Bluetooth: Connect Without Cables

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Summary: An excellent Bluetooth resource.
Review: Connect Without Cables is the best of the current books for developers and implementers who are making their way through the complexities of the specification for Bluetooth wireless technology. The authors take the us through the multiple levels from RF through real world applications in a consistent and insightful fashion. Additional sections help the reader understand the context of the technology and hint at its exciting potential in the marketplace.

I found this book to be much less of a walk through the specification and more of a view through the eyes of one who has actually implemented Bluetooth and knows where the trouble spots are. The reader is given insights into some of the real thorny issues, and even given suggestions on how to address them.

Although the subject matter is at some times quite dense, the authors do an excellent job, consistently introducing the topics in an overview, and always following with a good summary of the salient points in each section. Readers in the USA should be prepared for an occasional non-American term, phrase, or spelling which may not be listed in the text's extensive and otherwise quite useful glossary, reminding us that Bluetooth wireless technology is truly of global interest and potential impact.

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Summary: Excellent all round coverage
Review: FACTS: I counted about 1,9M characters in this book, about 1M in "BT demystified" and "BT Revealed". COMMENTS: the authors of this book have practiced BT. They tell you more than just what is in the standard: they explain what is missing or what is not clear in the standard. Chapters about security, qualification and implementation are really precious. They do not expose facts or figures, they explain why and how in simple words. CONCLUSION: We are not yet at the level of a "BT for dummies" because there's no sample application CD, but we are getting closer...

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Summary: Excellent all round coverage
Review: I especially like the fact that it not only covers Bluetooth, in a level of detail I require, but gives well balanced coverage of the related technoligies. Too many books operate in isolation of their immediate enviroment.

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Summary: A compass of Bluetooth learner
Review: I think this book is a guider for the readers who are searching for the general idea of the Bluetooth technology. The idea should answer these basic questions:

1) Bluetooth specification: the protocols and profiles. 2) Bluetooth security, test and qualification. 3) Bluetooth implementation: hardware, software and their partitioning. 4) Bluetooth role: comparison with other wireless technologies. 5) Bluetooth potentials: the future market and development.

I agree some reader's comments that this book provides a complete and easy to understand descriptions about Bluetooth specification. Besides, I especially like the part of Bluetooth implementation and design in this book. It is very informative for those who are planning to apply Bluetooth technology into their own current products. The authors have shared their expertise in development of both Bluetooth hardware and software, which we can see from many chapters in this book, for example, the device and security modules, the system partioning, etc. All these invaluable information and insightful ideas for a real Bluetooth exploitation are just the brightest selling points the authors have contributed to us.

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Summary: The best Bluetooth book yet, but...
Review: I thought that this book started well. However, as the book moved on, more and more extraneous side material creeps into each chapter, while at the same time it becomes less and less detail oriented. The result is that more and more topics are introduced but not well explained. I would have greatly preferred if fewer side topics were discussed and more detail was focused on the central issues. I ended up spending the latter 2/3s of the book feeling glazed over. I still feel that this is the best Bluetooth book on the market, but that's because most of the other books are so terrible. No matter what book you buy, you will have to read the Bluetooth spec in its entirety. This book will at least give you a broad overview that the spec is so sorely missing, though that could have been done with far fewer pages.

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Summary: A must-read for any Bluetooth novice
Review: Nice comparision of intercomm and headset profiles.

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Summary: Ideally for Bluetooth Developers
Review: The book provides all information about Bluetooth in a Nutshell. Sometimes too many details, but in general a good read with a lot of useful hints.