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    Bluetooth and Acer

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by KSpector, Jul 21, 2006.

  1. KSpector

    KSpector Notebook Enthusiast

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    Which Acer laptops have built-in bluetooth?

    Also, has anyone used any of the "add on" cards to add bluetooth capability?
    How well do they work?

    I am not sure just how useful the bluetooth will be, but I would like the capability I think. I have a PDA and cell phone with bluetooth.

    Thanks
     
    KSpector, Jul 21, 2006
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  2. Gautam

    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    Bluetooth is especially weird with the acer travelmates - others should correct me if I am wrong, but I have played around with a few travelmates and the bluetooth radio is "software" controlled.

    The hardware is default off. You need ePM to turn it on, and when ePM is off, crashes, or some process related to it fails to load, bluetooth shuts down as well.

    About the usefulness of bluetooth - so far, not much, but I keep hoping that there will be better technologies employed for it. So far, I have a bluetooth wireless mouse, headset (for music, not the cellphone).
     
    Gautam, Jul 22, 2006
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  3. Amol

    Amol APH! NBR Reviewer

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    As for the Aspires, I haven't had much complaints when getting bluetooth to run. Pretty straightforward. I forgot to turn on bluetooth when I tried to configure and it didn't work. I tried everything, and then it hit me - I hadn't turned it on. Anyways, I have a bluetooth cell phone (No EDR :() and it works perfect. My Acer is the Aspire 5672.
     
    Amol, Jul 22, 2006
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    KSpector Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks Amol.
    CompUSA has the Aspire 5672 for $999. How do you like yours?

    What is EDR ?
     
    KSpector, Jul 22, 2006
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    Amol APH! NBR Reviewer

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    EDR is Extended Data Rate. Which means more kbps while transferring. Both devices need to support EDR to get that speed.

    I like mine a lot. Mainly because it's my very own first notebook, and plus the features that it has for that particular price. Be warned though, it runs a bit hot so investing in a cooler (Spire Pacific Breeze or Vantec Lapcool2, for example) would be a good decision. If Acer's cooling was a bit better, then it'd be a wonderful notebook. Build quality is okay, but nothing to worry about. I got mine like 5 months ago, and was more expensive then. Around $1300 including tax and shipping. I suggest asking others too so that you can form your own opinion. Go down to CompUSA too, so that you know personally how it's like
     
    Amol, Jul 22, 2006
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