M$ bluetooth keyboard+mouse

[choasforages]

it looks at sounds awsome, execpt by who its branded by. the idea of bluetooth keybourd and mouse is awsome sounding, but i have enough microsoft hardware already. so i guess im asking does anybody else make something like that combo./*sees himself on couch with wireless keyboard surfing the net....*/

[Refalm]

I already got a wireless keyboard from Logitec. It send radio signals to a reciever. Unless you want to type stuff in your backyard, with your computer being in your room, I don't see why I'd choose a Bluetooth keyboard over a radio-transmitting keyboard.

[choasforages]

uhh, that was one of my plans.......

[Crunchy(Cracked)Butter]

Apart from the design, its a peice of shit, because it bluetooth you cannot even boot into the BIOS with one of those, you have to keep your old keyboard around incase you need to get access.

[DJ]

What's so special about "bluetooth" anyway, people come in to work (BestBuy) all the time asking for them specifically. Is it just because its microsoft's newest renovation?

Dj

[Crunchy(Cracked)Butter]

Its about as useful as a chocolate fireguard when it comes to keyboards and mice, still with wireless.  Then again why have bluetooth and wireless, it seems MS wanted to look different and be the first with that type of product.

The only useful implementation i have seen come out of bluetooth is a HP printer even then i have to wonder if its THAT useful due to it range.  Then compare it to a wireless printer (if they made one).

[choasforages]

you have to admit, they were were the first noticable implenation on the market, yahoo should make one, so i can that too

[Crunchy(Cracked)Butter]

I noticed i didn't buy it!  

[cahult]

Bluetooth is a project started almost 10 years ago by swedish telephone maker Ericsson. At first no one took notice but when Microsoft got interested many people jumped on the band wagon. Now we are here, 10 years later, and what have we got? Keyboards you can use while not in the same room as the computer (Hey mom, the computer is haunted! It writes funny stuff on the screen all by itself!), mice that you can use the same way as the keyboard. That is totally needless, if you ask me!

Soon, maybe we can use the telephone as an extra remote control (Hey honey, I can

[voidmain]

quote:Originally posted by cahult:
Soon, maybe we can use the telephone as an extra remote control (Hey honey, I can

[cahult]

quote:Originally posted by void main:


http://www.xs4all.nl/~bernard/phone.html

Frightening! Shocking! This is made by people with way to much free time!  :eek:

[voidmain]

Those devices are actually a hot item for Windows administrators who have servers at unattended remote locations. When their server hard freezes (and it surely will sooner or later) they can power cycle it through their phone.

[Calum]

they should just get a phone with 'ctrl', 'alt' and 'delete' on it. that way they just type in the ip of the machine they need to reboot and then hold down ctrl and alt while... you get the idea.

Another solution would be for them to use *nix servers. of course then they wouldn't get to use their fancy phone/remote since they wouldn't get so many (any?) hard freezes.

[Calum]

quote:Originally posted by cahult:
Bluetooth is a project started almost 10 years ago by swedish telephone maker Ericsson. At first no one took notice but when Microsoft got interested many people jumped on the band wagon. Now we are here, 10 years later, and what have we got? Keyboards you can use while not in the same room as the computer (Hey mom, the computer is haunted! It writes funny stuff on the screen all by itself!), mice that you can use the same way as the keyboard. That is totally needless, if you ask me!

i agree, but i think that the main attraction for people is that your fridge and your hoover will be able to talk to each other behind your back. your washing machine will be able to order a repair guy out to fix itself when it breaks down (of course it'll be able to access your diary and your bank account to find out if you can afford the callout and when to fit it in...)
i think microsoft likes the idea because your toaster will be able to phone home and dob you in for using 'unauthorised' toasting software on it et c...

[choasforages]

still doesn't answer my ? though. does anybody other then microsloth make a bluetooth keyboard. i want to play with bluetootch. the same reason i bought a usb 2.0 card. to play with it. and see how hard it was to get working.