Just as WiFi was created to replace your CAT5 or CAT6 cable connecting your computer to a network, and in turn, the internet, Bluetooth® Wireless Technology was created to replace the wires needed to connect small electronic devices together. 

Here are some examples of the things you can do with Bluetooth® wireless technology:

• Of course, you can use a Bluetooth® Headset to talk hands free on your mobile phone.

• You can play music wirelessly through Bluetooth® Stereo Headphones.

• You would need a Bluetooth® enabled music player such as a mobile phone, or Bluetooth® enabled media player.
  
  

•  With a Bluetooth® USB adapter (also known as Dongles) or a computer with a built-in Bluetooth® transceiver, you can play music from your computer. 

With any of these devices and headphones that support the A2DP profile, you can also control the playback so you never have to take your player out of your pocket, purse, backpack or run to your computer to stop and change tracks.

There are also Stereo Bluetooth® Adapters to play any device with a 3.5mm(1/8") headphone jack to a pair of Bluetooth® Headphones.  You will not be able to control the music, though most Bluetooth® Headphones have independent volume controls.  Let’s not forget the 2.5mm Adapters for hands free talking on mobile and cordless phones that are not Bluetooth® enabled.

Oh! I almost forgot about our Bluetooth® Stereo Gateways!  These allow you to transmit stereo audio to and/or from you home audio system.  Therefore you can play the music from your mobile phone or media player through your home speakers or roam wirelessly while listening to your home stereo or TV with your Bluetooth® Headphones.  In the same section we also have speakers boxes with a Bluetooth® receiver built-in to share your music on the go.

Well, you may have already heard of stuff like that and wonder “what else can Bluetooth® do?”  I’m glad you asked! 

Keeping with the idea of playing music, an abilities of some phones can act as an HID (Human Interface Device).  If you are playing the music from your computer, you can control the playback from anywhere (within 10-100 meters) with your mobile phone.  Most phones able to do this are likely able to control presentation software and/or act like a mouse in some fashion as well.  But wait, there’s more!

And there are actual HIDs out there!  If you have a computer with Bluetooth® Wireless Technology built-in, you can have a wireless Mouse and/or Keyboard without an adapter sticking out of your USB port.  Or get a Bluetooth® USB Dongle and connect a Mouse, Keyboard, Printer, Digitizer Pad, Game Controllers and several other devices (up to 8 simultaneously) using JUST ONE USB PORT.

There are tons of additional uses for Bluetooth® Wireless Technology.  If you have a wire you’d like to replace that you have not seen described here or on our Facebook Discussions page, let us know.  Use the Contact Us page on this site to send us a message or give us a call.  You can also visit our Facebook Page and post on the wall or start/join a discussion.  We’re here to help make your life less tangled!

On the next page, you will find information on Bluetooth® Profiles.