Technology constantly moves forward. Every day it seems some new device arrives on the market, to make our live that little bit easier. If you are a particularly tech-savvy person, you will no doubt be constantly delighted by every new gadget and gizmo that arrives on the scene. It seems that no sooner have you got used to one innovation than another comes along that is faster, cheaper, better or enables you to do something you couldn’t previously do.
The bluetooth USB dongle is one such device. Like with any really clever innovation, if you get one of these, you may find yourself asking how on earth you survived without one previously.
If you have never come across one before, you are probably wondering exactly what a USB bluetooth dongle does and why you would want one.
It’s actually very simple. This little device will bluetooth-enable your computer so that you can share data and communicate with any other bluetooth-enabled device within range. How does it do this exactly? Bluetooth is a nearfield wireless communication protocol that allows computers, peripherals and other devices such as mobile phones, headsets etc, to communicate with each other, as long as they are enabled for the protocol and as long as they are within range (usually anywhere up to 30 meters or so).
The great thing about this technology is that it eliminates the need for multiple connections from your computer to your various peripherals, with the associated wires trailing around your desk. Also, if you are on your bluetooth-enabled laptop and you have your mobile phone handy, you can access the internet from your laptop using your mobile phone connection for example.
Do you like listening to music on headphones? Get yourself a pair of bluetooth stereo headphones and a USB bluetooth dongle for your computer and you can listen to your iTunes playlist or to Spotify without having that annoying cable connecting your headphones to the computer.
The bluetooth dongle will certainly open up a world of possibilities to you.