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I'm now gonna buy a microadapter that doesn't stick out so far. Not a good move. While I was charging my laptop, I forgot the adapter was in and set the computer down on its side. Couldn't get it to work afterwards. Bought this from Office Depot. It worked fine with my wireless Bluetooth mouse. When I came back to my computer, I saw a very bent adapter.
After about two minutes of that nonsense, I unplugged the adapter.and the mouse still didn't work. So, I just plugged the darn thing into a USB port--and my mouse stopped working. This time, my Mac instantly recognized the adapter, allowing me to easily and quickly transfer files from my Mac to my phone with no problems. The package clearly states it is both PC and Mac compatible, but the instruction booklet inside the package said absolutely nothing about using it with a Mac. Time will tell if it holds up through the 1 year warranty and beyond. A dialog box popped up stating that the adapter was looking for a Bluetooth-compatible mouse (which I don't have).
In the end, this adapter did what I bought it for. I bought this Bluetooth adapter to transfer small music files (OK, ringtones) from my PowerMac G4 to my Nokia 6085 phone. The mini-CD containing the driver inside the package also made no mention of a Mac. So I rebooted the computer, then plugged the adapter in again.
I suppose if you're only transferring tiny files through the Bluetooth adapter it will work just fine.otherwise look for something else. Best Buy will take it as a returnBad things about this Bluetooth Adapter1. It's kind of shiny5. It is not even SORT of plug-n-play - there's not a lot of software to load, but you have to load software from a CD. It's tiny2.
So although I can say more good things about the product than bad, I think that the items under "bad" are a bit more important. It techincally works6. It's got a cap to protect the USB end3. Good things about this Bluetooth Adapter:1. It's got a cool little LED4.
It makes me wax nostolgic about our family's original computer: which had a whopping 4 Megahertz (i.e., the adapter is REALLY slow)2.
It's definitely not plug n' play, but it is intuitive to some extent.The weird thing is, the packaging (at least for the product I bought at Best Buy) says that it is Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, and that it supports the A2DP stereo profile, but I can't find anything on the Targus website or in the included documentation to support this claim. Back to the store it goes. Hopefully, the package is right and I'll be able to stream music from my laptop. This thing works very well in my PC environment, and doesn't saddle you with any useless or unnecessary "cute" applications. I hear sound for only a few seconds at a time before it cuts out for large gaps.
So far, no problems at all (and none of the problems I've heard of from reviews of the Kensington device). I can see where it would be confusing to those who are not at least reasonably computer savvy, with some experience in BT jargon, too. As far as I can tell from the extremely fast data transfer rate, however, the claim on the packaging seems to be true.I will be receiving my bluetooth stereo headphones in a few days. This thing is okay for data, but if you want to use it to broadcast to stereo headphones, beware.If I could change my rating, I'd change it to a 3. I was expecting this to be a major hassle, given all the bad reviews of BT dongles out there, but I was able to link up and share files between my sony ericsson w810i and my Dell Inspiron 6000 within ten minutes of opening the box.
One caveat on the software, however. This is the main reason I bought the dongle, so if it doesn't work, back to the store it goes.**Edit**Well, I received my headphones, and it turns out that it does support A2DP, but the connection with the headphones stinks.
I will be returning it. In terms of plug and play, I plugged the device in and it immediately popped up an error saying that my keyboard was not recognized and to click Continue to proceed without recognition. However no Mac drivers are included on the CD, only Windows drivers. This product is useless for OS X users on MacBookPro/Intel-based laptops. Purchased this today. Package states that it is compatible with Mac OS X and with both 1.x and 2.x USB ports. The only problem was, the device disabled both my mousepad and my keyboard so I had no way to continue.
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