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    usb bluetooth adapters

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by bibelot, Sep 17, 2007.

  1. bibelot

    bibelot Notebook Enthusiast

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    unfortunately, i did not discover the wonder that is bluetooth technology until after i ordered my new laptop/purchased my new cell phone (which has bluetooth capability) so im looking for the next best thing. can anyone recommend me a good, fairly cheap (under $30, preferrably cheaper) usb bluetooth adapter for my laptop? i'd mainly be using it for sending mp3s to my cell phone... nothing fancy like printers, headsets, mice or the like. it also has to be vista compatible. thanks!
     
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    what kind of laptop. you can get the internal one from dell like they sell with the laptop new for about 11 bucks
     
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    i have an inspiron 1420 that i just got a couple of days ago. i was looking through the dell site but all of the ones you can install into ur laptop are for other models. ive looked through sites like amazon.com and bestbuy but there are so many different reviews... im not sure which ones are good so i'd like actual first hand accounts from people. also, a lot of them dont say if its vista supported so im not sure if they'll work with vista =T
     
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    I use a Rocketfish bluetooth dongle (from Best Buy) that comes with a wireless BT optical scroll mouse.

    It works under Vista even though the package says only XP and 2000.
     
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    Deltasig Mu Pi, Sep 18, 2007
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