BELKIN F8T016 Mini Bluetooth Adapter

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This bluetooth adapter took a bit of work to get running on my Win 7 x64 system, but now it's working perfectly. For those interested, the Broadcom package that is commonly suggested didn't work for me as it constantly got stuck at validating. So I downloaded the latest drivers from Belkin but did not run the setup, instead I went to device manager and pointed at the Windows Vista 64-bit folder that came with it to grab the drivers and everything started working properly from there. I've only connected my cell phone so far, but it has been without issue.

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Had it for a couple months now with no issues

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I use this with my Win7 desktop and a Motorola H300 headset. It works great, but it took some time to get the Bluetooth drivers installed such that applications could see devices connected to the adapter. Same problems under Vista and Win7. I suggest you toss the CD and go looking for the latest driver package online. Once it's working, it is a neat little device, especially considering its size. I can't speak to range as I'm always within 1-2m, but it hasn't lost connectivity on me.

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I picked this up on sale to use on a laptop that has XP. Once the drivers were installed I haven't any problems with it. It's mainly used to connect a mouse, it would probably work fine with my cell phone for file transfers but I haven't tried it yet.

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I got a new laptop running 64 bit Windows 7 and suddenly was not able to sync my Palm Treo through the USB cable. Palm said at first nothing could be done, then they said this product could be a workaround. I'm now syncing my Treo and very happy with this product! Only drawback is connection speed is a bit slower than with USB. . .

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I was able to pair up my smartphone with no problem and share music and files. Very compact and I usually don't unplug it when travelling. Works well with my bluetooth headset.

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this thing did not pick up my phone, i tryed for thirty to forty minutes refreshing and restarting the computer and it would not see my phone.

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Plugged it in and it is working flawlessly with Windows 7 64bit OS PC and PS3 and BT keyboard and mouse.

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Good deal for the sale price. Had to reboot a few times in Win7 64bit before the drivers could install properly. It kept popping up with "No bluetooth devices detected". Once it installed it connected to my Samsung D900 phone with no problems. One small issue with my bluetooth mouse though, if the mouse is not in the line of site of the receiver, the signal becomes weak and the cursor stutters on screen. Other than that it works fine.

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Plug and play.Unit has good response time.I use it for wireless headsets and to link my phone to my laptop.Has not failed to connect and I have not noticed any lag time.

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Just works. Win7 64 bit. I just use it for light stuff so cannot comment on its bandwidth but for 9.99 it did its job for me.

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I purchased this for my Media Centre system to replace the relatively large Microsoft dongle that came with my Entertainment Desktop 7000. Much to my surprise, it's range is at least double that of the Microsoft adapter - at a tiny fraction of it's size. Performance on the mouse and keyboard seems to be flawless up to about 12ft away. The dongle is compatible with the default stack in Windows 7. I also tried it on my archaic Apple Powerbook Titanium and it was recognized immediately by Mac OS 10.4.

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Bought this since my laptop doesn't come with internal bluetooth. I use it mainly to transfer files to/from cell phones. I've tried a few Sony Ericsson's and Motorola's without any problems.No comment on the range of this thing since the phone is always within a few feet of the laptop when I do the transfers.Got this for the weekly special price (

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what a small little dongle. the only problem is that i guess it packs all its circuitry into a small compartment and it always is prone to cracking/hissing etc.

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Have nevered used a BT unit before, but this one works fine. Data transfers seem slow, but no slower than I have experince doing other via bluetooth classes.

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I refurbished a G4 iBook which I had purchased for my daughter in college. This enabled me to use a wireless mouse on this older unit. Great price, great value.

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The Belkin F8T016 Mini Bluetooth Adapter works greats with palm in hotsync,no cables

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Worked like its supposed to with no installation problems on Netbook computer at low cost.

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Works fine with Vista as long as you install its own software.

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Worked as advertised. Allowed me to sync with a palm on my new computer. It can stay plugged in all the time and still be out of the way. Connected easy.

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This thing works great! It is very small and fits securely.

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Easy installation of drivers and found all devices with no problem.

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Great product! Synched right up to both cell phones! It was delivered ultra fast!

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I recently got a new processor with Vista and found out it was incompatible with my printer, router, and cable hot sync. So I had to quickly get an adapter to use Bluetooth. I t worked great and was easy to install!

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Even though my computer has Bluetooth recognition, it would only recognize my cell phones. It wasn't until I put the Belkin adapter in the USB port that I was able to use my wireless printer. I think it's great.