Product Description

IOGEARs new USB Adapters with Bluetooth wireless technology EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) deliver faster wireless data transfer speed, improved bandwidth and draw less power than ever before. Now when you add Bluetooth wireless technology to your desktop or notebook PC or Mac, youll be able to wirelessly share documents, music and video at up to three times the speed of previous Bluetooth devices. Youll also be able to wirelessly connect up to seven Bluetooth devices together and transfer even the largest files quickly and easily due to greater bandwidth. And our new adapters lower power consumption means longer battery life on your notebook computer. Just plug in an IOGEAR USB adapter with Bluetooth wireless technology and get your computer wirelessly sharing data with your Bluetooth-enabled cell phone, PDA, stereo headphones, printer and more This Bluetooth Class 1 adapter is compatible with both PC and Mac, and offers a wireless range of 330 feet (100 meter). It is easy to install and use, and very portable. It suits for both home and mobile networking needs.

Product Details

• Brand: Iogear
• Model: GBU321
• Platforms: Mac, Windows
• Format: CD
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 8.00" h x 2.00" w x 6.00" l, 1.00 pounds
• Networking: USB

Features

• Product Type - Adapter
• Warranty - 1 year
• Allows any computer with USB connections to become a Bluetooth enabled computer
• Eliminates cables between your computers

Customer Reviews

Worked like a dream....I wish everything were this easy!
I have a bluetooth-enabled Mac ibook, and ever since I got a bluetooth-ready HP All-in-One printer, I've been curious to see if it was even possible to print wirelessly between the Mac and HP platforms.

HP has its own branded bluetooth attachment that they push (and give out as little info as possible); that thing has gotten some pretty crummy reviews, so I really wanted to try out a bluetooth adapter that had pleased at least a few people.

But as you'd expect, no one makes any of this stuff EASY. What's the diff between Class 1 and Class 2? Well, HP doesn't tell you, cause like if you KNEW, well, maybe you'd buy a different adapter!

I read a bunch of reviews, looking for ones written by mac owners in particular, and took at stab at this adapter.

As you've probably figured out, I'm no computer genius - but I got the IOGear adapter in the mail, and within 15 minutes, I was printing effortlessly AND wirelessly from my living room to a printer tucked away in my home office!

The only reason why the whole thing didn't take five minutes was that when you go to print, you have to CHOOSE the printer (like in the old mac "chooser" days before OSX.) The mac bluetooth setup system utility makes the whole process pretty painless.

And btw, the distance between the home office and my living room is WELL over 30 ft, and there are a bunch of walls and doors in the way. The printer performed like a champ; nothing stopped it.

My only complaint is that there seems to be a problem printing PDF files. Of course, that may just be because I haven't figured out yet how one does it (and obviously HP isn't going to tell me since I didn't buy their adapter!)

But that's a quibble. It's nice to be able to hit the "print" button no matter where I am, and have all the stuff done by the time I saunter into my home office.

If you've got a mac laptop and want to try your hand at long distance, wireless printing, this would be the bluetooth adapter I'd go with. Definitely frees you up and works like a charm!

Don't use the included driver
Have had this product for about a year now, and it has worked flawlessly with my BB Pearl 8100, Plantronics Voyager 510, and Samsung P2 MP3 player. However...I DID NOT use the included driver and software, as they did not work with anything very well. And Windows XP does not have a built-in driver for this device...except that it does, but doesn't know it. This device has a Broadcom chipset (BCM2045) in it, and XP has a builtin Broadcom driver (BCM2033) which are the same file; however, XP doesn't match the two up. So you have to edit the bluetooth driver .ini file manually to make it work. Needless to say it is somewhat involved, so to find out how to make it work, just google search broadcom 2045 XP setup and you should find it. This will enable XP"s bluetooth stack, which works very well. Oh, and while I have not tested range, it is nestled inside my computer, surrounded by cordless phones, routers, and other electronics, and can still communicate through several walls to my devices on the other side of the house. Hope this helps. Thanks.

Works Great! Price can't be beat.
I bought 2 of these and I could even connect two PC's or the PC with my cell phone for Active Sync from different floors in our office building! I have a bluetooth mouse and other bluetooth devices and I am very happy with the performance of this product. I chose the class 1 for range and it was worth the money - I turned off the internal bluetooth and choose to use this USB device due to the improved performance and reliability. I really got my money's worth (I bought 2 for less than I paid for one of the earlier version 9 class 2 device).