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Inginious
10-09-2003, 02:02 PM
Which one is better? WiFi? Bluetooth?

Whats the difference? I can access the web from either
one at Cafe's.

Is one faster?

What do you guys recommend??:)

Defiant79
10-09-2003, 04:17 PM
WiFi is not better then Bluetooth and Bluetooth is not better then WiFi.

Both have different applications.
WiFi is basically a wireless broadband (ethernet) connection.

BT is the follow up of IR. It eliminates the line of sight, has higher speed and is more battery-friendly when in stand-by. Very usefull when using a GPRS mobile phone, among other things.

If you have the choice, then go for WiFi. WiFi is alot faster then a BT connection. BT is just a bit slower then USB 1.1 (~10Mb/s) and WiFi is around 100Mb/s (802.11b)

minhaferzz
10-09-2003, 04:40 PM
Yeah, I agree. It all depends on what your needs are. Wifi is especially great if you're a college student and your school has a wifi network setup. I use my NX80, with wl100, quite a bit on campus and it's great.

Bluetooth is especially handy when you have a bluetooth phone to connect to. If you don't have a bluetooth phone, I would go with the wifi route. As Defiant stated above that wifi is faster.