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• Bluetooth changes in Windows 7

  Since Bluetooth APIs were introduced into Windows (we are talking about the desktop OS here, not Windows CE / Windows Mobile / Windows Phone) there have been numerous updates and changes. Confusingly not all of these have been in Major updates or service... Posted Feb 15 2010, 11:09 PM by PeterFoot with | with no comments Filed under: Bluetooth

• Personal Area Networking in the Delphi Magazine

  John Penman has written an article in the March edition of Delphi Magazine entitled "Simple Wireless Networking with Delphi for .NET" which describes using the 32feet.NET library from Delphi code. It walks the user through each of the areas of functionality... Posted Mar 09 2007, 04:27 PM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth

• 32feet.NET v2.1 Released

  Yesterday I released the latest update to the personal area networking library to the 32feet.NET site . This release focussed on bug fixes and improved compatibility and error handling. This release supports device discovery on the latest WM5.0 AKU3 devices... Posted Feb 12 2007, 11:32 AM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth

• Bluetooth RSSI

  By chance I was looking through the Windows CE 6.0 documentation and cam across a new Bluetooth method - BthReadRSSI . My interest was heightened when reading the Requirements section. Apparently the method is supported on Windows Mobile 5.0 as well as... Posted Jan 17 2007, 10:30 PM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth

• Bluetooth DUN Profile Removed from WM5.0 AKU3

  While there have been some improvements to Bluetooth support through the version - like the addition of A2DP (Wireless Stereo) and most recently PAN in AKU3, at the same time the Dial Up Networking profile has been removed. This is a very widely supported... Posted Nov 16 2006, 10:06 AM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth, Windows Mobile

• Bluetooth Audio in Vista

  The Bluetooth functionality (and related APIs) are fundamentally unchanged between XP and Vista, however additional profile support has been added for Audio devices. Based on testing with the RC2 build Vista now supports:- Handsfree Headset A2DP (Wireless... Posted Oct 30 2006, 02:58 PM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth, Vista

• Hacking the Parrot 3000 Evolution Car Kit

  Recently I tried a different form of Bluetooth hacking, I purchased a simple car kit and wanted to install it myself. Alongside the kit itself I also purchased the required vehicle specific cable to sit between the vehicle wiring and the radio and connect... Posted Oct 10 2006, 02:14 PM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth

• 32feet.NET Reaches v2.0 Milestone

  Although it took a lot longer than I originally anticipated I've finally put the finishing touches to v2.0 of the 32feet.NET library. v2.0 is a major re-write of the code so that the single codebase can be built into separate dlls for desktop or device... Posted Aug 28 2006, 04:56 PM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth, NETCF

• Broadcom Bluetooth Stack SDK Now Free

  In an amazing about-face, Broadcom have released their Bluetooth SDK (Both the desktop and Windows CE versions) for free on their website , all you need to do is provide some basic information to register and you'll receive a download link via email.... Posted Aug 07 2006, 10:40 AM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth

• Windows Mobile 5.0 Bluetooth Virtual Serial Ports

  Among the fairly modest enhancements to the Microsoft Bluetooth stack in Windows Mobile 5.0 is a new unified system for assigning virtual COM ports. Previously this was only exposed to the user via OEM provided plugins. Very often you were limited to... Posted Jul 18 2006, 05:06 PM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth, Windows Mobile

• Bluetooth Experience Icon Program

  The Bluetooth SIG have introduced a new branding initiative to help clarify what functionality a Bluetooth device supports using a number of simple icons for popular applications of Bluetooth. The current 5 icons are:- Print (Hard Copy Replacement Profile... Posted Jun 16 2006, 02:12 PM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth

• Stop Broadcom Stack Displaying Browser

  One of the features of the Broadcom stack is that when you attempt to connect to a virtual COM port it will show the user the Bluetooth Manager and ask them to select a paired device to connect to. You can suppress this and have it always connect to the... Posted May 28 2006, 06:11 PM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth

• 32feet.NET v2.0 Beta 1 Available

  I've posted a Beta build of 32feet.NET to the Files section of the site. Please read the file description for a high-level list of changes. This release is the first to be built against .NET v2.0 and will resolve issues encountered with using the v1.x... Posted May 09 2006, 02:14 PM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth, Events