Wednesday, May 04, 2005

The Register - Bluetooth to evolve via UWB

The Register - Bluetooth to evolve via UWB:
"UWB has always been seen as a rival wireless technology to Bluetooth, since both a designed to handle short-range data transfers. If you can do 400Mbps USB wirelessly, why use the slower Bluetooth specification. Because, as Intel Enterprise Group chief Pat Gelsinger said in February 2004, there are rather a lot of Bluetooth devices out there. 'Millions and millions' of Bluetooth devices have shipped, he told The Register, 'Over time, UWB could replace Bluetooth,' he added, 'but it's way, way off. Bluetooth has been shipping for five years and it will ship for five or ten more - it's a very successful technology.'"

Yeah and I remember the day when they said Bluetooth wasn't going to make it. People need to learn when to shut-up. I humbly include myself in that.