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Old January 5th 11, 08:09 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Matt Herron Jr.
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Default New SPOT doodad announced - With bluetooths.

On Jan 4, 10:30*pm, "Rob.Russell" wrote:
On Jan 5, 12:38*am, Darryl Ramm wrote:

On Jan 4, 9:23*pm, "Matt Herron Jr." wrote:
I believe the Spot II has bluetooth as well. *Hackers, start your
engines...

What makes you think that?


The Spot II does not have bluetooth, but the PN-6W athttp://blog.delorme.com/2010/01/06/delorme-and-spot-handheld-gps-meet...
uses a similar wireless protocol, IEEE 802.15.4, described athttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.15.4-2006

Unfortunately, hand-held devices with that capability are incredibly
rare, and certainly not as cheap as bluetooth-enabled devices.

Cheers,

Rob


My mistake. I thought the spot II also talked to the DeLorme as an
add on service. Thanks for the correct info.