The Bluetooth wireless standard for connecting peripherals is being integrated with other wireless technologies such as the 802.11b WLAN protocol in chips and devices.
Wireless standards 802.11b and Bluetooth can interfere with each other, but a new card from Intersil and Silicon Wave claims to iron out their differences.
Demand for Bluetooth chips and devices is starting to pick up as the technology finally matures.
The money being spent on the rollout of 802.11b networks has been compared to the excesses of the dot-com boom, with Wi-Fi tipped to play second fiddle to Bluetooth.
As the year is waking up from its NYE celebrations, rubbing its eyes and reaching for the Berocca, the moment has come to return to that fine tradition of predicting what the next 12 months hold in store.
The Bluetooth wireless standard for connecting peripherals is being integrated with other wireless technologies such as the 802.11b WLAN protocol in chips and devices.
The money being spent on the rollout of 802.11b networks has been compared to the excesses of the dot-com boom, with Wi-Fi tipped to play second fiddle to Bluetooth.
As the year is waking up from its NYE celebrations, rubbing its eyes and reaching for the Berocca, the moment has come to return to that fine tradition of predicting what the next 12 months hold in store.
The standard known as 802.11b or Wi-Fi is disruptive, certainly if you've invested any time, money and effort in 3G. But there is always something potentially superior around the corner.
With interoperable products and a variety of form factors, wireless LANs are coming into the mainstream.
Microsoft has announced it will release a Bluetooth-connected keyboard and mouse later this year, as well as support for the struggling network standard in Windows XP.
Demand for Bluetooth chips and devices is starting to pick up as the technology finally matures.
FutureInternet's Blueberry Internet Sharing kit promises a world of simple file and connection sharing. That's what Bluetooth devices have always pitched, but does the Blueberry deliver?
The money being spent on the rollout of 802.11b networks has been compared to the excesses of the dot-com boom, with Wi-Fi tipped to play second fiddle to Bluetooth.
Life isn't easy for the enterprise network manager. Do you really have to be concerned about a short-range, under-powered personal area network protocol named Bluetooth? I don't think so.
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