Wireless - WiFi and Bluetooth
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Wireless - WiFi and Bluetooth - what are the differences? PC World offers this explanation: "Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are both wireless networking standards that provide connectivity via radio waves. The main difference: Bluetooth's primary use is to replace cables, while Wi-Fi is largely used to provide wireless, high-speed access to the Internet or a local area network."
Bluetooth can be useful over a short distance when you want to connect up handheld devices and peripherals such as printers. The symbol from Bluetooth.com is often found in your control panel if you have this type of connection on your computer or mobile phone.
Wi-Fi tends to be used over longer distances within organisations to link computers to an intranet or the internet or in public places when you want to use the internet and send e-mail. Once again you will find a wireless symbol on your computer or handheld device and in your settings to enable you to set-up these connections, usually a series of curves coming from a dot or mast.
- United Nations Includes Disability Perspectives at Wireless Roundtable
"As new wireless technologies expand locally, the accessibility and usability needs of people with disabilities must be addressed," said AAPD's Senior Director for Technology and Telecommunications Policy, Jenifer Simpson. "Too often, people with disabilities are left out and left behind when local initiatives are undertaken, resulting in later costly add-ons and work-arounds. When there are emergencies, this becomes even more critical, or people with disabilities end up abandoned or worse..."
- Wireless devices increasingly helping people with disabilities
"Mirroring a trend among the general public, an increasing number of people with disabilities regularly use wireless technologies, including cell phones - and find them easier to use."
