The new technology of wireless connectivity for short range data communication using radio waves has taken the mobile world by storm. Almost every good phone now has Bluetooth option for connectivity to computer, other mobiles and headset for data transfers. Bluetooth has become the defacto standard for wireless data transfer in mobiles. Bluetooth enabled mobile phones have let people to throw away their old phones and purchase new technology phones.
Bluetooth is a technology of convenience. It has changes the way in which data transfer used to take place in short ranges. The cobweb of cables has been replaced by the wireless radio wave technology using the 2.4 GHZ band. Being a license free technology, it has been readily been embraced by almost all mobile phone manufacturers and also by most of the Laptop computer manufacturers. Some printer manufacturers have also adopted the technology to allow the camera phone users to send their clicked photographs directly to the printer without the need for any computer. Bluetooth has sent the messy cobweb of cables to the dustbin. All function which a cable connection provided to the phone user is now provided wirelessly. Not only has the technology allowed the mobile user to transfer data from one phone to another it allows him to have a chat over Bluetooth without incurring any cost. The SMS chat over Bluetooth has become a big hit with students.
A new industry has opened up providing Bluetooth enabled accessories like headset, Bluetooth dongles for computers, Bluetooth enabled scanners etc. The technology has come as a boon to home user who can now connect all his peripherals like printers, scanners, mobile phone and digital camera to the computer wirelessly over Bluetooth eliminating all the cables which came in different shapes and sizes and were a problem to find every now and then. Over the period the Bluetooth technology is being constantly upgraded to provide better and improved speed with almost zero cross talk.