On 30/4/02 10:49 AM, "Shay Telfer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> For those who are technically minded, would it be feasible to put Bluetooth
>> and Airport on the same card? The thought of having a dongle hanging off
>> the back of a Powerbook is not all that appealing!
> 
> Yes, you probably could, but then Apple would miss out on selling you
> two separate items! Plus the Airport cards are rebadged Lucent cards,
> so Apple would need to get Lucent interested in the idea, which is
> IMHO unlikely at this stage. A Bluetooth transceiver module costs
> about $7 in lots of 1000 or so, so it'd probably be cheaper to build
> BlueTooth into everything and keep the Airport as a configurable
> option.
> 
> And besides, I'd want my BlueTooth outside the Titanium case, where
> it could actually talk to other devices :)
> 
> Have fun,
> Shay

I guess it would be easier to make a motherboard revision and have it sit
where the Infrared used to be!

Seeya

Rod!