Thursday, October 25, 2007

Bluetooth Transactions

From what I'm reading so far, the anticipated limitation of the protocol is that audio data is not to be encoded in BluetoothTransaction packets without support for A2DP. I don't know how this compares to the encrypted Quicktime support that is embedded in the Apple Airport Express (that's WiFi, not BlueTooth) except that both protocols seem to make it prohibitively difficult for devices to support VoIP routing or transfer of audio packets without manufacturer support for A2DP. The jury is still out, whether this makes an effective copyright control device or not.

TODO: Expand this article to include code examples and a working implementation of two-way Bluetooth Transactions. Check on the filesystems available to the Sidekick developer, targeting the question of whether I can write a program that backs up my contacts, notes, schedule, and replicate other application files to a desktop interface, database, or other hiptop computer. Find out if there is any way to play my mp3s over a bluetooth A2DP headset without A2DP support in the hiptop from Danger and T-Mobile.

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