Bluetooth's day finally arrives
crn.com | at | by Mike
When faced with a struggling product line, rebrand and upgrade. Microsoft has gotten fat with that strategy, and the company tried again last week with its mobile platforms. IT professionals may not take rebranding--basically renaming products--very seriously. However, IT shops should take note of the strong native Bluetooth support built into Microsoft's upgraded handheld platform, now called Windows Mobile for Pocket PC.
In the wake of Microsoft's announcement, Hewlett-Packard and other Pocket PC vendors promised to build Bluetooth support into their handhelds based on the upgraded platform. That platform also features improved 802.11 capabilities such as auto-detection of wireless networks.