Registered: Feb 2000
Location: SW Virginia
Posts: 290

Bluetooth Springboard getting closer

For those of you who just got to have a Bluetooth Springboard, there has been available for the past several months from WidComm the Platform Development Kit. Currently available for the low low price of $995 .

However, recently their Development Kit Order form changed. It now has on it: Additional Connectivity Solutions, for those who "need additional Bluetooth connectivity for development, testing and/or demonstration". Under which it lists the BlueConnect springboard for $195. This would infer that they are getting closer to releasing this Springboard, since developers can now get additional ones outside of a development kit. Also it infers that the price will be about $195 when it does hit the market.

On the other side, when I browse Xircom's web site I can no longer find any reference to their SpringPort Bluetooth Module. There use to be an image and link on their SpringPort page. I can still however find a few pages using their search engine. This kind of infers that they have killed the project and they are making knowledge of it's existance fade away.

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Re: Bluetooth Springboard getting closer

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Originally posted by potter
On the other side, when I browse Xircom's web site I can no longer find any reference to their SpringPort Bluetooth Module. There use to be an image and link on their SpringPort page. I can still however find a few pages using their search engine. This kind of infers that they have killed the project and they are making knowledge of it's existance fade away.

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Registered: Sep 2001
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I've been keeping occasional tabs on Bluetooth and wireless technology, so I think this might provide some answers as to why info on Bluetooth is so sparse...

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t294-s2094111,00.html

Damn shame too...

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Registered: Feb 2000
Location: SW Virginia
Posts: 290

Re: Bluetooth Springboard getting closer

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Originally posted by potter
On the other side, when I browse Xircom's web site I can no longer find any reference to their SpringPort Bluetooth Module. There use to be an image and link on their SpringPort page. I can still however find a few pages using their search engine. This kind of infers that they have killed the project and they are making knowledge of it's existance fade away.

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Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Tucson, AZ
Posts: 108

Xircom Bluetooth Module

Xircom just dumped the price on their Springboard Modem after being bought out by Intel. I wonder if they are getting out of the Springboard game? I hope not. I was looking forward to the 802.11b module coming down to a reasonable price and picking one up.