Bluetooth technology is the newest way for devices to communicate with each through a short-range radio frequency. Many devices such as cellphones, digital cameras, printers, desktops, laptops, game consoles, and many more have Bluetooth built in.
Bluetooth uses very little power and because it uses radio frequency line of sight is not an issue so the devices do not even have to be in the same room, although it does have to a strong enough transmission.
Here are some of the more popular uses for Bluetooth:
- Hands free talk with a cellphone. Have you ever seen those people with those funny looking things in one ear, those are Bluetooth headset which allows them to talk on their cellphone hands free.
- With a proper Bluetooth adapter a computer keyboard and mouse can communicate without wires with Bluetooth
- Gaming consoles like the Nintendo Wii and Playstation 3 uses Bluetooth technlogy for their wireless remotes
- Headphones
- GPS receivers