[CUBE] GSM & IrDA

[Joost van de Griek]

On 2003-01-26 21:19, "Riba" <riba at hi.hinet.hr> wrote:

> On Sunday, January 26, 2003, at 08:36 PM, a l a n t h o m p s o n wrote:
> 
>> the advantage of bluetooth is that it doesn't work by line of sight.  irda
>> devices pretty much have to point at each other to work...
> 
> Do you really consider it such a big minus? Considering the range of
> bluetooth, they might as well be pointed at each other...

Well, mobile phones are popular items among thieves. I like not having to
take my phone from my pocket when I want to read my email on the train. Not
to mention balancing it on my knee to face the IR port, even if my iBook had
one.

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