Most of my readers know that I love cellphones, PDAs and gadgets. Many of these gadgets do not have WiFi in them, but they do support the PAN-client Bluetooth profile which allows them to get wireless internet connectivity (e.g. the Palm Treo). To achieve this, you need to have a PAN-server. And this what Anycom's EDR-AP Bluetooth Access Point is all about.
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Too bad that some WM5 devices (like Axim X51) have the MS Bluetooth stack and they don't support the PAN.
The nice thing about the BT (on the PDAs) is that consumes less energy than the wifi.
Note that in the case of the Axim X51v there is a broadcom-bt-stack replacement project (on aximsite.com) but I it does not work for me , -I have the dlink BT AP.
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This looks like a great piece of kit, however it's a little pointless for it's price (£150+) given that if you have £150+ to spare then you may as well spend a third of that price on a higher model phone/etc which does support wifi (especially as wifi enabled mobile devices are a growing trend)
Edited 2007-05-18 10:32
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When I read BT I hear "British Telecom" in my head. BT actually rebranded/named themselves to BT a few years ago... so look at this page
http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayTopic...
It's talking about BT hubs and such, but not the ones you guys are ;-)
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BT is how Bluetooth is called for short amongst geeks. And this is a geek site, not a UK site, and the article is about Bluetooth in the first place (I am more careful how I abbreviate it when the article/post is not about Bluetooth). Get used to it please. 
Even in two of my screenshots the UI people of their respective companies called Bluetooth as BT (the Windows and M600i shots).
Edited 2007-05-18 12:10
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