buying usb bluetooth dongle

Howdy!
I would like to hear opinions about bluetooth
dongle, I have an intention to buy. The list in
stores in my area is not so long.
 - canyon btu4
 - gigabyte bt03d
 - msi star key 2.0
Does it make any difference, since I cannot get
the name of the chip inside the product?
The primary goal of this dongle should be to
get/put data from/to cell phone (nokia 6233) and
it's memory card. I found references to products
like obexapp and gammu. What is the prefered way
to do the job?
Best regards

                           Zoran

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Dne Thu, 8 Nov 2007 16:23:27 +0100
Zoran Kolic <zkolicsbb.co.yu> napsal(a):

> Howdy!
> I would like to hear opinions about bluetooth
> dongle, I have an intention to buy. The list in
> stores in my area is not so long.
>  - canyon btu4
>  - gigabyte bt03d
>  - msi star key 2.0
> Does it make any difference, since I cannot get
> the name of the chip inside the product?
> The primary goal of this dongle should be to
> get/put data from/to cell phone (nokia 6233) and
> it's memory card. I found references to products
> like obexapp and gammu. What is the prefered way
> to do the job?
> Best regards
> 
>                            Zoran

Hello, msi star key 2.0 works for me. Cheers.

	-vlado
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On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, Zoran Kolic wrote:

> I would like to hear opinions about bluetooth
> dongle, I have an intention to buy. The list in
> stores in my area is not so long.
>  - canyon btu4
>  - gigabyte bt03d
>  - msi star key 2.0
> Does it make any difference, since I cannot get
> the name of the chip inside the product?

Well, most of these dongles have a CSR chip inside in any
case.

The words on the packaging you must look for are:

"v1.2"		- this is an older device, don't get it.
"v2.x + EDR"	- are the newest spec (2.1 is latest
I think)

"Class 1"	- means has better range (100m) but uses
more power
"Class 2"	- lower range (10m) and lower power
consumption

personally, I don't think its worth it to get a Class 1 if
you don't need
the extra range, but you definitely want "v2.x and
EDR" as it is many
times faster and more robust than the older spec.

iain
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Hi Iain!

> Well, most of these dongles have a CSR chip inside in
any case.

I think gigabyte gn-bt03d looks fine and has usb cable.
MSI is ugly. If inner is the same, gigabyte wins.

> personally, I don't think its worth it to get a Class 1
if you don't need
> the extra range, but you definitely want "v2.x and
EDR" as it is many
> times faster and more robust than the older spec.

Costs are almost identical.
I have another question: I made custom kernel and removed
all
usb items from it. Is it enough to load ng_ubt and usb
modules?
If uhci/ohci/ehci is needed, I see no other way but to put
them
into the kernel and recompile. Also, I found in
/boot/kernel
ng_bluetooth and ng_btsocket. Are they necessary to add or
are
they loaded authomaticaly?
Finaly, what people on this list use to put pictures/data
on
their phones? Obexapp?
Best regards

                             Zoran

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On Fri, 9 Nov 2007, Zoran Kolic wrote:

> I have another question: I made custom kernel and
removed all
> usb items from it. Is it enough to load ng_ubt and usb
modules?
> If uhci/ohci/ehci is needed, I see no other way but to
put them
> into the kernel and recompile. Also, I found in
/boot/kernel
> ng_bluetooth and ng_btsocket. Are they necessary to add
or are
> they loaded authomaticaly?

I don't know about that stuff 

> Finaly, what people on this list use to put
pictures/data on
> their phones? Obexapp?

You can use obexapp or obexftp to transfer files. obexapp is
the better I
think, and can act as a server so you can send files from
the phone.

I don't know about sync or gammu/gnokii style programs

regards,
iain
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