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The name “Bluetooth” and its logo are trademarked by the privately held trade
association named the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG).
The word "Bluetooth" is taken from the 10th century Danish King Harald
Bluetooth. King Bluetooth had been influential in uniting Scandinavian Europe
during an era when the region was torn apart by wars and feuding clans.
The founders of the Bluetooth SIG felt the name was fitting because:
The Bluetooth logo is a bind rune merging the Germanic runes (Hagall) and
(Berkanan).
Bluetooth Technology Over the Years
1998 - Bluetooth technology is officially introduced and the Bluetooth SIG is
formed. Bluetooth technology's intended basic purpose is to be a wire
replacement technology in order to rapidly transfer voice and data.
2003 - The Bluetooth SIG overhauls the Bluetooth Core Specification with the
announcement of Version 2.1.
2005 - Devices using Version 2.0 + EDR begin to hit the market in late 2005.
Q: What is Bluetooth?
A: Bluetooth is the name for a short-range radio frequency (RF) technology that operates at 2.4
GHz and is capable of transmitting voice and data. The effective range of Bluetooth devices is 32
feet (10 meters). Bluetooth transfers data at the rate of 1 Mbps, which is from three to eight times
the average speed of parallel and serial ports, respectively.
Q: Why is the technology called Bluetooth?
A: The heart of the Bluetooth brand identity is the name, which refers to the Danish king Harald
"Bluetooth" Blaatand who unified Denmark and Norway. In the beginning of the Bluetooth wireless
technology era, Bluetooth was aimed at unifying the telecom and computing industries.
Q: Will Bluetooth and Wireless LAN (WLAN) interfere with each other?
A: No, both Bluetooth and WLAN can co-exist. Since Bluetooth devices use Frequency Hopping and
most WLANs use Direct Sequence Spreading techniques they each appear as background noise to
the other and should not cause any perceivable performance issues.
Q: What is the data throughput speed of a Bluetooth connection?
A: Bluetooth transfers data at a rate of 721 Kbps, which is from three to eight times the average
speed of parallel and serial ports, respectively. This bandwidth is capable of transmitting voice,
data, video and still images.
Q: What is HomeRF ?
A: HomeRFlike Bluetooth is a specification for connectivity and mobility in a home-like environment.
HomeRF Working Group has developed a specification for wireless communications in the home
called the Shared Wireless Access Protocol (SWAP). This specification is not free and comes at a
cost of $500 . you can find more information at www.homerf.org website.
The correct spelling is not Blue tooth, but rather Bluetooth (1 word).
Unfortunately, many people are still looking for Bluetooth technology on the web
by using search engines and typing the 2 word version: Blue tooth. This is why
BlueTomorrow.com has created a section with the incorrect spelling of Blue
tooth. Without this Blue tooth section, many visitors would never even make it to
BlueTomorrow.com and this would be unfortunate.