Bluetooth News at MacWorld?

I would *love* to see bluetooth enabled computers across Apple's entire line. an iMac with no cables for the mouse or keyboard would be awesome!

I already have my SE t68i and soon to get SE P800 to replace it, having bluetooth built in to my TiBook would be a great help.

I'm excited!

this is good news. I was really hoping for my next computer
to have a wireless bluetooth mouse and keyboard. Hopefully a
mouse with a right click button and a scroll wheel? I don't want
to get my hopes up though because there is a good chance this
rumors isn't true at all :(. I hope it is though ;).

Can I ask why the heck bluetooth is so great? I mean... you're all excited over a wireless mouse. Well guess what: You can already buy a wireless mouse!

Mostly this is directed at yet another idiotic scem0 post, but it goes for all of you: What's so hot about bluetooth that you'll use on a daily basis that you can't do now unless you have like a bluetooth enabled PDA or something? Not much I do not think.

And Silver Dragon, your signature is wrong. Apple owns the G5 trademark, not motorola. The 970 could very well be the G5 if Apple wanted.

Spring, I don't think you quite get Bluetooth. It's not just for mice and keyboards (although that will be cool since we won't have to rely on IR anymore) but it's for cell phones, PDAs, headsets, any item that would require a not-so-fast connection to your computer. You could use Bluetooth security devices to gain access to your OS, you could use bluetooth keychains as portable drives (kinda like a USB drive but wireless) you could use it for controlling your home security system, controlling a printer, controlling a scanner (although those last two may be too much bandwidth for bluetooth, but who knows). The possiblilites are endless. Use your imagination, this is just the start of a whole new wireless revolution where any device can talk to any other device without cables.

It's cool. Very, very cool.

Originally posted by springscansing
Can I ask why the heck bluetooth is so great? I mean... you're all excited over a wireless mouse. Well guess what: You can already buy a wireless mouse!

Mostly this is directed at yet another idiotic scem0 post, but it goes for all of you: What's so hot about bluetooth that you'll use on a daily basis that you can't do now unless you have like a bluetooth enabled PDA or something? Not much I do not think.

Well, we could always just use cables for the rest of our lives!

I for one hate cables. I use my USB Bluetooth Adapter with my T68i to back up my phone numbers and contacts several times a week, and also input new numbers. The last thing I need is another cable to connect my phone to my TiBook. That would lead to more cludder on my desk and another cable to carry around in my bag. Hell no.

I would love wireless speakers too. A Keyboard and a mouse (must have a Sony Memory Stick slot) -- all with the little Apple logo on it.

Cables need to go -- they're old fashion!

Chad4Mac

Originally posted by springscansing
Can I ask why the heck bluetooth is so great? I mean... you're all excited over a wireless mouse. Well guess what: You can already buy a wireless mouse!

Mostly this is directed at yet another idiotic scem0 post, but it goes for all of you: What's so hot about bluetooth that you'll use on a daily basis that you can't do now unless you have like a bluetooth enabled PDA or something? Not much I do not think.

I don't know much about Bluetooth, but here's some stuff I recall:

1. It's a standardized technology. Current wireless mouse, for example, needs a specific receiver unit on the CPU side. Without the standardization, you'd need one receiver for each wireless product.
2. Less energy consumption than WiFi.
3. Much faster than WiFi (***I was wrong about this, as edvniow has pointed out!!!!)

It's the kind of technology we take as granted just like WiFi; once we start using it we just forget about it. They take care of the connection themselves. I kind of understand why you are not so excited about it. It's just another connection standard like USB or FireWIre. We are not talking about a fancy-fancy new product like iPod here. It's an everyday kind of standardized technology. I personally think it would be totally cool when my cell, Palm, iPod and TiBook talk and sync to each other without my instructions though!

Also, there are many NEW stuff, rather than the wireless versions of today's products, they can make with Bluetooth tech.

As a heavy WiFi user myself, I'm totally confident that wireless will be the future :cool:

What happens if you're in a classroom type setting where there is a dozen Macs all with Bluetooth keyboards and mice? Will a given Mac know which keyboard/mouse combinatino it's suppose to be "listening" to?

Originally posted by springscansing
And Silver Dragon, your signature is wrong. Apple owns the G5 trademark, not motorola. The 970 could very well be the G5 if Apple wanted.

Motorola actually already has a G5 chip out, for about a year or 18 months too. It is an embedded chip. Motorola DOES call it a G5.

But it is not exclusive, and I do not think that they have applied a copyright filing. Apple could use the name.

I have this feeling that Apple will cease to use the Gx moniker for anything further, perhaps got the xName system for Pro machines?

Originally posted by yamadataro


3. Much faster than WiFi.

Bluetooth is actually slower than Wi-fi, slower than USB even. It does consume much less power but it's definately not any faster.

Edit: whoops, I see you removed it right after I quoted you.