Not to be negative, but I thought this etymology was underwhelming when I first learned of it. I was aware for a long while that Bluetooth was a real medieval historical figure and thought "Wow, this person must have done something monumental in terms of postal communication, or made some sort of technological breakthrough". No. Just a king that subjugated another country.
I love that bit of trivia!
I googled it and that Bluetooth symbol looks nothing like a tennis player
The Bluetooth symbol is a runic h and b on top of each other for Harald Bluetooth
Other historians refer to the "Bluetooth" as a possible name for a sword, not his foul tooth.
As a word for the technology itself, many use blåtann in Norway (even
my elementary school art teacher is a descendant of his - told us this story, and nobody ever believed me when i told them this tidbit
If he's a descendant, so are you. That was like 35 generations ago, and 2^35 is 35 billion.
It's amazing how much cooler of a name it is than what the marketing department came up with
Not to be negative, but I thought this etymology was underwhelming when I first learned of it. I was aware for a long while that Bluetooth was a real medieval historical figure and thought "Wow, this person must have done something monumental in terms of postal communication, or made some sort of technological breakthrough". No. Just a king that subjugated another country.
I'm just surprised it was suggested by Intel and not Ericsson