Remember King Bluetooth? He did more than provide the name; he's also behind the logo. The Bluetooth "B" icon is a combination of the Nordic runes for the letters H and B—for Harald Bluetooth. Who ...

The Bluetooth name and logo come from 10th century Viking king Harald Gormsson who, similar to Bluetooth's purpose, unified two separate entities, Denmark and Norway. King Harald's nickname was ...

Even the Bluetooth logo is derived from the runes of Harald ... with the most beneficial Bluetooth application of all. First Bluetooth made wirelessly sending music from a player to a pair ...

Interference handling was improved, and less power was used. BT 1.2 (Basic Data Rate) was the first widely used Bluetooth technology. Adaptive frequency hopping (AFH) helped avoid interference ...