BlueTooth or Wifi

[peterh]

I can't decide what would be best?

I already have wireless lans at home and work, but the Wifi card is just so damned expensive! £130 in the UK

Where as I could buy a USB Bluetooth adaptor for my laptop costing me only £40.

I know the range is limited on blue tooth, but will I still be able to do the same stuff?


PH

[davy19]

persoanlly i like bluetooth for several reasons.


One is jsut as fast as wifi

two,

uses much less battery


three,

alreayd built in dont have to go plug in wifi

[peterh]

good points

The main thing I just want to do is be able to surf with my Clie around the office.
I just read the PalmVNC remote desktop thread, that looks like it could be pretty useful ...

[davy19]

yep and if you get the bt belkin adapter or access point it has extended range up to 100 meters, but have not testeted how far it will really go i heard about 50 feet

[peterh]

I've just ordered the Belkin USB BT Adapter costing £58.

I've just had a look at quite a few and it seems to have the longest range out of everything. Looks pretty good.

Thanks for your help

[AdB3]

Honey Pots baby...
The reason i would go WiFi is because there are more networks laying arrond (in US).
But you are in Europe, where everything is BT or will be within 10 years... Tough choise

[davy19]

true...for out of home or office wifi way to go, but for my wireless srufing mostly going to be at home or office where i have BT setup

[Enceladus]

i like BT better. right now this adapter is perfect, i can browse from quite a good range. i finally got it working and am posting on my NZ.

[Marudine]

got a couple of questions regarding BT connection from a desktop PC to the nz90;

1) can you browse the web concurrently on both nz90 and desktop ?

2) can you control the file folders (i.e. hard disk) on the desktop from the nz90 ?

3) can the activities on the desktop screen be controlled by the nz90 ?

[Enceladus]

1) yes. i have been on two different sites at once.

2) im not sure. remote desktop programs like Palm VNC and WIN-Hand give you access. but i dont know their limitations.

3) i think these programs can so this. i havent tried any out yet.

[Marudine]

Thanks alot Enceladus !!

[vansouza]

I already have a wireless network, but what bluetooth item do I need to connect to the internet with my NZ? Thanks...

[technoboy]

I have a Belkin USB BT adaptor for my XP computer, and while i can sync the NZ with my puter, I cannot surf the web with it. Can someone tell me how do you set up ur BT and NZ to surf the web. What are the settings? My computer has cable broadband.