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Bluetooth 3.0 Scheduled for Release April 25

post #1 of 4
4/10/09 at 11:32am
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Bluetooth SIG is setting up for a launch of Bluetooth 3.0 on April 21st according to SlashGear this morning. This was originally a rumor but they are reporting they have confirmation directly from Bluetooth SIG. The new bluetooth will make use of 802.11 technology to add much greater speed to bluetooth connections.

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Originally Posted by SlashGear
Speed is definitely the focus of Bluetooth 3.0. It will make transferring a DVD or music library super fast. Like, just a few seconds fast! As far as specs go, we don’t know much at this point, but we do know it is a Generic Alternate MAC/PHY (AMP), making it so Bluetooth devices can use Wi-Fi speeds. This will also make it possible to use 802.11 radios with the Generic AMP.
And as we reported earlier today, Enhanced Power Control will make dropped connections due to signal blockage less of a problem.
Source: SlashGear
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post #2 of 4
4/10/09 at 11:39am
Been waiting for this for a long time. I wonder what the first notebooks that support this will be.
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post #3 of 4
4/10/09 at 9:07pm
Interesting, remembering this Charlie White blog back in 2006:

"A much faster version of Bluetooth is on the way, and officials with the Bluetooth Special Interest Group say products using the wireless protocol may be on the market as early as 2007. The next-generation Bluetooth is said to operate at similar distances (around 30 feet, best case) to today's Bluetooth 2.0 but is a lot faster, capable of wireless transfers at a rate of 480Mbps. That's 60MB per second, fast enough for high definition videoconferencing or moving files around at a fairly rapid clip.

That kind of speed blows the doors off Bluetooth 2.0, which pokes along at a mere 721Kbps 2.1 Mbps. The new Bluetooth gets its exponentially faster speed by teaming up with ultra wideband technology (UWB). But there are other contenders using similar tech such as Wireless USB (also 480Mbps), and it's hard to tell how these various protocols will compete with each other. The way we see it, Bluetooth is for near-distance, or personal area networking and Wireless USB has farther reach. But with the increased distance of Wireless USB, what would be the point of a shorter-distance protocol such as Bluetooth? Looks like we might have a horserace on our hands"

cheers ...
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post #4 of 4
4/10/09 at 9:10pm
and this is worth paying attention to:

"...Specification Transfer

On 16 March 2009 the Bluetooth SIG entered in to a set of technology transfer agreements with WiMedia Alliance. The Alliance is transferring its ultra wideband specifications to the Wireless USB Promoter Group, the USB Implementers Forum, and the Bluetooth SIG.

If the WiMedia membership agrees to contribute the specifications to the Bluetooth SIG then the Bluetooth SIG will commence a full evaluation of market and development opportunities for the specification.

Contribution agreements will be sent to the WiMedia Alliance membership for signature. Until such time that the agreements are executed, the specifications will be archived by the SIG...."

In full here:

http://www.bluetooth.com/Bluetooth/T...y_Transfer.htm

cheers ...
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