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• 32feet.NET for Windows Phone

  With the recent announcement of Windows Embedded Handheld 8 it seems fitting to discuss something related to industrial and line-of-business applications which you can develop now on the Windows Phone platform. I've released the first drop of 32feet... Posted Jan 16 2013, 08:34 AM by PeterFoot with Filed under: Bluetooth, Windows Phone

• Persist Bluetooth Addresses on Windows Phone 8

  The Bluetooth API on Windows Phone 8 is based around some customisations to the Proximity APIs which are part of the Windows API introduced with Windows 8. When you "discover" devices you can retrieve a collection of device identifiers for paired... Posted Dec 05 2012, 05:05 AM by PeterFoot with Filed under: Bluetooth, Windows Phone

• 32feet.NET User Guide now live on CodePlex

  Today has been spent catching up on my To-Do list, though it still doesn’t look that way! I have however been able to make some progress with 32feet. Alongside the class library documentation for the project there is a User Guide which provides an overview... Posted Nov 27 2010, 11:51 AM by PeterFoot with Filed under: Bluetooth

• Disable StoneStreet One Bluetooth Stack on Motorola Devices

  Christian Helle has posted a registry setting on his blog which can be used to toggle the StoneStreet One Bluetooth stack off on Motorola (nee Symbol) rugged handheld devices. Their newer devices (ES400 and MC65) use the Microsoft stack by default. http... Posted Oct 22 2010, 07:12 AM by PeterFoot with Filed under: Bluetooth

• Bluetooth changes in Windows 7

  Since Bluetooth APIs were introduced into Windows (we are talking about the desktop OS here, not Windows CE / Windows Mobile / Windows Phone) there have been numerous updates and changes. Confusingly not all of these have been in Major updates or service... Posted Feb 15 2010, 11:09 PM by PeterFoot with Filed under: Bluetooth

• Personal Area Networking in the Delphi Magazine

  John Penman has written an article in the March edition of Delphi Magazine entitled "Simple Wireless Networking with Delphi for .NET" which describes using the 32feet.NET library from Delphi code. It walks the user through each of the areas of functionality... Posted Mar 09 2007, 04:27 PM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth

• 32feet.NET v2.1 Released

  Yesterday I released the latest update to the personal area networking library to the 32feet.NET site . This release focussed on bug fixes and improved compatibility and error handling. This release supports device discovery on the latest WM5.0 AKU3 devices... Posted Feb 12 2007, 11:32 AM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth

• Bluetooth RSSI

  By chance I was looking through the Windows CE 6.0 documentation and cam across a new Bluetooth method - BthReadRSSI . My interest was heightened when reading the Requirements section. Apparently the method is supported on Windows Mobile 5.0 as well as... Posted Jan 17 2007, 10:30 PM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth

• Bluetooth DUN Profile Removed from WM5.0 AKU3

  While there have been some improvements to Bluetooth support through the version - like the addition of A2DP (Wireless Stereo) and most recently PAN in AKU3, at the same time the Dial Up Networking profile has been removed. This is a very widely supported... Posted Nov 16 2006, 10:06 AM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth, Windows Mobile

• Bluetooth Audio in Vista

  The Bluetooth functionality (and related APIs) are fundamentally unchanged between XP and Vista, however additional profile support has been added for Audio devices. Based on testing with the RC2 build Vista now supports:- Handsfree Headset A2DP (Wireless... Posted Oct 30 2006, 02:58 PM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth, Vista

• Hacking the Parrot 3000 Evolution Car Kit

  Recently I tried a different form of Bluetooth hacking, I purchased a simple car kit and wanted to install it myself. Alongside the kit itself I also purchased the required vehicle specific cable to sit between the vehicle wiring and the radio and connect... Posted Oct 10 2006, 02:14 PM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth

• 32feet.NET Reaches v2.0 Milestone

  Although it took a lot longer than I originally anticipated I've finally put the finishing touches to v2.0 of the 32feet.NET library. v2.0 is a major re-write of the code so that the single codebase can be built into separate dlls for desktop or device... Posted Aug 28 2006, 04:56 PM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth, NETCF

• Broadcom Bluetooth Stack SDK Now Free

  In an amazing about-face, Broadcom have released their Bluetooth SDK (Both the desktop and Windows CE versions) for free on their website , all you need to do is provide some basic information to register and you'll receive a download link via email.... Posted Aug 07 2006, 10:40 AM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth

• Windows Mobile 5.0 Bluetooth Virtual Serial Ports

  Among the fairly modest enhancements to the Microsoft Bluetooth stack in Windows Mobile 5.0 is a new unified system for assigning virtual COM ports. Previously this was only exposed to the user via OEM provided plugins. Very often you were limited to... Posted Jul 18 2006, 05:06 PM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth, Windows Mobile

• Bluetooth Experience Icon Program

  The Bluetooth SIG have introduced a new branding initiative to help clarify what functionality a Bluetooth device supports using a number of simple icons for popular applications of Bluetooth. The current 5 icons are:- Print (Hard Copy Replacement Profile... Posted Jun 16 2006, 02:12 PM by Peter Foot Filed under: Bluetooth