Thursday, April 25, 2002

Bluetooth user experience

Palm, Inc. and Pico Communications announced that the first published interoperability/user experience report on the Bluetooth industry from In-Stat/MDR gave the highest rating for Internet and LAN access solutions to a Bluetooth-enabled Palm handheld paired with a PicoBlue Internet Access Point.

In the March 2002 report from In-Stat/MDR, “Bluetooth Real-World Deployment & Product Evaluations: A User’s Perspective,” numerous client devices and access points were tested for interoperability and ease of use. With extra credit, the Palm m505 color handheld equipped with the Palm Bluetooth Card connecting to the PicoBlue Internet Access Point rated higher than the coveted top 5 blue teeth rating of “very good to excellent user experience.” Extra credit, which brought the solution rating up to 5 1/2, was given for the Pico Communications software that resides on the Palm handheld called PicoConnect, a one-tap application that connects the user to the Internet via a PicoBlue Internet Access Point.

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