SideShow Device Management
You can connect a SideShow device to the host computer by any appropriate technology, including USB, Bluetooth, WiFi, or Infra Red. The controlling gadget application on the host computer sends information into the device and receives input from the device. The Windows Vista Control Panel provides a means by which you can control which gadgets put content on your particular SideShow devices.
Figure 8-1 shows how SideShow devices are managed within Windows Vista. Down the side of the dialog box are all the gadget applications that have been installed on a particular computer; in this case, the Flashlight Memo, Inbox, Calendar, and Media Player gadgets are available. Along the top are all the SideShow devices to which this ...
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