what do you use your bluetooth dongle for?

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    penandpaper

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    i was able to grab one for about $5 shipped off buy.com over the christmas holidays. my intent is to use with my bluetooth headset for skype calls.

    what other uses are there for this bluetooth dongle? what do you guys use it for?
     
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    Location:
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    GPS
    Stereo headset
    Mouse
    PDA-phone sync
     
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    Not that I do it myself, but you can also use it to talk to some cell phones to access the internet that way ("tethered" to the cell phone's connection).

    You can also use it to interface with a Wii remote and try out some of the hacks that people have come up with.

    And of course you can wirelessly access a full-size keyboard and mouse for desktop use.
     
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    I just got a Kinyo ArtDio 2.0 portable bluetooth stereo speaker for listening to my music and videos. Sure is a great improvement over the built-in speakers. It's battery operated but can also use its AC adapter if needed.
     
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    I use mine for internet access when I find myself either in a pay-to-play WIFI zone or without wifi completely.. it's slow over my tmobile network but at least I can get online. That's all I use it for. I should explore other possible uses... the Wii remote hack sounds interesting
     
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    my wireless ps3 controller
    gps to come soon
     
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    I travel with my father everyother weekend and would like to get online via his phone and a bluetooth dongle. What all do I need to do this? Do I need a certain bluetooth dongle or software? He has a big Samsung phone with AT&T 3g, cant remember the model at the moment.
     
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    PDA sync,
    GPS,
    BT modem with SE Xperia X1,
    File exchange with others...

    Probably there is something more I do but that's all I can think about right now ;)
     
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    i will for sure probably use it for some images taken from my iphone 3g
    i will use bluetooth to access Iphone 3g and copy the images :D
    and i will also use it for some GPS and Wireless Bluetooth headset which i have got one for my ps3 :D
     
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    Only thing I actually *use* it for is internet access through my 3g phone (whenever there's not an open wireless AP around).

    In theory GPS and file transfers but only for testing so far.
     
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