Bluetooth dongle for Android ICS?

pastymuncher · 11 Apr 2013 at 20:27

My wife bought me a Android tablet for Christmas which, although very good, does'nt have bluetooth. Can anybody tell me if there such a thing as a usb bluetooth dongle for Android tablets please? I have has a look around but can't seem to find any so am doubtful if such a things exists.

The reason i want bluetooth is to connect to a OBD2 reader for the car using torque.

Orcvader · 11 Apr 2013 at 21:39

If the USB port on the tablet is USB OTG compliant, then it should be possible to use a standard bluetooth dongle. Which tablet is it and what Android version is it running?

pastymuncher · 12 Apr 2013 at 08:42

It's a Prestigio Multipad 5050 Pro running Android 4.03 ICS.

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
1Ghz Cortex A8 CPU
1 GB DDR3 RAM
8GB Speicher – Erweiterbar micro-SD
Display – 8″
Display Auflösung – 800×600
Display Technology -TFT LCD
HDMI, SD, USB 2.0,
Wi-Fi – IEEE 802.11b/g/n
Akku – Lithium Polymer
Akku Größe – 5000 mAh
eBook Formats EP UB, PDF, TXT, FB2, PDB, RTF
Audio Formats MP3, AAC, WAV, OGG, WMA, FLAC, APE
Picture Formats JPG, BMP, GIF
Video Formats AVI, 3GP, MP4, RM, RMVB, FLV, MKV, MOV, up to 1080p

Orcvader · 12 Apr 2013 at 14:12

After a long google, it's USB OTG compliant. All you need is a USB OTG cable and a Bluetooth dongle that states it supports Android. I can't find any on the jungle but if you do google around, they do exist.

pastymuncher · 12 Apr 2013 at 16:23

Many thanks for that, it's much appreciated.