Which bluetooth usb adapter?

I'm new to bluetooth and I can't find an answer to my simple question.
Can I just buy an bluetooth usb adapter in the shop around the corner or do I have to buy a bluetooth usb adapter specially for OSx?

I want to sync my new SE K750i with my mac.

Thanks

Tim

Powermac G5 SP1.8
MacOSX 10.4.2

Posted on Aug 11, 2005 6:47 PM

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Sep 4, 2005 3:49 AM in response to Benedictus Nieuwenhuis

Hi - can anyone help a probable prehistoric - have just bought the Belkin F8T009 - It DOESN'T work fine - system profiler shows it is present, but attempts to open the bluetooth set up and other applications results in 'no bluetooth hardware found' message & 'check module is properly attached'. my phone - samsung D500 - does not of course find the devise either.

I run imac G4 on panther 10.3 (non updated)

help anyone please peter

Nov 7, 2005 5:16 AM in response to MoWol

Although Alexander sings the praises of the DLink 120 as being trouble-free on Mac OS X (he's right), the problem with the DLink 120 is that it is NOT version 2, NOT class 1 (100 m), and (I think) does NOT support A2DP. If DLink were to rectify all these shortcoming in a hardware revision, it would be a sight better adapter and much less prone to interference than it is now. There are now quite a few version 2 adapters out there (Toshiba, Celltech, Planex, Princeton to name a few) but Apple made a shortsighted decison to only support the DLink as third party with Firmware Updater 1.2 and Bluettoh 1.5 and DLink has let the 120 fall way behind the technology curve. If you want version 2, the only way now seems to be to buy a new PowerBook or iMac.
Somebody needs to bite the bullet and start writing OS X drivers for all the non-DLink adapters with better functions and standards than the aging DLink 120. A good open source project for someone?

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