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Bluetooth PANned by Intel and Ozmo
INTEL AND OZMO DEVICES are expected to demonstrate a new wireless technology at Computex in Taiwan tomorrow, according to Computerworld.
The new standard called PAN (Personal Area Network) has a range of about 30 feet and is expected to be a serious threat to Bluetooth. The major advantage of the new tech is that it makes it possible to connect to up to eight devices at the same time.
The new transciever device, which will first be fitted to Centrino laptops in the near future, will enable headsets, mice, keyboards, speakers and other peripherals from makers including Belkin to operate without wires.
The one area where Bluetooth is likely to feel safer is in the hands-free mobile market where the ten-year-old technology has a firm foothold. ยต
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8 is one more than a piconet? Cliffside, I hope, will be a darn sight more than BlueFule. Here's why: The stupid mobil phone OSs, won't let you do practical jobbys like a load of file transfers. You have to find a 3rd party to manage your mess for you. I hate BREW. I shelled out big for a RIM BB International 8830, prior to Iphone. The bloody BlueShite is useless! Dropped it with the USB/charger adapter plugged (it broke), and then there's NO way to transfer the voluminous Address Book. The BlueFly will only dart your snaps and jigs! I hope EVERY gadget that floggs Cliffside, will have ALL the usage profiles, you'd expect, without calling a plumber! This crap doesn't fly at MI-5, does it? Piss on BlueTeeth, or on the RIM.
Two empty tin cans and a length of string are a serious threat to Bluetooth.
Bluetooth PAN already exists which makes the whole name confusing. Sure it's not for peripheral connection, it's for actual networking (IPv4 comms). These two want to sell a PAN that isn't a PAN?? IF anything it should be Wireless USB, and certainly should be UWB-based.Wireless USB would leverage the existing massive support for USB, probably just with a different PHY (with OS extensions to provide for pairing). Bluetooth has been a dog (especially Toshiba) but it's now actually usable. It's unclear what actual protocols will be used for this new 'standard' but it looks like 802.11 - this can't be good.