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IOGEAR Bluetooth 4.0 USB Micro Adapter (GBU521)

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  • Allows any Windows computer with a USB port to become a Bluetooth enabled computer *
  • Wirelessly communicates with Bluetooth-enabled computers, printers, tablets, cell phones, headsets, and more
  • Supports ultra-low power consumption and Bluetooth Low Energy
  • Supports maximum asynchronous transfer rate of 3Mbps
  • Supports wide-band audio and A2DP stereo audio wireless streaming
  • Ultra portable - tiny enough to stay with your laptop
  • Up to 30ft (10m) maximum wireless range
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Summary : Screen Size, Screen Resolution, Graphics Coprocessor, Graphics Card RAM
Wireless Type Bluetooth
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Brand Name IOGEAR
Item model number GBU521
Operating System N/A
Item Weight 0.2 ounces
Product Dimensions 0.8 x 0.7 x 0.4 inches
Item Dimensions L x W x H 0.75 x 0.69 x 0.38 inches
Color Turquoise
Computer Memory Type DRAM

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ASIN B007GFX0PY
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4.1 out of 5 stars 954 customer reviews

4.1 out of 5 stars
Best Sellers Rank #18 in Computers & Accessories > Networking Products > Network Adapters > Bluetooth Network Adapters
Shipping Weight 1.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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Date First Available March 22, 2012

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2.0 out of 5 starsHUGE WARNING / BUYER BEWARE: Cannot Recommend
By MJG on August 29, 2012
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No beef with how the adapter works. The adapter itself works fine for me at the moment on Windows 7 and I'm keeping it despite my reservations of IOGEAR practices. I don't like it for the following reason. HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE POST DRIVER INSTALATION SURPRISE & EXPERIENCE with this product. It is absolutely deplorable that something called easybits chat & games installed WITHOUT USER CONSENT during driver installation with absolutely no uninstall option. That is correct: No advance notice that easybits was installing and no uninstall option after its very unwelcome discovery. Had to manually search and delete any references in my system folders and registry to this completely useless and dispicable intusion into my pc.

Did I miss an optout during installation? Don't think so, and I'm not interested in wasting time to test on another pc to confirm.

Copy and paste the following link for experience of reviewer Ericwag at the Newegg site:

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4.0 out of 5 starsAwesome adapter beware bloatware!!!!
By C. Sneddon on May 3, 2012
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Works fantastic with windows 7, great range, very happy. Unfortunetly its not plug and plan, i had to use the cd to get it to work and it put on about 6 garbage programs that i cant delete. What a shame. If anyone figures out how to get the drivers without the garbage please post. I couldnt find it on the website. Otherwise im very happy with the product.
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2.0 out of 5 starsDriver install includes massive crapware with no optout
By J. C. Ellett on October 11, 2012
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When I installed the drivers I found Easybits Chat and 5 Easybits games installed on my system. There was no option during install to exclude this. This is totally unacceptable. I've purchased IOGEAR products over the past several years, but will not be buying anything more from IOGEAR and will be returning the adapter ASAP.

Update: IOGEAR contacted me and told me the drivers now available from their web site no longer have the crapware. I haven't had a chance to uninstall the old drivers, see if the crapware also uninstalls, and test the new drivers yet; will update again once I do. Meanwhile I gave them a second star for the contact.
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IOGEAR Inc. "IOGEAR Says" says
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Thank you for choosing IOGEAR and we apologize for the inconvenience. The product should not behave as you described.
Since the unit is backed by IOGEAR's 3 year warranty feel free to contact our customer support at 1-866-946-4327 or email us: support@iogear.com. Again, thank you for choosing IOGEAR.
5.0 out of 5 starsWorks with everything I've tried, even under linux
By Brett Trotter on May 3, 2012
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Bought this to connect to a plantronics phone headset I have for use with Skype, but as an afterthought I also bought a logitech wireless speaker adapter. I was a little worried this wouldn't work with my linux (Ubuntu 12.04) system, but after finding another reviewer's comment with a line to add to my configuration, it works great with both the headset and the logitech device. I couldn't ask for more for decently under $20.
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5.0 out of 5 starsBluetooth upgrade for Mac
By Jefferson E. Noxon on August 2, 2013
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I plugged this into an Early 2009 Mac Mini. The Mac immediately disabled the built-in Bluetooth 2.0, and the USB Bluetooth 4.0 works great. I can now use Authy Bluetooth with my iPhone 5. I'm running Mountain Lion 10.8.4, and no driver hacks were needed. It was plug and play.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThis device does work with Linux
By Jon Smirl on July 1, 2012
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From another review...

In a few months, most distros should have the patch to the Linux kernel driver that makes this a friendly, no-hassle plug-and-play experience. That's when I'd give this product a full 5 stars.Else, if needed, just create a file /etc/modprobe.d/medialink-btusb.conf and put this one line in it:

install usb:v0A5Cp21E8d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* /sbin/modprobe btusb; echo 0a5c 21e8 > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/btusb/new_id

Detailed explanation: This device is handled just fine by the stock btusb kernel module. The issue is that the driver does not recognize the exact USB vendor/product ID. However, the driver was fixed just a few weeks ago. It'll just take a little time for your favorite Linux distro update to pick up the fix.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFinally got this working on my iMac
By Daddles on December 21, 2013
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I recently bought an iRig Blueboard MIDI controller, which requires Bluetooth 4.0. I have a late 2009 iMac, running Mavericks 10.9.1, with a built in Bluetooth 2.1 adapter. I had 1 USB port available on the back of my iMac, and I used this port to attach IOGear dongle. Don't know if this dongle will work on a USB hub. I knew before I bought the Blueboard that it wouldn't work with my bluetooth adapter, so I took a chance on buying the IOGear adapter (GBU521), and hoped I could get it to work on my iMac. After much research I found that while the OS should support this device, the OS would always default back to the original bluetooth adapter. I couldn't get it to switch over to the new adapter, until I found a post in this Amazon review section for this device.

The other reviewer, who used a laptop in his review, stated that if you booted up with the IOGear dongle removed, turned off bluetooth, plugged in the IOGear dongle, and then turned bluetooth back on, it would now switch over to the IOGear dongle. It worked as he stated, but also as he stated, when you rebooted it went back to the built in adapter.

I tried an experiment, which ultimately worked for me anyway. I booted up with the IOGear dongle removed. I plugged in a wired USB mouse, which you will need after you disable your bluetooth mouse. I then disconnected (unpaired) my bluetooth keyboard and mouse. After doing that, and now using the USB mouse, I then turned off bluetooth. I plugged in the IOGear dongle and turned bluetooth back on. I verified that the IOGear dongle was working. I then went into system preferences for the mouse and keyboard and reconnected (paired) my bluetooth mouse and keyboard, which made them now paired to the new IOGear dongle.Read more ›
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1.0 out of 5 starsDoes NOT work work Macs (MacOS or OS X). ...

Does NOT work work Macs (MacOS or OS X).

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