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Dave Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 10, 2003 Posts: 6460 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 10:10 pm Post subject: REVIEW COMMENTS: MSI Bluetooth Dongle |
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For a number of years now, if you wanted to connect a GPS Receiver to a laptop or a PC, you would have to use a Serial or USB type GPS Mouse. These come with a cable tethering it to your laptop and although they work extremely well, they are not the best solution for in-car use, especially having cables trailing over the dashboard when you are driving!
In the past year we have seen not only Bluetooth take off in a very big way, but in the past 6 months a flurry of new Bluetooth USB Dongles being brought to market. These Bluetooth USB Adapters are a little plug (or dongle) that plugs into your USB port and with added drivers and software allow you to run Bluetooth on a Windows based PC and connect wirelessly to a Bluetooth GPS.
This review concentrates on the MSI Bluetooth dongle (BToers) which is a tried and tested Bluetooth adapter and works well with all Bluetooth GPS Receivers we have tested it with on Laptop, Notebook and Tablet PC's that have a spare USB port.
For the full review click here.
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/msi-bluetooth-usb.php |
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alix776 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: 03/05/2003 14:45:49 Posts: 3999 Location: leyland lancs ENGLAND
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2004 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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Ive had one of these for a couple years and there great recomended _________________ currently using aponia truck navigation on windows phone. Good bye IOS don't let the door hit you on the way out .
Oh the joys of being a courier.
device Lumia 950 xl |
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Tim Buxton Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: 14/09/2002 20:56:18 Posts: 5231 Location: Surrey, United Kingdom
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2004 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | Price and Availability
At the time of writing this review, the MSI Bluetooth USB Dongle was being sold for £24.99 inc VAT.
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£16.75 including VAT and delivery from Watford Electronics. (Savastore) :P _________________ Tim |
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macgrrl Occasional Visitor
Joined: May 22, 2004 Posts: 1
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Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 5:33 am Post subject: |
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This device is also sold by Kensington as their part number 33085 (http://www.kensington.com/html/4720.html). Works great on Mac OS X 10.2.8 (BT support is built in) as well as Windows XP Home. Doesn't appear to be available in Europe just yet. Connects very well to my Holux GR-230. |
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jlw Frequent Visitor
Joined: May 10, 2004 Posts: 402 Location: South Sweden
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Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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Is there any difference on the 100 meters adapter then the one in the review? I'm getting one of these very soon _________________ Ipaq 2210 (rom 1.10)
Fortuna Clip-On
CF: Kingston Elite Pro 512 MB
CF: Lexar 256 MB
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The_Pilgrim Regular Visitor
Joined: Jan 10, 2004 Posts: 118 Location: H
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Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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im not certain but i think that 2 devices will only connect over 100m if BOTH are capable of doing so.I believe most PDAs only connect up to 10 meters.
Hope this help
The Pilgrim |
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Dave Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 10, 2003 Posts: 6460 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 7:28 am Post subject: |
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After having to put my laptop through a tortuous session of upgrading Windows XP to Service Pack 2 (shock horror!), I thought it best to let everyone know that Windows XP does break Bluetooth because Microsoft has implemented a new Bluetooth Stack. This can affect anything that needs to communicate via an external Bluetooth card/dongle. This has had the unfortunate case of breaking the MSI BToes which we reviewed earlier this year. Good news! There is a fix available, and we have added it to the base of the MSI BToes Review. It's nice and simple, doesn't need any registry tweaks and works beautifully providing you follow our instructions!
Read the XPSP2 fix here. |
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footman Regular Visitor
Joined: 05/06/2003 06:48:54 Posts: 150 Location: Camberley, Surrey
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Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 10:58 am Post subject: |
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didnt work for me on my laptop.Have had to return to SP1
Laurence |
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Dave Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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It only works with the BToes edition and not any other MSI BT Dongles. |
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footman Regular Visitor
Joined: 05/06/2003 06:48:54 Posts: 150 Location: Camberley, Surrey
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Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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and thats the dongle I've got |
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footman Regular Visitor
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Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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er.........no it isnt |
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Dave Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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I didn't think it was as I've performed the upgrade on several PC's and they have all worked well. I think MSI have some other fixes available and likewise other manufacturers should have some fixes. Basically all that's needed in most cases is a registry tweak and that's what the INF file does. |
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jlw Frequent Visitor
Joined: May 10, 2004 Posts: 402 Location: South Sweden
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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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it dont work for meeeeeeeee!!! _________________ Ipaq 2210 (rom 1.10)
Fortuna Clip-On
CF: Kingston Elite Pro 512 MB
CF: Lexar 256 MB
Poporta Alu-Case |
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jcat Occasional Visitor
Joined: 22/07/2003 02:10:39 Posts: 6 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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i have an msi dongle, but i aint installed xp sp2, but i have installed some sp2 hotfixes..
anyway my dongle don't work and the patch don't fix it :S
i'll have to try again when i format my pc
thanx for the info
John |
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Dave Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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I think you're on extremely dodgy ground if you haven't installed XPSP2 but you're installing some XPSP2 hot fixes. I'd hate to think what the state of your registry is John.
If you're not installing XPSP2 then you should disable download of all patches! You can do this for 4 months and then Microsoft will automatically try to roll XPSP2 out to all machines that haven't upgraded. |
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