Orgasmic Farmer Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Quick question looking for peoples experiences/opinions. I have a new GPS mouse to connect to the laptop for running MM and Ozi explorer. It works fine with the PDA which has built in BT and via USB cable to the Laptop. However in a quest to reduce in car clutter and cable I want the PC to have BT capability. Type Bluetooth dongle into Ebay and you have a choice of around 3000 units, mostly from Hong Kong. Price range anything from £3 - £20. So which one do I go for. Real life experience wanted.... Thanks in advance Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Farmer old chap, mine cost about £3 all in from ebay and works splendidly. It's a Bluetooth USB adapter ES-388 although I doubt if that means anything It's just a cheap USB one from ebay. Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Farmer old chap, mine cost about £3 all in from ebay and works splendidly.Mo but which make & model Mo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 I've got an "MSI BToes" to transfer stuff off my phone and it works fine and is about half the size of an average memory stick which means less sticking out to break off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lansalot Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 In the spirit of "less to break off", instead of a dongle have you considered a card instead ? http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trk...luetooth+pcmcia (As long as your laptop takes PCMCIA cards of course, most do...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocKeR Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Not much to break off this one either, and it's cheap, and lower power consumption than a card: http://www.memorybits.co.uk/shop/bluetooth...th-dongle-/8156 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Not much to break off this one either, and it's cheap, and lower power consumption than a card: http://www.memorybits.co.uk/shop/bluetooth...th-dongle-/8156 Got to love those, silly small! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco_al Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 got mine from tesco for £6..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 I have one as linked to by Rocker, mine came from ebay and bears the name 'BLUeNEXT' but looks like it came from the same factory. It works perfectly well but does stick out of my computer further than it's look might suggest due to having a longer than standard USB plug. Still only about 8mm proud of the computer casing though. I just leave it in all the time as it does not get in the way of anything. If you got all brave you could probably remove the gubbins from the case and solder it permanently inside a spare space in the laptop. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Can't do that Chris there's sparkleys in them ! Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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