Get rid of the cable clutter, use Bluetooth

Bluetooth's short-range wireless technology allows many different devices to wirelessly communicate with each other, eliminating the need for communication cables and leaving workspaces less tangled

Have you noticed the clutter you cause when you install a new computer? And even more clutter as you attach all kinds of peripheral devices to it, all of them super-duper important?

It seems that this is the one thing that hasn’t changed even as electronic devices get smaller and faster: cable clutter. Just try connecting various devices together, USB, power, video and more.

Some years ago, there seemed to be a solution in sight: a new wireless communication standard, called Bluetooth. Named after a late tenth-century king, Harald Bluetooth of Denmark, who managed unify various the tribes of Denmark and Norway.

The idea behind this short-range wireless technology is to allow many different devices to wirelessly communicate with each other, such as personal computers, PDAs, cell phones, headsets and more. This would eliminate the need for communication cables, leaving workspaces less tangled.

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