Two wireless connection options that are very common in portable devices are WiFi and Bluetooth. WiFi is a wireless networking solution that allow computer to connect to the network via access point. It was developed as an alternative to wired networking, which is restricted. Bluetooth , on the hand, is a standard that developed largely in the mobile phone market. It was created to supersede infrared, which had a lot of limitations. Bluetooth is used small files from one device to another device and connect another device like headsets and other peripherals.
Since Bluetooth was developed mainly for the mobile phone industry, it was becoming fairly common phone, its ability to connect peripherals like keyboard and headset is not possible with wifi and it is a lot easier and faster to send pictures and other small file via Bluetooth than wifi through wifi has already begun to appear in a few mobile phones you are more likely to find in laptop PDAs, and Smartphone where it is often used to connect to the internet via a hotspot. Though it is possible to connect to the device via wifi, it is a lot more technical and tedious since you would need to find one as an access point so that the other computer connect.
Bluetooth and WiFi are different standards for wireless communication.
Bluetooth technology is useful when transferring information between two or more devices that are near each other when speed is not an issue, such as telephone, printer, modem and headsets. It is suited to low application like transferring sound data with telephone or byte data with a hand held Computer or keyboard and mice.
Wi-Fi vs. Bluetooth comparison chart
Bluetooth Wi-Fi
Frequency 2.4 GHz 2.4.3.6,5 GHz
Cost Low High
Bandwidth Low (800Kbps) High (11Mbps)
Specification Bluetooth SiG IEEE, WEGA
Authority
Security it is less secure Security issue are already being debated
Year of 1994 1991
Development
Primary mobile phone, mouse, keyboard, notebook computer, desktop computer, server
Device office and industrial automation TV, latest mobile
Devices. Activity tracker, such as
Fit bit and low bone.
Hardware Bluetooth adapter on all device wireless adapter on all devices of the network
Requirement connecting with other a wireless router and wireless access point
Rang 5-30 meters by 802.11b/g the typical range is 32 meters indoor
95 meters outdoor.
Power
Consumption Low High
Latency 200 ms 150 ms
Connection rang
Both Bluetooth and wifi have a relatively limited range. The maximum distance between consumer Bluetooth devices is 33 feet, whereas wifi limit 230 feet
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