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(Bluetooth moved to Bluetooth iPhone2,1: This page cannot fully document the many facets of 'bluetooth' on all the iphone/ipod models)
 
(This page still needs to summarise 'Bluetooth' on iphone more concisely ; ) Also the model information section needs redoing, i just did it quickly...)
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Bluetooth is a short-range, wireless technology, popular for its Personal Area Networking capability. Bluetooth harware is provided on all iPhone platforms and many iPod Touch platforms. Apple has severly restricted the functions of Bluetooth to the end-user, for seemingly no reason, as the hardware supplied is capable of most if not all current bluetooth 2.0/2.1 functions.
#REDIRECT [[Bluetooth iPhone2,1]]
 
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With iPhoneOS 3.0, support for 3G internet bridging and A2DP over bluetooth has been added, however the file sharing OBEX protocol is notably still missing.
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== Access ==
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Developers have been able to successfully access and interface the Bluetooth hardware to achieve an OBEX solution, however this is still quite underground. The device nodes of relevance here, are
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* /dev/uart.bluetooth
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* /dev/cu.bluetooth
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* /dev/tty.bluetooth
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== iPhone/iPods with Bluetooth ==
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* iPhone (iPhone1,1) (m68ap) - Bluetooth (r) 2.0 + EDR
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* iPhone 3G (iPhone2,1) (n82ap) - Bluetooth (r) 2.0 + EDR - chip specific link [[Bluetooth iPhone2,1]]
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* iPhone 3GS (iPhone3,1) (n88ap) - Bluetooth (r) 2.1 + EDR
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* iPod Touch (iPod1,1) (n45ap) - No Bluetooth Hardware
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* iPod Touch 2G (iPod2,1) (n72ap) - Bluetooth (r) 2.1 + EDR
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* iPod Touch 3G (unreleased) - Bluetooth (r) 2.1 + EDR forcasted
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== Unreleased iPod3,1 ==
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As of iPhoneOS 3.0 an iPod3,1 is mentioned, with a BCM4329 WiFi/Bluetooth/FM wireless solution chip... this is strong evidence for a new iPod model in the near future

Revision as of 12:37, 14 July 2009

Bluetooth is a short-range, wireless technology, popular for its Personal Area Networking capability. Bluetooth harware is provided on all iPhone platforms and many iPod Touch platforms. Apple has severly restricted the functions of Bluetooth to the end-user, for seemingly no reason, as the hardware supplied is capable of most if not all current bluetooth 2.0/2.1 functions.

With iPhoneOS 3.0, support for 3G internet bridging and A2DP over bluetooth has been added, however the file sharing OBEX protocol is notably still missing.

Access

Developers have been able to successfully access and interface the Bluetooth hardware to achieve an OBEX solution, however this is still quite underground. The device nodes of relevance here, are

  • /dev/uart.bluetooth
  • /dev/cu.bluetooth
  • /dev/tty.bluetooth

iPhone/iPods with Bluetooth

  • iPhone (iPhone1,1) (m68ap) - Bluetooth (r) 2.0 + EDR
  • iPhone 3G (iPhone2,1) (n82ap) - Bluetooth (r) 2.0 + EDR - chip specific link Bluetooth iPhone2,1
  • iPhone 3GS (iPhone3,1) (n88ap) - Bluetooth (r) 2.1 + EDR
  • iPod Touch (iPod1,1) (n45ap) - No Bluetooth Hardware
  • iPod Touch 2G (iPod2,1) (n72ap) - Bluetooth (r) 2.1 + EDR
  • iPod Touch 3G (unreleased) - Bluetooth (r) 2.1 + EDR forcasted

Unreleased iPod3,1

As of iPhoneOS 3.0 an iPod3,1 is mentioned, with a BCM4329 WiFi/Bluetooth/FM wireless solution chip... this is strong evidence for a new iPod model in the near future