That's interesting, and in my case, makes sense (now)! I asked that
question about 2.5" USB HD enclosures and wondering whether the Rocketfish
one (from Best Buy) was any good...since it was one of the few ones they
had; it being their "house" brand makes so much more sense now!
Fwiw, I will say that the enclosure is ROCK-solid and nice and rather pretty
too, with a lot of features and extras...but at a ~$50 price point (after
some discounts too), it's definitely premium-priced, but if it's reliable
and I won't lose my data, I don't mind in this case!
BINO
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of nobozoz
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 7:33 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [H] Belkin F8T017 USB-Bluetooth Adapter
Do you know what Rocketfish is a rebrand of?
Made in Communist China?
Steve Tomporowski wrote:
> Rocketfish is a brand-name for Best-Buy. You can decide from there if
> you want to trust them...;-)
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 2:06 AM, nobozoz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> My bad. Rounded to 2 significant digits:
>> Class 1 is 100 m (~330 ft).
>> Class 2 is 10 m (33 ft).
>>
>> maccrawj wrote:
>>
>>> Interesting!
>>>
>>> Well I have an Anycom USB250 which is their re-branded BCM2045 that I
use
>>> for VOIP and it does way less than 400Ft/120M/Class 1 it's spec'd for in
>>> practice could be my Motorola HT820 headset nevermind wifi interference.
>>>
>>> Had not realized there were 300M Class 1 transceivers out, what chipset
>>> does it take to get that? Sure would like to replace my dongle if it
meant I
>>> could get more than 30Ft in the house. ;)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> nobozoz wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm interested in the Bluetooth v2.1 spec (higher data rates and less
>>>> power dissipation) and Class 1 (300m) range. I'm looking for low-power,
high
>>>> data rate wireless data technologies with enough range that they be
battery
>>>> powered for days or weeks at a stretch.
>>>>
>>>> They would be riding up and down on the bell part of a 600 liter bell
>>>> prover (a primary gas flow standard).
>>>>
>>>> The Belkin F8T016 (same specs, but Class 2, 10m range) might work in a
>>>> pinch, but the short range could be a show-stopper.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe Rocketfish dongle would work as well (Class 2), but never heard
of
>>>> them.
>>>>
>>>> Broadcom BCM2046 is a Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR Class1 HCI chip in 130nm. I
also
>>>> saw BCM2070 (65nm) on Broadcom's product list which may be bumping the
>>>> BCM2046 - who knows?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> maccrawj wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> As usual Belkin is less than detailed with the spec sheet! Can't tell
if
>>>>> it's Broadcomm's 2046 or what so I'd be suspect over other dongles.
>>>>>
>>>>> What's drawing you to them?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
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