Even if you aren’t very tech savvy, there’s nothing hard about plugging in a keyboard or mouse. But if you have a wireless keyboard or mouse, it takes a few steps to get set up. Here’s how to do it.
If you want to make mobile calls while you’re in a car, a Bluetooth hands-free speakerphone kit is an essential. But is it possible to get one that doesn’t sound like you’re driving on the bottom of the ocean? Road Worrier tests out the Jabra Freeway to find out.
Wi-Fi tethering is one of the most prominent features for iPhone users in the iOS 4.3 upgrade, and Australians don’t have to pay extra to use it. But if you’ve been using the long-in-place Bluetooth tethering option, is switching to Wi-Fi a better bet? Nick at our sibling title Gizmodo investigated, and concluded “not really”.
Whether you’ve moved on from your iDevice to something else or you just want to be able to change the tunes from far away, this super cheap Bluetooth receiver will dramatically increase the usefulness of your iPod speakers.
If sitting stone still in the one corner of your apartment that actually gets decent reception sounds like a terrible way to conduct a phone call, a Bluetooth headset can act as an extender for your mobile phone’s terrible reception
While there are some pretty great Bluetooth headsets out there, even noise cancellation can’t replace a real live mute button sometimes. Hacker Jared opened up his headset and put in a switch of his own, with just a little re-wiring.
Windows: The Bluetooth interface built into Windows is Spartan compared to the feature rich Bluetooth Radar, an open-source application that displays all Bluetooth devices within reach of your computer’s radio on a radar-style display.
Trying to use Bluetooth to pair a device like a headset or keyboard, but keep being asked for an unknown four-digit passcode? Long experience suggests that it’s very likely to be 0000, 1234 or (a tad more rarely) 9999.
