>John Wrote >I see Dick Smith's (or the other way round) has USB to BlueTooth Class >1 and Class 2 at $56 and $46 respectively. (Any recommendations about >Classs 1 vs Class 2?) Dynalink also have a couple of gadgets worth the look
DYNALINK WLAN ADSL ROUTER/MODEM/SWITCH","RTA770W", $189.00Excl ,"NETWORK - WIRELESS & BLUETOOTH" "DYNALINK ADSL ROUTER/MODEM/SWITCH","RTA770",$120.00Excl,"Dynalink","NETWORK - WIRELESS & BLUETOOTH" Combines the gate way to your home into one package. they also sell the following "DYNALINK 16 PORT SWITCH [NETSW016D]","NETSW016D",$100.00excl ,"NETWORK - WIRELESS & BLUETOOTH","Y" "DYNALINK 8 PORT SWITCH","SH9008A",$ 36.00,"Dynalink","NETWORK - WIRELESS & BLUETOOTH" ,"DYNALINK WIRELESS LAN USB ADAPT WLC25USB","WLG25USB",$55.00,"Dynalink","NETWORK - WIRELESS & BLUETOOTH","Y" "DYNALINK WIRELESS LAN PCMCIA CARD","WLG25CARDBUS",$50.00,"Dynalink","NETWORK - WIRELESS & BLUETOOTH","Y" "DYNALINK WIRELESS LAN PCI CARD","WLG25PCI",$50.00,"Dynalink","NETWORK - WIRELESS & BLUETOOTH","Y" All prices are wholesale and GST exclusive but offer some good options instead of a usb to blue tooth or ird cludge. Also why bluetooth, do you not have an 80211 card or connection ? Much more reliable and cheaper. >Oh yes, and the bet... > >I making a personal bet that the Next Big Thing in computing is that the >personal security token, universal UI, computing platform, network >connection is going to be mobile phones. >So I've bought myself the cheapest mobiles with IrDa and Bluetooth and >I'm teaching myself how to make 'em jump hoops. > >The mobile will be half the picture, a Linux server with something like a >txt & wap gateway will be the other half. Wap? didn't that die a horrible death in tyhe mid 90's? IBM lst an arm and a leg pushing that barrow. with the cost of wireless connectivity going down, the speed going up I would suspect that a thin client like wap will be redundent. The screen acreage in mobile cell phones has tripled in the last 12 months while the price has quartered. IBM is pushing non wap and non text technologies using xml, soap, and thin client protocols. I too looked at the technologies last century and watched it die at a speed directly proportional to the hyping it got. Watch the Blackbury and similar items. Phones were winning the race until 12 months ago but Blackbury and iPaq etc are now making ground with thin video conferencing and voice capabilities. My 2 cents worth. Shane -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.3 - Release Date: 5/04/2005
