Anyone else out there get fed up with wires?

[wolfwings]

Also, as a lot of computer-techs know, it's getting harder and harder to get laptops with 'legacy ports' on them, in particular Serial ports.

USB-Serial adapters don't work because of the near-universal lack of Break signalling. So you can't use them to configure Cisco routers or many phone systems.

So how about one step newer... what about bluetooth?

Turns out... yup, that's the ticket.

BlueConsole specializes in making fully-compliant, cross-platform adapters that can (usually) self-power from the serial lines themselves. And here's the punchline: They have a pair of studs on the outside of the case to let you plug a standard 9V battery on if you need battery power.

And by cross-platform, I mean it. Palm-pilot/Treo, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Linux, Mac OS/X, standard Windows XP/Vista, whatever. Yay for bluetooth!

Comments

[lionman.livejournal.com]

Gadget-geek! ;-)

Guilty as charged!

[wolfwings.livejournal.com]

I hope that's okay? =^.^=

Re: Guilty as charged!

[lionman.livejournal.com]

Oh, I suppose so, this time. ;-)

[sarahemm.livejournal.com]

and it's (relatively) cheap, too! i'd expected to look at the price and see like $350, so $99 was cool. will have to look into these, thanks :)

Yeah, $99 is CHEAP for a Bluetooth anything.

[wolfwings.livejournal.com]

Especially one that looks to be built basically to phone-tech durability and for actual real-world use instead of 'look pretty' standards like most bluetooth stuff.

Glad the link's useful. :-)