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Review: ANYCOM EDR-AP Bluetooth Access Point

Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 18th May 2007 07:44 UTC

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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BT != BT

by memson on Fri 18th May 2007 11:48 UTC

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2006-01-01

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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RE: BT != BT

by Eugenia on Fri 18th May 2007 11:55 in reply to "BT != BT "

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2005-06-28

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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RE[2]: BT != BT

by memson on Fri 18th May 2007 13:27 in reply to "RE: BT != BT "

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2006-01-01

Hey look, BT the company (as in bt.com) were pretty stupid in naming themselves as such. They win no prizes. But BT is synonymous with them in the UK. What can you do? I personally think that they should have kept the name "British Telecom"... oh, well.

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