> It was the epithet of King Harald Bluetooth, who united the disparate Danish tribes into a single kingdom; Kardach chose the name to imply that Bluetooth similarly unites communication protocols.
[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth#Name_and_logo]
Another thing, not mentioned in the article, is that microwave ovens tend to interfere with Bluetooth in my experience.
Not just your experience. I worked for a company that made a lot of wireless devices. We had a pretty open-plan office and learned not to test anything around lunchtime.
Seriously. There were many times that I was working on something that suddenly had a spike in the receive failure rate and I'd look at the time and realize that somebody was heating up their lunch in the microwave.
> It was the epithet of King Harald Bluetooth, who united the disparate Danish tribes into a single kingdom; Kardach chose the name to imply that Bluetooth similarly unites communication protocols. [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth#Name_and_logo]
Another thing, not mentioned in the article, is that microwave ovens tend to interfere with Bluetooth in my experience.