Does anyone know how this will work in practice? Will I have to disconnect from my WLAN to connect to the device's? What's the benefit compared to an ad-hoc network, in the peer-to-peer file transfer case?
Bye Bye Bluetooth
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Re: Bye Bye Bluetooth
#12bluetooth 3.0 HS (High Speed) standard is going to provide high speed transfer in comparision with Wi-Fi without consuming lot of power. So can't say bye bye to blurtooth so early. Have patience..
Re: Bye Bye Bluetooth
#13This is such a poorly written article. Is it translated?
I much preferred the BBC's description, even if it was a little "layman": http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8307977.stm
The one paragraph in their story about the "threat" to bluetooth was far more fair than all the other stories I've seen on HN about Wifi Alliance.
Re: Bye Bye Bluetooth
#14The only thing I've ever used bluetooth for is audio; my cell phone has it, my iPod has an adaptor for it, and I have a pretty acceptable set of headphones that receive it. I'm also planning on getting a car stereo that supports it. Has file transfer every really been a use-case for bluetooth?
- Automated connectivity between your cell phone and the hands free set in a car.
- Backing up the cell phone
Re: Bye Bye Bluetooth
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Indeed. We're probably only a standard or two away from Bluetooth officially becoming the 'low power' wifi standard and a spec that allows devices to initiate connections with lower overhead and scale up to higher bandwidths if and when necessary.
i will not agree here... The battery life is incresing at a very fast pace and it wont be long when the amount of power wifi sucks will be very small when compared to the over all battery life.
I guess we will just get smaller devices, then.
Re: Bye Bye Bluetooth
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Indeed. We're probably only a standard or two away from Bluetooth officially becoming the 'low power' wifi standard and a spec that allows devices to initiate connections with lower overhead and scale up to higher bandwidths if and when necessary.
i will not agree here... The battery life is incresing at a very fast pace and it wont be long when the amount of power wifi sucks will be very small when compared to the over all battery life.
Battery life historically has been an issue, and solutions historically have been just over the horizon. We are seeing improvements however, low power consumption is still a factor.