Rob wrote:
Hi,
I have a desktop PC without a build-in bluetooth device. Thus I need to
buy a USB dongle for exchanging data over bluetooth with my mobile
phone. Most (low-cost) USB dongles that I find on the web have the
specifications for the OS to be some flavor of Windows.
Hence, I'm suspicious whether I have to be very careful which USB
dongle to buy; or is bluetooth over USB nowadays at a level that pretty
much every dongle is supported in Linux?
By the way, I'm about to upgrade to Fedora 7; would that make it
easier to use such devices?
This is my first time to do something with bluetooth, so I appreciate
your comments, explanations and/or advice.
Thanks,
Rob.
Rob,
I picked one up a Walmart, $15-$18. It's branded as IOGEAR (P/N
GBU221). It shows up as a Broadcom with a device ID of 2101.
It works fine interfacing to my cell phone. The gnome bluetooth
interface takes a little getting used to, but so be it, it works.
Bob...
