Bluetooth Technology; Wireless Connectivity; The Internet Bridge - Palm Bluetooth Card Handbook

Chapter 1 Palm™ Bluetooth Card Overview

Bluetooth technology

Bluetooth technology is the enabling technology of the Palm Bluetooth Card.
Bluetooth technology provides flexible, inexpensive, easy-to-use wireless
connectivity between devices. This technology offers several key benefits to the
user, including the following:

Wireless connectivity

A bridge to the Internet
Connectivity at close range
Wireless connectivity
The Bluetooth wireless technology was originally developed to solve the cable
clutter problems consumers faced when connecting multiple devices. For example,
by using Bluetooth technology, a Palm handheld can now interface with a mobile
phone equipped with Bluetooth technology without requiring physical cable
connections or IR (infrared) line-of-sight connections.
The types of connections for which cable clutter can be eliminated with Bluetooth
technology include the following:
Palm handheld to mobile phone
Palm handheld to wireless LAN access point
Palm handheld to laptop computer
Palm handheld to printer

The Internet bridge

There are two ways that Bluetooth technology enables you to build a wireless
bridge to established networks like the Internet or campus/corporate intranets:
Dial-up networking
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This form of the Internet bridge is no different from the
method many people use to access the Internet today. It
entails dialing into the Internet through a modem and an
ISP (Internet Service Provider). In this case, the user's
mobile phone serves as the modem. Bluetooth technology
eliminates the need for a physical cable connection in this
scenario.
In order to connect to the Internet using a mobile
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phone, you must have both a wireless operator that
supports data services and an ISP account.