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Could MS hit the nail (in the wrong wood, but hit nonetheless)?]]>Apr 13th 2009 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/
What, you don't have an iPhone? Me neither :D (contracts are the devil's plaything), but you can use any of about a hundred apps to do this between a computer and an iPod touch (or iPhone... *sighs*) already, and most of them are free. Also, a friend showed me how to do this on Windows Mobile, but there was no way I could remember all that stuff :P!

I want this more so I can take pictures and video on my phone/camera (using an Eye-Fi SD card) and send them to my iPod touch on the go (without a network). That'd be sweet for long road trips, plus then I could back them up online without a laptop on hand.]]>Apr 13th 2009 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/
i guess its a worthwhile give and take though, depending on the situation.]]>Apr 14th 2009 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 14th 2009 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 14th 2009 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/
Oh, good. Because at the moment it takes longer for me to transfer files over bluetooth than it does for me to just download it off the net over wifi directly. That's just wrong (bt speed, that is; I've no beef about my internet speed :P)

@atc

Used correctly, firewire most certainly does not suck. Unless you mean it sucks data, in which case, yea, it sucks quite well :)]]>Apr 15th 2009 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Or do we just upgraded software to handle the transfer to 3.0?]]>Apr 13th 2009 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 13th 2009 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/let's you make your iphone a webdav server.
only limitation is that your iphone and machine have to be on the same wireless network for it to work.]]>Apr 13th 2009 11:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Mmmm... Dohnuts.

I dont think the iTouch has bluetooth, and its a hardware spec, not a software stack, so it wont be incorporated into current devices.

Although, Im not sure. Bluetooth 2.1 compatible devices may meet the required spec for 3.0]]>Apr 13th 2009 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/2g-ipod-touch-to-have-bluetooth-capability-unlocked-by-iphone-os/]]>Apr 13th 2009 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 13th 2009 11:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 14th 2009 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 14th 2009 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 13th 2009 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 13th 2009 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 13th 2009 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/
Lol, you are kidding right? All apple did was catch the iPhone upto where even the dumbest flip phones have been for over the past 2 years with their updates to bluetooth support on the iPhone and Ipod Touch.]]>Apr 13th 2009 10:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/
most Bluetooth-capable devices also have the ability to transfer files through Bluetooth (cough, iPhone)]]>Apr 13th 2009 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 13th 2009 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/holycow gets the award for the comment of the year!
You hit Engadget where it hurts the most!]]>Apr 14th 2009 4:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 14th 2009 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 13th 2009 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Clone this.,.]]>Apr 13th 2009 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Bluetooth is used in all phones as a file transfer solution, and if your insinuating that the iPhone was the first to use it... Go to a psych ward!
I hope all phones do copy this new spec! That's what it was built for... ALL PHONES! (and other devices)]]>Apr 13th 2009 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/
The iPhone is the FIRST device to allow bluetooth file transfers!!! you POS!!!]]>Apr 13th 2009 11:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/You sir have FAILED at life...]]>Apr 14th 2009 2:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/i love stupid people, like you. they make my often stressful life somewhat more entertaining and relaxing. ]]>Apr 14th 2009 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/So are you telling me that the LG Prada (yeah, I know, iPhone clone! -_-') was just magically transferring files from my laptop when they were paired through bluetooth?
I've also been wondering why my iPhone can't do it yet, even though it obviously is "the FIRST device" to allow it.]]>Apr 14th 2009 5:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 13th 2009 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 13th 2009 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 13th 2009 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 13th 2009 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/
In actuality, I don't think anything that's in Bluetooth 3.0 is really needed for your headphones, or any for that matter, and I'm pretty sure things are backward compatible, so it seems that you would just leave your headphones and upgrade the rest... and everything will still work as intentioned.]]>Apr 13th 2009 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 13th 2009 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 13th 2009 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 13th 2009 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/How about bridging connections with bluetooth on linux?
Did I give anyone a brain hard on?]]>Apr 13th 2009 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 13th 2009 10:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 13th 2009 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 13th 2009 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/
Oh, and for the record, most devices can transfer files over Bluetooth, but its relatively slow, since its limited to the current low bandwith spec. ]]>Apr 13th 2009 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/I own a Mac and an iPhone, but I don't praise and claim that everything they have done is the first and only... Or the best.

@mermermer (who replied to my comment under shank's)
Really? I have a mac running 10.5.6 and an iPhone 3G running 2.2.1 and no I cannot transfer files without either jailbreaking/or installing 3rd party apps from the app store. Not to mention that the iphone is definatly not the first phone to file share over bluetooth.
It's been in winmo and symbian and bb phones since a few years ago!]]>Apr 14th 2009 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 13th 2009 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/Apr 14th 2009 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/the upgrade will be available for $9.95]]>Apr 13th 2009 11:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/What. What. What. How could anyone even believe this is true.]]>Apr 14th 2009 5:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/
I hate being in the minority all the time! I wish I could be like everyone else and have both!]]>Apr 14th 2009 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/bluetooth-3-0-to-use-wifi-for-high-speed-file-transfers/
I mean seriously, you'd have to be pretty stupid to buy a phone in 2009 that didn't have wifi. Nokia's have done it for years]]>Apr 14th 2009 10:26AM