Why is Bluetooth Called Bluetooth?

Have you ever  thought  Why Is Bluetooth Called Bluetooth?[ I bet you did thats why you are on this page :D]

When two devices need to talk to each other, they

need to have a handshake on various parameters

before the conversation starts. The first agreement

is on the medium – will they use wires, or talk over

some wireless signal? Bluetooth is one such wireless signal (protocol)

over which two (or more) devices communicate

over.

Strange name though isn’t it – are the bluetooth

waves invisible but blue and shaped like teeth?

Wrong! There is absolutely no relation between the name

and the meaning.

 

The Bluetooth protocol was created by Ericsson

(pre-Sony Ericsson) which is a major Swedish

telecommunication company. They named it after

the Danish viking king, Harald Blåtand. As legend goes, Blåtandhad

the blessed ability to bring people negotiate with each other, and

cometo talking terms. So skilled was he, that he was able to unite Denmark

and Norway together! The literal translation of Blåtand means blue-tooth, hence

the name Bluetooth for the protocol. It does precisely what Blåtand did – lets

two wireless device to communicate with each

other!

The Bluetooth symbol has HaraldBlåtand’sinitials inscribed into it (in Runic).

The two lines stickingout of the back of the B

actually represent a Runic H – thats

H for Harald .The B for Bluetooth also stands for