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One of the key developers of Bluetooth is shutting down the division that helped foster the personal area networking technology.
Ericsson has already started to shut down its 125-worker Technology Licensing group and will reshuffle employees into other divisions, a representative confirmed Friday. A majority of the workers affected will remain with the company. Ericsson did not make a formal announcement of the closure.
Bluetooth is a short-range radio technology that connects portable devices such as cell phones, handheld devices and notebook computers. The technology has a range of up to 10 meters and wirelessly transfers data at rates of up to 720 kilobits per second.
Ericsson doesn't plan to continue design and development around Bluetooth, but it will continue to support existing customers and include it in products, the company representative said. Bluetooth technology efforts will be incorporated into the work of Ericsson's Mobile Platforms group.
Further advancements in Bluetooth technology will be made by the Special Interest Group, which consists of a number of companies with ties to the technology. Ericsson will remain a part of that group.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103_2-5327431.html
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Posted: 2004-08-29 09:32:28
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Probably /// starts to develope a new technology, they are very succesfull on military area, so who knows what new idea they have for private use.
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Posted: 2004-08-29 09:36:50
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i think,this will be the end of bleutooth and Wifi take the trone.
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Posted: 2004-08-29 13:23:55
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Could be. What offers wifi more then bt? Tia
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Posted: 2004-08-29 14:19:44
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i think more distance to send file's and cheap.
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Posted: 2004-08-29 15:59:33
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Does any handset support it already or where is it used now a days? Tia
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Posted: 2004-08-29 16:04:45
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Wifi is everywhere in USA (and many others) for 2-3 years (Wifi is wireless LAN, in case that you don't already know.) Most of them are use as secondary busines network and primary home network for broadband Internet connectivity.
"Everwhere" I mention earlyer is EVERYWHERE, if you are in urban area, you will have very high chance that you are in the coverage area of some wifi network.
Wifi offer more bandwidth and coverage area (50-60m). For 802.11b max speed is 11Mbps. For 802.11a/g max speed is 54Mbps. You can have multiple connections in wifi network.
But Wifi require more power to operate, and I don't think 2g/2.5g phone have real need for such bandwidth and networking ability (It may benefit 3g phone)
You can find wifi in some Pocket PC Phone, some PDA and nearly all 2004 laptops.
[ This Message was edited by: StoneRoses on 2004-08-30 05:17 ]
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Posted: 2004-08-30 06:13:14
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I think wi max will take over wi fi in near future
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Posted: 2004-08-30 07:03:48
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Bluetooth is not to compete with wifi. You can't be having a wifi headset right? In terms of data, wifi is the better solution...
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Posted: 2004-08-30 08:27:15
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@stone thx. So maybe in the next future we can count with wifi first.
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Posted: 2004-08-30 09:27:24
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