Shopping for new ultralight notebook with built-in bluetooth and good Linux support

Bluez-users David Wuertele 2 participants 2 messages May 18, 2004 Bluetooth drivers

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David Wuertele

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2004-05-18 19:29 UTC #0 lore raw

I looked in the hardware list, and found lots of Sony notebooks, but I could not find ANY of these models (eg SR31K SR9G SR9K SRX7 SRX7E SRX7P SRK41P SRX41P SRX51P SRX51P/A) on the Sony website. Are any of them still made?

I did not see the "Sony VAIO USB Bluetooth Adapter PCGA-BA1/A" mentioned on the hardware compatibility list. Anyone using it?

Can anyone recommend a notebook on the bluez hardware compatibility list that is ultralight, well supported, and still being manufactured?

Thanks,
Dave

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Marcel Holtmann

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2004-05-18 21:38 UTC #1 lore raw

Hi David,

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I looked in the hardware list, and found lots of Sony notebooks, but I could not find ANY of these models (eg SR31K SR9G SR9K SRX7 SRX7E SRX7P SRK41P SRX41P SRX51P SRX51P/A) on the Sony website. Are any of them still made?

I don't think so, because these days the notebook manufacturers change their models a way too often ;)

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I did not see the "Sony VAIO USB Bluetooth Adapter PCGA-BA1/A" mentioned on the hardware compatibility list. Anyone using it?

It is CSR based as I know and it should also work fine, but nobody sent me the output of "hciconfig -a" and so it is not on the list.

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Can anyone recommend a notebook on the bluez hardware compatibility list that is ultralight, well supported, and still being manufactured?

Acutally every Bluetooth enabled notebook should be supported, because the Bluetooth chip is connected via USB in every case I have seen so far. The only problem is maybe to activate these devices, because the manufacturers like to have software switches to attach/detach their Bluetooth hardware from the USB bus.

Regards

Marcel