Author Topic: Belkin Bluetooth Compactflash $19.95 (Read 7014 times)

JohnKiniston · « **on:** July 09, 2005, 07:12:31 pm »

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=F8...L&cpc=SCH&srm=0

I bough one last week and it just arrived.

It shows up when plugged into my Zaurus as a iPaq Bluetooth Sleeve?

Dunno if it'll work or not , this is the only bluetooth item I own .

icruise · « **Reply #1 on:** July 16, 2005, 03:15:14 am »

It's down to $14.50 now. I wish I knew if it would work or not though...

cosmo · « **Reply #2 on:** July 20, 2005, 09:00:10 am »

I'd like to hear more about this card as it is very cheap. I checked the
local store and there's a CF BT card for 175â‚¬ ;)

Do you get hci0 up? What kernel messages you get when you insert
the card?
There's a link to doc about it below. In hciattach command you may
need to replace bcsp with something else.

http://opie.handhelds.org/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/BluetoothGprs

Btw i tried this with a Socket bt card but ditn't get rfcomm0
up for some reason.

speculatrix · « **Reply #3 on:** July 22, 2005, 08:45:41 am »

shame it'd cost $24 for postage to the UK.

icruise · « **Reply #4 on:** July 24, 2005, 03:08:24 am »

This review of the SL-5500 mentions that this card didn't work with Bluez, but that this card (for $24.50) apparently does work. There isn't any more information that I could find, though.

speculatrix · « **Reply #5 on:** July 24, 2005, 03:20:39 am »

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This review of the SL-5500 mentions that this card didn't work with Bluez, but that this card (for $24.50) apparently does work. There isn't any more information that I could find, though.
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From what I remember there are two versions of the Belkin CF bluetooth adaptor, they look very similar, so if you only see a thumbnail image on the website you can't tell which is which. It's the newer version that needs the latest drivers, if it works at all.

rolf · « **Reply #6 on:** July 24, 2005, 10:28:37 am »

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This review

has been poorly researched. So I question the validity of any claim made in that article.

icruise · « **Reply #7 on:** July 24, 2005, 05:22:06 pm »

That may be true. The main issue I was pointing out was that he had actually tried the card that this thread is about, and it didn't work.

JohnKiniston · « **Reply #8 on:** July 24, 2005, 07:02:35 pm »

The one I purchased showed up.

OZ Sees it aas a ipaq bluetooth sleeve when inserted.

I did a scan at a location with a Bluetooth enabled G5 (This is the first bluetooth item I own) and it found the G5.

I'd put that down as partially working.

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