BLUETOOTH

Applications and Profiles

Bluetooth is aimed to produce convenient, reliable, cost effective, low power, short-range voice and data communications. At its most basic, Bluetooth wireless technology replaces a cable, this makes it suitable for short range connections between a varieties of mobile devices, such as:

· Mobile cellular phones to PSTN through an access point

· Mobile cellular phone to notebook PC

· Mobile cellular phone to a headset

· LAN access points for laptops and palmtops

· Communication between laptops and palmtops.

The Bluetooth specifications include a profiles document. Each profile describes how a particular application can be implemented. The specifications provide profiles for all of the connections listed above.

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