Re: [Bluez-users] Shopping advice: bluetooth 2.0 USB dongle with CSR chipset?

[bluez.mexon@spamgourmet.com]

(Resending to the list, since for some reason my last attempt didn't get
through.  Sorry if this is a duplicate.)

Mitja Pufic - m@section-one.org wrote:

> Belkin for sure uses Broadcom, for Aiptek I would not know. But for sure I 
> can recommend you Level 1 MDU-0025USB which is indeed BC4, the only 
> problem is, that BC4-external (flash) version is hard to find, most of 
> them are BC4-rom. The other good BC4-external ones, are Toshiba 
> Bluetooth 2.0 EDR dongle, PNX BTA 6060 (class 1) and a bunch of Level 1 
> look alikes, like Bspeech and Digitus, they are everywhere in EU. While 
> searching and collecting info about EDR dongles, I came to a conclusion, 
> that dongles boundled with Toshiba Bluetooth stack are all CSR BC4 based, 
> while dongles boundled with Widcomm stack are all Braoadcom based [gee 
> what a surprise :)], for IVT you can not tell, but most of them are BC4.

Thanks very much for the advice, this helps a lot!  I was *that* close
to buying the Aiptek just to see whether or not it would work.  That's
saved me a lot of trouble already.

After searching around, I decided on the Digitus "DN-3008", mainly
because of this website here, which specifies not only the chipset but
also whether it's the external or rom version, so I can be really sure
what I'm getting:

http://www.computerstore.co.nz/store/web/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=48&idproduct=94

I was tempted to buy it all the way from New Zealand, their website is
so unexpectedly helpful, but then I just decided to buy it off ebay ;-)
 I'm slightly nervous that what I've bought is a "DN-3008M1", not a
"DN-3008", but I guess that's the kind of model number variation you
always get.

Just because I like to include lots of links for people who might find
this email through google, here are links to some of the other dongles
you mentioned...

LevelOne:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B000C0V5RK

Toshiba:
http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/adet.to?poid=298783&seg=HHO

PNX BTA 6060 (class 1):
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Productinfo.aspx?ProductID=15016
http://www.amazon.co.uk/PNX-Bluetooth-Adaptor-operating-distance/dp/B000K0NX90

Bspeech:
http://www.inzerce-annonce.cz/21145-usb-bluetooth-adapter-bspeech.html

Thanks again!
Mat


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