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    Really noob question

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by L4d_Gr00pie, Mar 9, 2009.

  1. L4d_Gr00pie

    L4d_Gr00pie Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah what exactly do you use bluetooth for on a laptop? I'm going to buy one soon and I'm figuring what options to get and I never had a laptop so what does exactly bluetooth do? thx xD

    *EDIT* I totally forgot about the network forum section.. Could a moderator move this thread plz thx.
     
    L4d_Gr00pie, Mar 9, 2009
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  2. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Excerpt from Wikipedia:

    Cheers! :cool:
     
    pixelot, Mar 9, 2009
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  3. Althernai

    Althernai Notebook Virtuoso

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    I mainly use it to get files off of my cell phone. It's also a quick way to get a PC and Mac to talk to each other if you don't have any cables and you don't want to bother learning the finer points of wireless networking.
     
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  4. L4d_Gr00pie

    L4d_Gr00pie Notebook Evangelist

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    -Wireless communication with PC input and output devices, the most common being the mouse, keyboard and printer.

    You don't need bluetooth to have wireless mouse and keyboard do you??
     
    L4d_Gr00pie, Mar 9, 2009
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  5. xenon2k9

    xenon2k9 Notebook Evangelist

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    Bluetooth headphones perhaps? Always fun listening to music wirelessly.
     
    xenon2k9, Mar 9, 2009
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  6. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    Mouse so you don't need an external receiver in one of your usb ports.
     
    nizzy1115, Mar 9, 2009
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  7. Michel.K

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    It all depends on which mouse or keyboard you got. If you get a bluetooth keyboard or mouse, you need bluetooth on the laptop, easy as that... If you get a wireless mouse or keyboard which isn't bluetooth you need whatever comes with that, and plug it in via usb.
     
    Michel.K, Mar 9, 2009
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    it simply is a mode of wireless connection. the bluetooth in a computer receives "bluetooth" signals thus allowing you to connect bluetooth devices to your computer. mouse, cellphone etc
     
    660hpv12, Mar 10, 2009
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  9. agusman

    agusman when the going gets weird

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    I use it to send files from my laptop to my cell phone... I still haven't figured out how to do it the other way...
     
    agusman, Mar 10, 2009
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  10. pixelot

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    As Michael.K pointed out, if you have an external USB mouse/keyboard, you don't need bluetooth. Lots of laptops don't have bluetooth. It's just another way of doing it, and has other applications, such as the mentioned transfer between laptop and cell phone, bluetooth headphones, and so on.

    Cheers... :cool:
     
    pixelot, Mar 11, 2009
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  11. Colton

    Colton Also Proudly American

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    BTW, no question is a noob question. ;)
     
    Colton, Mar 11, 2009
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