Moved: why won't apple build bluetooth in?
is it me, or are apple somehow reluctant in build bluetooth in? before the last powerbook revision everyone thought that bluetooth was a given. didn't happen. now the new G4 specs surface (if they are true) and still no bluetooth.
yet apple make a big thing if iSync and mobile phones and bluetooth in jaguar.
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yet apple make a big thing if iSync and mobile phones and bluetooth in jaguar.
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A hybrid airtooth-blueport card would make the install very clean. Continue to offer the USB Bluetooth dongle for those who already have perfectly acceptable airport cards.
besides, would you pay a higher price for your mac if it had bluetooth built in? i'm guessing not. you'd want it built in for the same price you're paying now.
until apple sees that the time is right, it makes more money from selling bluetooth adapters separately.
Bluetooth is perfectly standard although we will see minor changes until it is as mainstream as USB which went the same way.
I wouldn't be surprised if they DID install BT on all computers ...
... in the same sort of timeframe that Airport cards ship as standard on all Macs ...
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