What exactly is a Bluetooth favourite device?

I am having a hard time looking up documentation for how Mac OS X treats Bluetooth devices marked as "favourites"!
What does marking a device as a "favourite" do? Why would I do such a thing? The on-line and built-in documentation on Bluetooth does not emit any photons on this topic in the world of Macintosh.
Any ideas?!
Thanks!
--tonza

Hello tonza:
This knowledge base article has your answer, I think.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107817
Barry
P.S. I think your UK "favourite" may have thrown the search engine (chuckle).
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