On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 23:48 +1000, Tony Smith wrote:
> > > small but significant step toward the technology becoming a de facto
> > > protocol for ad hoc, secure wireless peer-to-peer networks.
> > 
> > This sort of thing annoys me.
> > 
> > Bluetooth is crap. When it works it's great, but there are SO many
> > interoperability issues it's maddening. Trying to transfer small files
> > between different devices is ALWAYS hit and miss. I'm not even going to
> > mention the turd pile that the "profiles" brings (does your device
> > support this profile? Who knows. What profile does this device need? No
> > way to tell). The fact that the iPhone didn't even support Bluetooth
> > audio is a perfect example of this garbage heap.
> 
> 
> There's always IRDA.  I don't think they ever changed the spec for that.

Very true, unfortunately it is too slow for pretty much all uses beyond
using your phone as a modem and exchanging address book contacts. Shame
really, it was at one time pretty universal, and I don't recall having
problems sending contacts between phones. That said, pretty much no
phones have IR anymore, and many laptops have also dropped it.

TTYL

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