Many of our rugged laptop’s, rugged tablet's and rugged PDA’s incorporate integrated Bluetooth; this can be removed on request where the rugged device is required to operate in high security areas.
Bluetooth is a specification for the use of low-power radio communications to wirelessly link rugged phones, rugged computers and other network devices over short distances. The name Bluetooth is borrowed from Harald Bluetooth, a king in Denmark more than 1,000 years ago.
Bluetooth was designed primarily to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices and peripherals, including rugged Laptop’s, rugged PDAs, and wireless headsets. Wireless signals transmitted with Bluetooth cover short distances, typically up to 30 feet (10 meters). Bluetooth devices generally communicate at less than 1 Mbps.
Bluetooth networks feature a dynamic topology called a piconet or PAN. Piconets contain a minimum of two and a maximum of eight Bluetooth peer devices. Devices communicate using protocols that are part of the Bluetooth Specification. Definitions for multiple versions of the Bluetooth specification exist including versions 1.1, 1.2 and 2.0.
Although the Bluetooth standard utilizes the same 2.4 Ghz frequency range as 802.11b and 802.11g, Bluetooth technology is not a suitable Wi-Fi replacement. Compared to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth networking is much slower, limited in range, and supports fewer devices.
As is true for Wi-Fi and other wireless technologies today, concerns with Bluetooth technology include security and interoperability with other networking standards. Bluetooth was ratified as IEEE 802.15.1.
Rugged Devices such as the Rugged Getac E100 Tablet PC, Getac V100M Convertible Tablet, Ultra Rugged Getac A790 and the latest Getac PS236 Rugged PDA utilize Bluetooth technology to communicate with peripheral devices such as printers, rugged keyboards and many other devices required for field work.
