Saturday, January 18, 2003

A cheaper Bluetooth Adapter I've been wanting to add Bluetooth to my PowerBook for a while now, I find the technology very attractive and interesting, but I didn't want to cough up $50 for a USB-BT adapter. Earlier this week, Keyspan came out with a new adapter, but the price is about the same (and it's too darn big, IMO). But today in Fry's I found a $39 Bluetooth adapter made by "EPoX". It's not the most attractive thing in the world, but saving a little cash makes it bearable. The packaging only talks about Windows, no mention of any other OS. Good news. It works perfectly on Mac OS X Jaguar. Just plug it in, open System Preferences, then click Bluetooth. (Which magically appears as soon as you plug-in the adapter.) Try not to feel smug as you ignore the lengthy and convoluted Windows instructions, troubleshooting, and driver installation. The damn thing just works under Mac OS X. Sweet. 5:12:33 PM    comment []

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