2.4GHz Bluetooth v2.0 USB Dongle Adapter EDR for Windows Vista/XP/2000

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0019SI266
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (138 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #92 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Networking Products > Network Adapters > USB Network Adapters
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 19, 2008

Product Description

Get more done with the power of Bluetooth! Transfer files between your computer and any Bluetooth-enabled devices, such as cell phones, PDAs, printers, headsets, and more. Create on-the-fly networks between two computers w/ Bluetooth. This simple USB adapter acts as an antenna for your computer, giving it Bluetooth capability.

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45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works flawlessly, cheap, portable: what more do you want?, July 27, 2008

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Andrea L. Polk (Southern Oregon) - See all my reviews
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I purchased this item to transfer video and photos from my Nokia cell phone. I installed it on my XP desktop, using the included CD drivers for the install. No upgrades were needed and the device picked up the signal from the Nokia immediately. I uploaded my files easily and the signal was great within about a 5' range.

Note that when you are prompted for a 'key', it's any series of numbers you put in. Then simply put the same password into the other bluetooth enabled device and you'll be good to go.

Vista recognized this device immediately and had drivers for it. No need to use the driver CD to install.

I was going to pay HP extra to install a bluetooth option, but I would have overpaid. This is the cheapest, most effective option you can buy and the seller got it to me quick. Don't hesitate to buy it.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Missing Drivers and CD, May 26, 2009

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D. Barker "TerranStryder" (NC USA) - See all my reviews
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Bargain Cell appears to be removing the CDs from their dongle clamshells. I ordered 4 dongles and none had the CD included. The drivers are not parts of Vista's online driver collection. No matching driver can be found online. This results in the dongles being useless and BargainCell keeping their S&H fee.

46 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for the price, July 31, 2008

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Mgamerz "Mgamerz Productions" (Boise, ID USA) - See all my reviews

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This overall, is a great product.
It comes in a ~very~ generic package, so I assumed this was a generic-like bluetooth adapter (It is very generic). It comes with a CD, and the bluetooth adapter in the picture. It's bluetooth 2.0 like it says, but it's USB 1.1, which was kind of a bummer... But Bluetooth 2.0 has 3Mbps transfer speed and USB 1.1 is 12Mbps, so even if it is 2.0, it won't make a difference.
The plastic casing on the adapter is kinda weak. And it wiggles a bit, so that kind of bugged me. I don't know if the CD is actually worth using because I am using Ubuntu 8.04. I'm not even close to a linux expert, so it took me about an hour and a half to get my phone connected and get my wireless headphones working. The transfer speed to the phone is fast, a good 20KB/S at the least (No transfer speed shown on Bluetooth communications) Took about a minute for 5.25 Megabytes.
Using the A2DP audio profile (High Quality Sound for the Bluetooth bandwidth), my headphones sound just as good as a $25 pair of wired headphones.
As for distance, I can walk around my whole house and only in one spot did I have a break, but the audio quality dropped the farther i got away but I never was disconnected (It was about 40 feet with 2-3 walls at all times).
Overall this is a good deal, I would recommend buying it if you want a cheap and decent bluetooth adapter. But the packaging indicated no company name at all anywhere, so that's a mark off.
Other than that, I would buy it.
It's REALLY great for transferring files to your phone. Yes, it is slow, but it's really annoying to have to use a cable.

REVIEW EDIT: After like 6 or 7 months of use, the plastic that holds the dongle together broke apart into half. A quick and easy fix is just to use clear tape and tape it back together, and mine was good as new. Still working great, over a year later.
Update: Still going. Just don't unplug/replug it in often and it'll work forever. Works great with Windows 7. No drivers or discs needed, it will do it all for you. Use BlueSoleil (its like 20 bucks... just gotta shop around though) cause it has way better bluetooth stuff than windows.