Roving Networks & Belkin Team To Release BluetoothTM Printer Adapter
Los Gatos, CA January 8 2004--Roving Networks Inc., a provider of intelligent network appliances utilizing Bluetooth wireless connectivity, and Belkin, the global leader in connectivity solutions, today announced the availability of the Bluetooth USBPrinter Adapter, a Bluetooth compatible printer adapter.
The Belkin Bluetooth Wireless USB Printer Adapter (F8T031) is a plug-and-play adapter that wirelessly enables any USB or parallel printer. Now, Bluetooth-enabled PocketPC and Palm PDAs, and PC users can use and share their favorite printer effortlessly, and without cables.
The F8T031 was co-developed with Roving Networks and will be available at major retail outlets and distributors in January 2004. The product features instant installation with no settings required, works using HCRP and SPP profiles, and includes over-the-air flash upgrade capability enabling support of future profiles and printer applications. The printer adapter enables printing with a wide range of emerging client devices enabled with Bluetooth wireless technology, such as mobile phones, digital cameras, PDAs, and notebook computers. Incorporating the recently released Bluetooth print technology, the printer adapter vastly simplifies the end-user's wireless printing experience by eliminating the need for printer-specific drivers.
"We are proud to have been selected by Belkin to develop this product based on Bluetooth wireless technology," said Michael Conrad, CEO of Roving Networks. "Our mutual goal is to enable printing using Bluetooth wireless technology. With the proliferation of client devices enabled with Bluetooth wireless technology, we believe that enabling printing from phones, PDAs, cameras, and notebooks using Bluetooth wireless technology to any printer is a key application."
"Providing wireless print capabilities is an important part of our overall strategy to provide solutions to an increasingly mobile workplace," said Joe Jaconi, Belkin Senior Business Unit Manager. “We selected Roving Networks as our development partner based on their experience in Bluetooth wireless technology." The Belkin Bluetooth Access Point with USB Print Server was also developed by Roving Networks.
Available on January 22, 2004 in evaluation quantities, the product is priced at $ 99.99 per unit.
About Belkin
Belkin Corporation, the global leader in connectivity solutions, offers a range of innovations for the computer, electronics, and mobile consumer. With a diverse and far-reaching product mix consisting of home and enterprise networking, audio video solutions, KVM (keyboard/video/mouse) and peripheral sharing, power protection and cabling, as well as USB and FireWireŽ devices, Belkin extends its reach also to Bluetooth, cellular, PDA, iPod™, and other solutions for mobile computing. In addition, Belkin has introduced multiple types of messaging services, using iNuntius Inc.’s technology, that allows users to send or receive email, voicemail, faxes, and mobile text messages through one IP-based portal, from any computer and web-enabled device. Belkin products are available through www.belkin.com as well as through a network of major distributors, resellers, and superstores.
About Roving Networks
Founded in September of 2000 with headquarters in Los Gatos, California, USA, Roving Networks Inc. is a privately held company developing intelligent network appliances. More information about Roving Networks Inc. can be found at www.rovingnetworks.com.
BluetoothTM is a trademark owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and is licensed to Roving Networks. All other trademarks are hereby acknowledged as trademarks of their respective owners.
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