Bluetooth

You arrive at the office and put down your briefcase. While in your office, your Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) automatically synchronizes with your desktop PC and transfers files, e-mails and schedule information.

While in a meeting, you access your PDA to send your presentation to the electronic whiteboard. You record meeting minutes on your PDA and wirelessly transfer these to the attendees before they leave the meeting.

You are the factory supervisor for Widgets, Inc. As you walk through the factory, you are able to check the status of every piece of test equipment you encounter because you can instantly download a user interface for every machine. You request product defect rates and piece part failures at selected workstations.

Upon arriving at your home, the door automatically unlocks for you, the entry way lights come on, and the heat is adjusted to your pre-set preferences.

An alarm notifies you that your toddler has just left the house.

Your PDA morphs from business to personal as you enter your home. An electronic bulletin board in the home automatically adds your scheduled activities to the family calendar, and alerts you of any conflicts.

You have a home security system composed of Bluetooth technology devices. You have just upgraded the system and added devices. Because they are use Bluetooth technology, they automatically reconfigure and recognize each other.

On the Road ...

You arrive at the airport. A long line is formed for ticketing and seat assignment. You avoid the line, using your PDA to present an electronic ticket and automatically select your seat. The airline's on-line system checks identification via the "ID-tag" feature built into your PDA and confirms your reserved seat.

You enter the airport waiting lounge, equipped with Bluetooth technology Internet ports. Via the ports, you and other guests use Bluetooth technology laptops, PDAs, and other devices to access your office or home-based servers via the airline server. Using voice-over IP, you also make "free" Internet voice calls courtesy of your airline.

You get on the Rent-A-Car bus. Your reservation is automatically transferred to the Rent-A-Car database, and you are dropped off at your car. You get in the Bluetooth technology rental car. Your hotel reservations are automatically queried from your PDA and the GPS system offers you directions to your hotel.

You arrive at the hotel. As you enter, you are automatically checked in and your room number and electronic key are transferred to your PDA. As you approach the room, the door automatically opens.

In the Car ...

As you enter a national park, a map of the park appears on your display. You can view the schedule of activities for the park and your own personal electronic tour guide is downloaded to your vehicle.

As you approach your vehicle, the door unlocks automatically, the radio tunes in your favorite station, and the seat adjusts to your preferred settings.

As you enter your vehicle, you are reminded of the items on your daily calendar and the results of a recent diagnostic test of your vehicle.

You receive a new message en route, which is verbally transmitted to you via the vehicle's speakerphone.

In Social Settings ...

Anxious to see the first run movie, you arrive at the theater to find a long line at the ticket counter. Using your Bluetooth technology PDA to wirelessly confirm and pay for your tickets, you avoid the long line, enter the theater, and take your preferred seat.

At the racetrack, your PDA is used to download information on selected horses and jockies, to perform statistical analysis using historical information, to place bets, to request slow-motion replays, and to order food and beverage.

You are attending an industry trade show. You have preloaded your preferences for product information into your PDA. As you walk through the exhibits, your PDA detects other Bluetooth PDAs and exchanges preference information. Bluetooth facilitates the exchange of information, and enables you to meet others with common interests.

As you enter an up-scale bar, you are handed a Bluetooth technology device. This device allows you to send messages and communicate with others in the bar, to order and pay for food and beverage, and to participate in games such as Trivia and Clue.