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Bluetooth tech question
#261286 - 08/02/11 04:23 PM
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Sorry if this is old hat to some of you, but I just haven't had much reason to mess about with Bluetooth devices. If I have a Bluetooth-capable tablet computer of some kind, which happens to have a built-in camera, could I still have a separate, remote Bluetooth camera nearby feeding video (and/or audio) signal to that tablet?
I think I would like to use this sort of arrangement on stage in case I don't have a direct line of sight between the director and whatever piano I'm playing.
P.S. On a different topic, shouldn't it follow that I could also send feed from the built-in camera on my tablet to someone else's via Bluetooth? (I would assume yes for Wi-Fi)
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Re: Bluetooth tech question
[Re: Mojo2000]
#261289 - 08/02/11 05:05 PM
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All depends on the software. You could, in theory, do lots of things with Bluetooth - it's a flexible wireless networking system. But as often as not, it's horribly crippled by poor support in devices, drivers and applications.
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Drat. Why is that?
[Re: Vas Crabb]
#261352 - 08/03/11 03:15 PM
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> All depends on the software. You could, in theory, do lots of things with Bluetooth -
> it's a flexible wireless networking system. But as often as not, it's horribly
> crippled by poor support in devices, drivers and applications.
Any idea on why that is, considering it is so popular for phones and Wiimotes?
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Re: Drat. Why is that?
[Re: Mojo2000]
#261354 - 08/03/11 03:26 PM
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> Any idea on why that is, considering it is so popular for phones and Wiimotes?
Because vendors are lazy and/or evil-minded. For example, Apple don't let you use an iPad as a Bluetooth DUN client because they (or the mobile carriers) don't want you to use a single data plan for your 'phone and iPad. NEC 'phones only allow you to use Bluetooth for DUN because they're apparently too lazy to implement OBEX over Bluetooth instead of just USB.
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