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Bluetooth finally takes hold

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edited November 2003 in Science & Tech
'Bluetooth' technology, though initially slow to get of the ground, seems now set to become the next big thing. With a new specification debuting and the fact that demand for the wireless technology is only on the rise, it would seem finally 'Bluetooth' is heading in the right direction.

[blockquote]Amid continued criticism of its usefulness, total Bluetooth shipments for the first time surpassed one million units per week in the third quarter of this year, according to IMS Research's Bluetooth semiconductor tracking service.

Meanwhile, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the industry body which looks after the technology, has officially adopted a new standard that adds user-friendly features and improves connection quality.[/blockquote]
[link=http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39117708,00.htm]The full report[/link]

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  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Bluetooth isn't going anywhere if they dont get rid of this absoloutely insane driver licencing crap. You have to use certain drivers on a cetain OS which only work on certain Bluetooth devices which the driver has the licence for. Consequently you get stuck with super old drivers, because even though the new drivers WOULD work with your device, they dont as they require a licence.

    Fking stupid.

    NS
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited November 2003
    Only thing I've ever been interested in bluetooth for is wireless speakers, but who knows what the future holds.
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    they make wireless speakers....cept its wireless from the sub to the satellites....i forgot what the link was..but i saw it once..
    i believe
    www.rectrocon.com
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Nope, domain doesn't exist.

    Intresting idead though.

    NS
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited November 2003
    I've seen them before, but only of TV. Of course, I haven't looked around for speakers in ages except for my truck and those weren't the type of speakers I was thinking of . . . though that would DEFINITELY be a HUGE plus because running the wires in a truck is normally much more of a pain than running them in a building.

    I think I heard the range was around 30 feet or so which for my truck would be just fine (so long as interference from other vehicles w/ bluetooth speakers wouldn't be an issue) but in an auditorium the 30ft limit could be reached rather quickly. Maybe there's such a thing as a bluetooth repeater.
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    WuGgaRoO had this to say
    they make wireless speakers....cept its wireless from the sub to the satellites....i forgot what the link was..but i saw it once..
    i believe
    www.rectrocon.com

    http://www.bridgeco.net/products/loudspeaker/wls.shtml
    BridgeCo's Wireless Loudspeaker solution is a ready-to-go and cost effective single-chip implementation for complete wireless multimedia loudspeakers based on 802.11 or Bluetooth featuring MP3/WMA decoding, Internet Radio station access and PC file-system access.

    The BridgeCo solution combines DSP, micro controller, audio interface and wireless protocol functions in a single chip, thereby greatly reducing the overall system cost. Software based functionality allows the same hardware platform to be used across a complete product line with cost optimized feature sets.

    Personally, Im a bluetooth junkie. Bluetooth smartphone to Bluetooth notebook with a bluetooth headset and bluetooth dongles with my desktop PC's (home & work). All works seamlessly together :)

    What's a wire again? :cool:
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited November 2003
    < gonna get banned for this > 
    wire
n.

   1. A usually pliable metallic strand or rod made in many lengths and diameters, sometimes clad and often electrically insulated, used chiefly for structural support or to conduct electricity.
   2. A group of wire strands bundled or twisted together as a functional unit; cable.
   3. Something resembling a wire, as in slenderness or stiffness.
   4. An open telephone connection.
   5. Slang. A hidden microphone, as on a person's body or in a building.
   6.  a. A telegraph service.
        b. A telegram or cablegram.
   7. A wire service.
   8. Computer Science. A pin in the print head of a computer printer.
   9. The screen on which sheets of paper are formed in a papermaking machine.
  10. Sports. The finish line of a racetrack.
  11. wires
         a. The system of strings employed in manipulating puppets in a show.
         b. Hidden controlling influences.
  12. Slang. A pickpocket.
  13. Fencing made of usually barbed wire.


v. wired, wir·ing, wires
v. tr.

   1. To bind, connect, or attach with wires or a wire.
   2. To string (beads, for example) on wire.
   3. To equip with a system of electrical wires.
   4. Slang. To install electronic eavesdropping equipment in (a room, for example).
   5. To send by telegraph: wired her congratulations.
   6. To send a telegram to.
   7. Computer Science. To implement (a capability) through logic circuitry that is permanently connected within a computer or calculator and therefore not subject to change by programming.
   8. To determine or put into effect by physiological or neurological mechanisms; hard-wire: “It is plausible that the basic organization of grammar is wired into the child's brain” (Steven Pinker).


v. intr.

    To send a telegram.
    < /gonna get banned for this >
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited November 2003
    You beat me to it. he he.
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