Thread: Blue tooth

Originally Posted by Davo

What on Earth in the name of all that could be considered holy is that in plain English???????

Luddite!

Hmm, That list is incomplete. I dont't see
R5D4
C3PO
OR R2D2


For those who have wondered:

The word "Bluetooth" is an angicisatised version of the Scandinavian Blåtand/Blåtann, the Epithet of the tenth-century kingHarald Bluetoothand parts of Norway- who united dissonant Danish tribes into a single kingdom. The idea of this name was proposed by Jim Kardach who developed a system that would allow mobile phones to communicate with computers. The implication is that Bluetooth does the same with communications protocols, uniting them into one universal standard.
The Bluetooth logo is a Rune, merging the Haglaz (ᚼ) and (ᛒ),Berkanen

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth"]Bluetooth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

Originally Posted by dullbird

Hey Olbod I noted that you have just seen these ads for the cars with bluetooth I was wondering have you only just got a tv too ?..

its so nice to come across people that can live their lives without the aid of technology (well with the exception of the internet of course) personally I couldn't do it I would lose touch with so many people if I didn't have technology in my life

No, we have always had TV since we left working the outback. Tho I only watch British and european programs except for some sport. I like shows like Heartbeat and the ones depicting an earlier, slower time. I wouldn't watch any of that yank, ten foot tall, shootemup bang bang crap if they paid me.
When the ads come on I use the wand to mute the annoyance usually. My Wife hated me playing with the thing ( wand ) and would tell me I forgot to put it in my pocket when I went out to mow the lawn !!!
I enjoy the internet also. I buy books on line and download old movies.
Just downloaded all the old Sherlock Holmes, Basil Rathbone classics.
I enjoy all of that old stuff, sci fi an all.
I dont need any tecknology as such to keep in touch because the last of my mates and friends died back in 2011. I am the sort of person that can spend years living in boundary riders huts and isolated places without actually feeling isolated.
I do not shun people tho, I just dont need to go out of my way to be amongst folk.
The other day I pulled up beside a bloke sitting in a toyata in the shopping centre car park. I stuck my head in the window and said: bet yer sorry now that ya didn't buy a Landrover, eh. He said: why is that ? I said: well, if you had a Rover you could exchange a wave with all the other Landy blokes,eh. He said: why would I want to do that ? I said: well it gives you a good feeling to be among a select group. When they wave to you, they recognise that you are a man of good taste, a man of princible, a man that is always ready to help others. For instance if a Landrover driver see's a toyota bogged on wet grass, he will always stop and offer to tow the poor bugger back onto the bitumen, eh.
He had a glazed look and wound up his widow.
Most times its just not worth the effort.
How do ya do an shake hands.

Cheers.

Originally Posted by olbod

Seen a few ads for new vehicles where they say it comes with bluetooth ?
I know about a sweet tooth, had a few before donating them to the tooth fairy, but what in the blue blazes is this bluetooth thingy ?
Do I need one ? Can it be bulk billed ?
Eh ?

Bit late mate!

Bluetooth was a Viking king, Harald Gormsson who ruled Denmark from 958 until his death in 986 and even ruled Sweden around 970. I think he was the one who needed some dental care otherwise he wouldn't have been called Bluetooth and we'd all have Harald Gormssons or Gorm the Younger in our cars.

Originally Posted by olbod

. . .The other day I pulled up beside a bloke sitting in a toyata in the shopping centre car park. I stuck my head in the window and said: bet yer sorry now that ya didn't buy a Landrover, eh. He said: why is that ? I said: well, if you had a Rover you could exchange a wave with all the other Landy blokes,eh. He said: why would I want to do that ? I said: well it gives you a good feeling to be among a select group. When they wave to you, they recognise that you are a man of good taste, a man of princible, a man that is always ready to help others. For instance if a Landrover driver see's a toyota bogged on wet grass, he will always stop and offer to tow the poor bugger back onto the bitumen, eh.
He had a glazed look and wound up his widow.
Most times its just not worth the effort.
How do ya do an shake hands.

Cheers.

Aah, the glazed look, used for so many occasions, as in, just about everything with some people. That's pure gold! Thanks for the laugh.

Anyway, ugu80, I'm no Luddite but I don't use anything that's not easy to use. If you have to read a big manual, somehow find just the right connectors, run through various menus, troubleshoot, look it up on the Internet, and then, finally, you can listen to your iPod in the car instead of just sticking a CD in a slot, I'm not interested.

Technology is supposed make life easier. I'm amazed by people who actually seem to enjoy spending hours sorting something out so that they can watch a show, or do something else that involves sitting around.

Anyway, I'm off to fix my landspeeder since my R2 unit won't download the manual for me.

Well, Bluetooth is only the beginning; soon we will have Mirrorlink to control our vehicles.

The next big smartphone accessory: your car

Published: 1 Mar 2013 at 01.43
Online news: Auto Scoop

Automobile giants at the world's biggest mobile fair are showing off a new technology that turns a car into a smartphone accessory, allowing a driver to use cutting-edge apps without veering off the road.

A visitor looks at a Ford B-Max car at the 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 27, 2013. Automobile giants at the world's biggest mobile fair are showing off a new technology that turns a car into a smartphone accessory, allowing a driver to use cutting-edge apps without veering off the road.

Called MirrorLink, and adopted by 85 big manufacturers from Ford to General Motors, Chrysler, Nissan, Honda, Hyundai, BMW, VW, Fiat or Renault, it connects a smartphone and car entertainment system with a two-way audio, video and data link.

"People are using their smartphone applications and services 80 percent of the time. The other 20 percent when they are not using them is when they are in the car," said Jorg Brakensiek, technical coordinator for the Car Connectivity Forum.

"There is no really safe mechanism for the driver to do that," he told AFP at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

MirrorLink requires a compliant car entertainment system and a smartphone with the software, which can be downloaded.

Drivers then can access their favourite apps.

The apps must meet legal requirements for screens that face drivers, for example the text must be a certain size and some functions such as typing must be disabled while the car is moving.

"The basic assumption is that the phone comes with the application," said Brakensiek.

"You use the car as an accessory."

Eventually, the MirrorLink technology will feed other data from the car to the smartphone, such as speed, location and even weather. That information can be used to develop new applications or improve other services, such as traffic news.

The Car Conectivity Forum, which groups nearly all car manufacturers, was set up to develop the technology two years ago.

The first MirrorLink compliant car entertainment systems have been released by the likes of Sony and JVC, for installation into existing vehicles.

The next step will be for manufacturers to build them into cars before sale.

The new technology avoids problems posed by the "smart car" in which manufacturers weld a SIM card into a vehicle so as to offer driver services such as navigation, SOS response and door unlocking, as well as paid-for entertainment.

One challenge is that the SIM card built into the car ties the owner to one operator for the car's life -- up to 15 years. To overcome this, car makers are trying to agree on a standard way to program the SIM card by remote.

"From out point of view, remote SIM management becomes a key enabler, it becomes a game changer," BMW's project manager for telematic control units, Markus Kaindl, told a symposium at the mobile congress.

But there are other drawbacks, too.

Much of the hardware built into a car cannot keep up with the mobile industry's fast-pace developments, the car owner must pay for the SIM contract, and each manufacturer has its own platform for applications, making it difficult to attract developers.

Yet the "smartcar" services may live on alongside the MirrorLink technology, industry analysts said, especially in high-end cars.

General Motors, one of the leaders in the field with its OnStar service offering navigation and help for drivers, announced before the show it will embed 4G connectivity in all 2015 model cars in North America.

At the mobile show this week, it showed off an impressive concept car, a Cadillac, with all the latest connected gadgets.

It has streaming movies, dedicated apps, and a system that alerts an absent car owner that something has hit his car, and even lets him view the surrounding area on his smartphone via on-board surveillance cameras.

Originally Posted by ugu80

You still should consider it, olbod, it's not just for auto remote mobile phone use, if you view its Core Specification Addendum then search the Mixing of Specification Versions Part for applicability then go to the Core Specification Supplement and Core Specification Addendum and Refer to the Mixing of Specification Versions Part for applicability you will see the Adopted Bluetooth Profiles, Services, Protocols and Transports with GATT-Based Specifications (Qualifiable), you will be able to access:
ANP
ANS
BAS
BLP
BLS
CSCP
CSCS
CTS
DIS
FMP
GLP
GLS
HIDS HID
HOGP
HTP
HTS
HRP
HRS
IAS
LLS
NDCS
PASP
PASS
PXP
RSCP
RSCS
RTUS R
ScPP
ScPS
TIP
TPS as well as the following Traditional Profiles
A2DP
AVRCP
BIP
BPP
DI
DUN
FTP
GAVDP
GOEP
GNSS
HCRP
HDP
HFP
HSP
HID
MAP
OPP
PAN
PBAP
SAP
SDAP
SPP
SYNCH
VDP
as well as the following protocols
AVCTP
AVDTP
BNEP
IrDA
MCAP
RFCOMM

So I bet now you are thinking, "how have I survived this long without bluetooth". I know you will down to the nearest coms store and have your Disco fitted before the day is out.

Glad to have been of assistance.

Can I get chips with that.

Originally Posted by olbod

Seen a few ads for new vehicles where they say it comes with bluetooth ?
I know about a sweet tooth, had a few before donating them to the tooth fairy, but what in the blue blazes is this bluetooth thingy ?
Do I need one ? Can it be bulk billed ?
Eh ?

To cut through all this technical gobbledygook it is quite simple. Some newer automobiles come with pen holders. This reduces the temptation to stick ones pen in ones gob the wrong way around and ending up with Bluetooth. (They were going to call it blue tounge but this has been trademarked by the makers of choo-choo bars.) I believe the vehicle you may be looking at has not been fitted with such holders (as standard) , so this is warning you that the driver may be prone to Blue-tooth. No doubt it will be available as an expensive option.

Some even have two holders which will prevent a lesser known problem , "Redtooth".

I am told they are working on bulk pen holders which will prevent "Bluepocket" - a common affliction amongst nerdy science types.

Of course us Defender drivers have no need for such devices as we, like the Russians, use lead pencils.


(Isn't the internet just grand for finding the real truth!)