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   Anonymous Coward, Jul 24th, 2007 @ 9:10pm

   
   

   Call me thick but what possible use would there be for bluetooth in a suitcase?
   
   I'm assuming this is some sort of joke!

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   Mike (profile), Jul 24th, 2007 @ 9:31pm

   
   

   Call me thick but what possible use would there be for bluetooth in a suitcase?
   
   I know. I can't conceive of a single use that makes any sense. Yet, it does not appear to have been a joke.
   
   The ones mentioned by Samsonite originally are ridiculous:
   
   - storing info with the luggage?
   
   Huh? That's storage, not Bluetooth.
   
   - alerting a traveler if luggage was moved.
   
   Huh? With Bluetooth? Given Bluetooth's range (realistically just a few feet), you're going to see your luggage being moved before it alerts your phone.
   
   This was an ill-conceived idea from the beginning.

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   Overcast, Jul 24th, 2007 @ 10:12pm

   
   

   LOL, wtf?
   
   Maybe next they will have bluetooth condoms.

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   Anonymous Coward, Jul 24th, 2007 @ 10:32pm

   
   

   may be to ease in finding you bag at airports ?

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   The Swiss Cheese Monster, Jul 24th, 2007 @ 11:14pm

   
   

   RFID chip would be better suited for this task.

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   The Swiss Cheese Monster, Jul 24th, 2007 @ 11:14pm

   
   

   This is the kind of thing you might sell to somebody who shops at sharper image and buys ion breeze equipment.

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   The Swiss Cheese Monster, Jul 24th, 2007 @ 11:26pm

   
   

   Now there is a product I could really get into.

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   Bluetooth effective range?

   

   christopher, Jul 25th, 2007 @ 5:12am

   
   

   Try 300 feet outdoors, and 100 indoors. I effectively keep linked to my desktop even behind a closed-door conf room 50 feet away. I call shenanigans on your anecdote.

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   Confusing Bluetooth with WiFi

   

   Haggisdog, Jul 25th, 2007 @ 6:03am

   
   

   There's no way you're getting bluetooth at 300 feet, you're obviously thinking of your WiFi connection.

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    Re: Bluetooth effective range?

    

    The Swiss Cheese Monster, Jul 25th, 2007 @ 6:29am

    
    

    The effective range of Bluetooth is only around 32' (http://www.mobileinfo.com/Bluetooth/FAQ.htm#t6)
    
    I can testify that I have never seen a bluetooth device work that well at 30'.

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    TheDock22, Jul 25th, 2007 @ 6:45am

    
    

    I agree. The range on Bluetooth is really the disadvantage to using it as a tracking system. Using an RFID chip would have much better range.
    
    Or better yet, everyone on the planet could have a tracking chip. Then you could "mark" your stuff like the animals, but be able to track is via satellite uplink. A little futuristic, but cheap and functional. =)

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    Not well, but I've had bluetooth work to 100'+ ind

    

    Anonymous Coward, Jul 25th, 2007 @ 6:53am

    
    

    I use a Plantronics Voyager 510 headset on my office phone and cell phone. I have been alerted of incomming calls from my desk when I was on the other side of our office. I was able to answer. I was able to communicate (I wouldn't say converse) with the other party enough to find out they were in the office next door to the one I was visiting and drop in.
    
    This product is advertised with a 30' range. It only works well within that range, but for alerts it goes far beyond.
    
    Keep in mind most bluetooth devices are class 2. Class 1 is designed for a 300' range, but the battery drain is too high for most uses.

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    Unknowledgeable Geek, Jul 25th, 2007 @ 7:00am

    
    

    There already exists chips that you can put in animals.

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    TheDock22, Jul 25th, 2007 @ 7:17am

    
    

    I meant physically mark your stuff (suitcases, phones, keys) like the animals do...with DNA ;)

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    Throughout history and world...

    

    Sanguine Dream, Jul 25th, 2007 @ 7:45am

    
    

    there are many devices that are just bad ideas. This was not the first and it damn sure won't be the last.

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