D-Link DBT-120 Wireless Bluetooth 2.0 USB Adapter
by D-Link
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Customer Review: Excellent device
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great adapter which is high quality, and relatively low price. I use it with a laptop running windows XP and a Hewlett-Packard iPAQ 2215.This adapter is very easy to setup and all of the necessary instructions and software come with the adapter. Setup is a farily automated process and the installation wizard and instruction booklet will guide you through the process.
The adapter lets you use a variety of different services such as internet connection sharing, ActiveSynch, file transfer, and others. All of these services can be enabled/disabled at any point after installation and configuring them is for the most part a simple procedure which can be done by following the instruction on the computer.
The adapter has a very good range of twenty to thirty yards, which is about the maximum a PDA can handle, so connecting to the adapter won't be an issue. Several of my friends and I have PDAs, so I got this adapter so we could all use my laptop as a wireless hub to get online. None of use have had any problems and it can handle several devices using it at once.
As an added bonus the adapter comes with a free USB extension cable.
Customer Review: Works wonderfully under linux, Ubuntu 10.04; no setup or installation required.
Summary: 5 Stars
I am very careful when looking for Linux-friendly hardware. In my experience anything can be "made" to work under Linux but it is one of those small joys in life when a device works beyond your expectations, no headache necessary. As with anything else in Linux your experience is heavily based on the kernel/computer hardware/distribution/version you are using, so for reference I am running the netbook remix of Ubuntu 10.04 on a Toshiba nb305. This device worked right out of the box, I just plugged it in and the Bluetooth utility on Ubuntu automatically loaded and was ready for use, in fact, I am writing this review with a Bluetooth mouse, keyboard, and number pad attached. Although I can't speak for any other distribution of Linux but Ubuntu, the fact that this device works well on any version does mean that good drivers are available to all distributions (you may have to install them yourself). Finally, I would like to say that in my research previous to this purchase I came across a device cited as a D-link DBT-122 that was Linux-friendly. As near as I can tell this device does not exist and the DBT-120 was probably what was meant.Customer Review: Believe it or not
Summary: 5 Stars
I use this handy little "dongle" on my XP home sp2 system to allow mt zire 72 to hotsync and access my network to surf the web, read email, and IM. I really am glad I bought one.
Now don't get me wrong. It was not peach city from the start. I did get my PDA to hotsync from the get go. But alas the internet access was beging to look like a pipe dream. I even gave up on it for a few months and decided I was happy to sync and have one less wire on the desk.
Then like two weeks ago I did yet another google for help. This time I struck gold. Don't waste your time calling the support staff. They kept telling me to call my ISP. Now I am not some MS tech. But I had enough sense to know my isp would be as lost as I was.
Well if you read this and want to link a PDA to the net from your desk, have no fear. I can tell you it does work. So if you need the link I finally used go to: http://www.whizoo.com/bt_setup/
Take the time and read and follow this how to from start to finish and pay heed to the part "ICS is the other common problem." I think this was what did the trick for me in the end.
Happy hacking ;-)
Customer Review: Bluetooth for Treo 680 HotSync and Razor V3
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this Bluetooth adapter to HotSync my Palm Treo 680 - it costs less than another cable from Palm and it can do more. I have Windows XP Home SP2. I didn't use the D-Link CD to install the adapter (after reading other people's experiences). I just plugged it into the USB port and it worked perfectly. Following the instructions in the Treo manual helped a little.
A few days later, it didn't connect when I tried to HotSync. It appeared to be a Palm problem, and after a soft reset on the Treo it worked again. The DBT-120 is listed in the Palm knowledge base as being compatible with Treo 680.
Some notes on this adapter: The one I received is black with red logo, not gray and blue as shown. It is the model shown on D-Link's website. It comes with a USB extension cable. It is USB 2.0 and Bluetooth 2.0. I haven't found the range to be all that great, but the package states "up to 30 ft." (Class 2 ???)
I also tried the DBT-120 with my wife's Motorola Razor V3 and it worked great to send and receive pictures between the phone and the PC.
Great product.
Customer Review: It "just worked" with Windows XP built in drivers
Summary: 5 Stars
Did you know that the Blackberry bluetooth modem functionality requires an adaptor that works with Windows XP's built in bluetooth drivers? Yes, the built-in drivers don't support bluetooth stereo. But most add-on ones do. So you get to pick.
At any rate, this dongle "just worked" with the built in drivers. It is actually rather difficult to figure out what dongle _selling today_ will do that. All the lists of "what works with the built in XP drivers" seem to be dated from when Microsoft released XP or when they released their Bluetooth driver update for XP. Unfortunately it is very difficult to translate that into the make/models of devices that are sold currently.
This one works. Buy it if you need this. It also comes with non-Microsoft drivers that presumably do support Bluetooth stereo if you need that (and are willing to sacrifice your Blackberry DUN support). Get it while it's here because tomorrow there will be some different model on the market that may or may not work and this one will be gone.