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While this is a great bluetooth adapter, you have to be careful, the sides are very sharp and it is dangerous.I use it along with my blackberry while on the road.Recommended.
My most common use is pushing photos from my phone. That's a bit of a drawback, what with Vista's pretty well fleshed out Bluetooth support being built in. I bought this because I wanted a Bluetooth dongle I could always keep connected to my laptop, even as I carried it around in my not-too-well-padded backpack.It's been flawless. It's quick and intuitive with the included software.With Vista, the software packaged with it is pretty much a must. Vista only discovered the virtual COM port service with native drivers. Doesn't get in the way, and I've been able to use all the Bluetooth services I need. It sticks out about a centimeter, you wouldn't know it's there if I didn't point it out.
The range is limited to fairly close I didn't measure it so this might not be the best product if you are looking for something that is going to go across the room, but for someone who is going to be near their computer anyways and are looking for a way to sync up I would suggest this little guy to anyone. This adapter is so tiny that I never have to take it out of my laptop and even if I'm trying to save power I can turn off the Bluetooth Radio which turns off the searching and trying to connect.It has worked flawlessly with my Motorola Razr V3 and I've had no problems with it keeping a sync up. I purchased this product after a little bit of researching around the net because I was looking for a way to sync my phone up with my laptop. Upon coming to this product I was surprised to see how small it was and despite a mixed set of both positive and negative reviews (more positive than negative) I decided to purchase this and try it out for myself.And may I say WOW.
Only con is it doesn't work correctly with windows drivers and you must use the accompanied mini cd before plugging in the bluetooth dongle or everything will go crazy. This is a great bluetooth input. I can walk a good 10 feet away while talking on Skype using a Plantronics 510 bluetooth earpiece.
Other than that, awesome product works well in vista and ubuntu. I use the default windows drivers, the Toshiba stack doesn't work too well.
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