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News Release from: Brainboxes | Subject: BL-565
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 10 October 2005
CompactFlash Bluetooth card goes mobile
New software enables the award-winning BL-565 CompactFlash Bluetooth card to be used in Microsoft's new Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system.
Brainboxes, the serial card and Bluetooth products specialist, today announced that it has launched software to enable its BL-565 CompactFlash Bluetooth card, winner of the Best of Microsoft Tech-Ed 2005 mobile computing category, to be used in Microsoft's new Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system The BL-565 is also one of the few CF cards with a class 1 (over 100m) range making it one of the leading Bluetooth PC cards in the market today, giving better class one experience for Pocket PCs
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Eamonn Walsh, Managing Director of Brainboxes commented: "We are delighted that so soon after the long awaited launch of the new Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system we are able to offer products which are fully compatible".
"Once again this demonstrates our leadership in the PC addon card market".
Brainboxes' new software provides the user with a simple to use, clear interface with many extra features.
It enables Bluetooth settings and priorities to be easily customised and a connection manager function provides a clear guide through the process of setting up a Bluetooth connection.
The software also allows the user to easily create a Microsoft ActiveSync connection - used to synchronise a PDA and a PC - with only a few taps of the screen and using the software's favourites section, to access any connection without repeating the full setup process.
Additional features include: my favourites folder option, generic serial profile, business card exchange, generic device search, dial-up networking, LAN access, file transfer, and human interface device.
Brainboxes' BL-565 Type 1 CompactFlash Bluetooth card allows a personal computer with a CompactFlash slot to communicate wirelessly with other Bluetooth devices.
Based on CSR BlueCore silicon it enables communication at the full Bluetooth datarate of 921Kbaud.
In addition to compatibility with the new Windows Mobile 5.0 OS it will also work with Windows XP, Pocket PC 2000, 2002, 2003 and CE.NET.
The BL565 is CE and FCC tested, has an integral antenna and operates as a Class 1 Bluetooth device at 14dBm, which means it has a range of over 100 metres.
An important feature of the BL-565 is its use of onboard Flash memory, making it user upgradeable to the latest version of the evolving Bluetooth specification.
The Brainboxes Bluetooth suite for Windows CE supports the following profiles: GAP, SDAP, SPP, FTP, OPP, LAP (client), DUN (client), PAN (client), HID and ActiveSync.
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