The first Bluetooth product has arrived in the shape of a wireless headset for mobile phones, but the real promise of the technology would appear to be in providing users with 'always-on' access to the internet.
Shortly after Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone, someone else developed a better version. Bell's inferior device prevailed, however, and his rival's invention was forgotten. The bottom l...
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