With all the hype around Bluetooth connectivity and a wireless environment, the Toshiba Bluetooth PC Card may be the answer to the wireless office. With the release of the Toshiba Bluetooth PC Card through Siltek Group's leading broad-based IT distribution arm SDD, the Bluetooth PC Card offers the users the opportunity to connect up to seven different devices simultaneously.
Andre Rossouw, product manager for Toshiba at SDD, says Bluetooth technology redefines short distance wireless communication. "With the aid of a tiny radio module using the 2.4GHz short wave (ISM) band, which is freely accessible worldwide, Bluetooth allows devices to communicate with minimum hassle," he says.
The Toshiba Bluetooth PC Card is a type 2 card with a transmission range of up to 100 metres. The PC Card is compatible with any notebook featuring a Type 2 PC Card slot and is compatible with Windows 98 SE/ME with support for other operating systems available shortly.
SPANworks software bundled with the card consists of four applications, namely File Utilities, Presentation Sharing, Contacts and Chat. The software allows for effortless transferring of files through the familiar Windows drag and drop feature. "Users will also be able to synchronise data between PDAs, notebooks and PCs, and will be able to send e-mails without having to physically connect their mobiles phones to the notebooks," adds Rossouw.
The Toshiba Bluetooth PC Card is available immediately from SDD and its nationwide network of more than 6 000 resellers.
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SDD, the focused IT company in the Siltek Technology Chain Group, is South Africa's largest broad-based distributor of information technology. SDD encourages black empowerment opportunities and is the partner of choice of several leading vendors. It distributes a wide range of 'best of breed' hardware and software products, as well as peripherals, components and consumables. SDD configures branded hardware and builds-to-order Xylo, Vision and Fujitech, its own range of PCs. SDD has branches in Gauteng, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban, Bloemfontein, Nelspruit and Namibia. Outside South Africa, the company has partnerships in Botswana and Zimbabwe.
Siltek Limited
Siltek Limited is the leader in the Southern African Technology Supply Chain with a turnover of R3 billion in the year to end-June 2000. Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Siltek comprises complementary operating Divisions, namely Volume Distribution, Specialist Distribution and Supply Chain Services.
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