2) according to their purpose including the aspect whether Bluetooth SIG has been involved in specifying these protocols.
Bluetooth as a WAP Bearer is defined in [8].
www.ececs.uc.edu /~cdmc/course/Bluetooth12.doc   (3769 words)

  
 PhotoNotes.org Dictionary - Bluetooth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bluetooth enabled devices, such as handheld computers and cellular phones, can exchange data without cumbersome connectors or cables.
It seems probable that digital cameras will frequently come with wireless communications capabilities in the future, and future Bluetooth technology is one candidate, though it currently doesn’t have enough throughput (currently it maxes out at 1 Mbps) to be truly useful for digital cameras.
Harald “Blaatand” Gormsson (Harold Bluetooth) was a Danish king who united Denmark and Norway in the 10th century.
photonotes.org /cgi-bin/entry.pl?id=Bluetooth   (244 words)

  
 Telecommunication > Bluetooth
Bluetooth is an Industrial Specification for Wireless PANs first developed by Ericsson, later formalized by the Bluetooth SIG, which was formally announced 20th May 1999.
Cell phones with integrated Bluetooth technology have also been released in large numbers, that can connect to computer, PDAs and, very specially, to handsfree.
Bluetooth should not be compared to WiFi, a faster protocol requiring more expensive hardware that covers bigger distances and uses the same frequency range.
www.telecommunication.teleactivities.net /radio/bluetooth.html   (571 words)

  
 Rackspace Managed Hosting
Associated with the broadly adopted wireless communications standard, the Bluetooth name appears on more than 2 million devices sold each week—from wireless headsets and cellular phones to wireless medical telemetry devices, global positioning system devices and more.
Based on the strength of that recommendation and their extensive due diligence of Rackspace’s managed hosting platform, the Bluetooth SIG began to move key Web sites and Web applications to Rackspace—and quickly began to see the results it needed.
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www.rackspace.com /aboutus/customer_stories/bluetooth_story.php   (412 words)

  
 Bluetooth Sd Card -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
:Also, the Bluetooth logo was also supposedly taken from the sign (name in their alphabet?) used by the king.
I'll see if I can find out more and add it to this and the Harold Bluetooth article.
Contrary to popular opinion, Bluetooth or "Blåtand" as it was in old Viking language had nothing to do with a blue tooth.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/19/bluetooth-sd-card.html   (728 words)

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