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Question: BluetoothUSBFilter

Alterscape — Tue, 23 May 2006 13:25:34 -0800

BluetoothFilter: Help a friend connect her phone to her Wintel PC

A friend of mine picked up a "Logitech Bluetooth 2.0 EDR" USB dongle (model C-UV35, product number 831406) from somebody at work who was cleaning house, hoping she'd be able to use it to connect her Nokia phone and bluetooth headset to her PC.

Google makes it pretty clear that this is the USB dongle used for a variety of Logitech cordless keyboards and mice, and my powerbook responds to it with the "identify your bluetooth keyboard" screen when I plug it in.

So, the question: Is there any way I can make this dongle talk to non-Logitech-keyboard USB devices?

If not, does anyone have reccomendations for a good quality PCI or USB bluetooth adapter that would? Google can give me plenty of products, but experiences/reviews would be helpful.

By: stupidcomputernickname

stupidcomputernickname — Tue, 23 May 2006 13:56:14 -0800

I use the bluetooth adapter that comes with the Microsoft Keyboard (here) and it has worked fine for me. (with a variety of phones, which is the only bluetooth device I use)

By: stupidcomputernickname

stupidcomputernickname — Tue, 23 May 2006 13:57:54 -0800

I forgot: make sure you dont get the v.1 MSFT bluetooth keyboard/mouse, because they dont work with anything. You can tell the difference because the v2 tranciever plugs into USB, and is about 3 inches long. The v1 tranciever had a cord &etc.