It's official. Agilent just whooped Fluke's ASS!

[IanB]

I suspect that for anything other than basic keyboard and mouse comms, bluetooth is a bit obsolete. You can get an SD card for your camera now with a built in wi-fi connection to your computer. I think there is almost no reason not to use wireless networking for data transfer these days.

[mikeselectricstuff]

I suspect that for anything other than basic keyboard and mouse comms, bluetooth is a bit obsolete. You can get an SD card for your camera now with a built in wi-fi connection to your computer. I think there is almost no reason not to use wireless networking for data transfer these days.

Bluetooth has lower power draw and is easier to set up, especially in a corporate IT environment, and for low-bandwidth stuff like this will usually be a better choice.

[cybergibbons]

I suspect that for anything other than basic keyboard and mouse comms, bluetooth is a bit obsolete. You can get an SD card for your camera now with a built in wi-fi connection to your computer. I think there is almost no reason not to use wireless networking for data transfer these days.

Bluetooth is great for short range comms. It needs very little power, the stack is implemented almost entirely in the hardware so your code remains compact and simple, and it's much more immune to noise and interference.