Zoom 4312-00-68AF PC Card (PCMCIA) Type II fits Type II, III or Toshiba 16mm slot Bluetooth Adapter

Pros: This card has excellent range being a class 1 card, and seems pretty fast compared to my old BT 1.1 USB adaptor. My card doesn't have any extendable andenna so when its in the PCMCIA slot sticks out maybe 1/4 of an inch. Will install and work with the Windows Bluetooth stack if you don't install the software on the CD. It has a couple little lights that blink, but they are dim so don't annoy me at all.

Cons: I don't like the Toshiba Bluetooth stack that comes on the CD as I wasn't able to get it to work with my Nokia phone. The Nokia software won't even detect the phone ont he bluetooth setting. I uninstalled and found/installed the Widcomm 5.0.1 stack and it works great!

Overall Review: I used the Widcomm over the Windows Bluetooth stack because I want to use it with a BT Headset as well and I have never been able to get the windows one to do audio. Also, in case anyone is wondering, it installs as a VIA PCMCIA USB controller and then installs as a USB Bluetooth adaptor connected to that USB controller.

Pros: Long range, supports A2DP for stereo headphones (which sound great with this card). PCMCIA doesn't hang outside of a notebook PC. New Bluetooth drivers from Toshiba's website (version 5.10.06) work great. Newegg (as always) has fast, accurate delivery to my multiple business locations.

Cons: Zoom drivers on the CD and their website use the old Toshiba Bluetooth stack, which can cause 100% CPU use on some computers running XP. (My tablet had this problem with all of Zoom's drivers).

Overall Review: If you get 100% CPU use, don't RMA your card before you Goog** for "Toshiba Bluetooth driver". This card uses a Toshiba chip-- so the Toshiba drivers are the native ones for the Zoom PCMCIA Bluetooth card.

Pros: The BEST Bluetooth solution for those who do not have integrated Bluetooth. Like others have mentioned it works very well with Vista. Check Zoom's website - they have posted Vista drivers. All profiles work from your typical BT mouse to audio (AD2P). I'm using Moto's H820 BT stereo headphones and all is simply amazing! Very much recommended!

Cons: None at all. Used to have Zoom's 4312 card that was not Vista compatible and probably won't either.

Overall Review: Forget the Bluetooth dongles - the stick out and run the risk of accidentally being damaged or damaging your laptops usb port on the motherboard from banging it against something accidentally.

Pros: Fits just right and it doesn't stick out very far. Corners are round and this helps conceal the fact that it is an add-on

Cons: The stack that came with the CD hangs my system for a few seconds every ten minutes of use or so. It actually makes my keyboard and mouse completelly non-responsive but it doesn't seem to be affecting anything else since the system continues doing what ever it was doing before becoming non-responsible to input. I veryfied it was the card by ejecting it for a little while to see if the problem goes away and it did. I tried reinstalling the stack and it did not fix the issue. I also tried downloading it and installing that stack but that did not fix it either. I removed the stack and installed the one that comes with XP but the problem is that the windows stack makes the green light on the card blink about twice a second which makes me worry it is overworking the card. I like the card and don't want to return it so I'm looking for a way to fix this issue. I'll post again if I find a fix.

Overall Review: Besides that, the card recognized my printer and I can print with no problems from my room which has two walls separating me and the printer. It also works beautifully with the headset I bought a few years ago for my phone.

Pros: Got this for my new Toshiba Laptop. The supplied drivers are from Toshiba, but the Toshiba drivers that came preinstalled on the laptop won't recognize it. So I had to remove those and install the ones supplied with the card. Then it worked fine. No problem using Activesync with my Windows Mobile phone and it also allowed pairing my Plantronics 510 headset with both my phone and laptop. Great.

Cons: None really, other than having to remove the preinstalled Toshiba drivers from my laptop.

Overall Review: Only protrudes and inch from the card slot, so you can leave it in all the time.

Pros: Easy to setup on a Dell Latitude D610. Fast connection with Dell Axim x51v

Cons: Confusing software/drivers

Overall Review: Don't even bother installing the software off the CD. If you own a system with a newer version of Windows XP Pro, it should automagically configure the bluetooth card and already have all the necessary drivers. I bought it so I can sync my Axim w/o it being docked (when I'm traveling, etc.). It was a pain to try to get Activesync to work with the included drivers, but after uninstalling them and then just popping the card in on a whim, I was able to configure it to sync my pda within 5 min.

Pros: Great range, affordable, easy to install.

Cons: Installing drivers seems to include a lot of bloatware that can't be disabled.

Overall Review: I think I should try uninstalling it and use the Device Manager to install inf/cab/sys files only.

Pros: plugged the pc card into the slot and that was it. my vaio vgns360 with xp sp2 recognized it.. paired the sony bluetooth laser mouse.. fire and forget.

Cons: is not the zoom card; but i was hoping i could sync my iphone using my new bluetooth pc card but i learned that iphone bluetooth capabilities are limited. shame on apple.

Overall Review: do not install the software if you have xp sp2.. is not needed.