Mike Temporale
04-06-2006, 10:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060329-6488.html' target='_blank'>http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060329-6488.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Bluetooth SIG has announced that it is adopting the WiMedia Alliance version of ultrawideband (UWB) as its future standard, over that of the competing variant proposed by the UWB Forum. The group had previously announced that it would be embracing UWB, which is considered the next stage of short-range wireless technology. UWB can theoretically provide data transmission rates of several hundred Mb/s over short distances with very low power consumption. UWB works by sending out extremely quick pulses (on the order of nanoseconds) across a very wide bandwidth. The technology can be used not only for Bluetooth-style devices, but USB and TCP/IP protocols as well. It should be pointed out that the technology can also be used for wired data transfer, although wireless is obviously the area where Bluetooth SIG will be concentrating its efforts."</i><br /><br />Awesome news - Speed is what people are most interested in. Too bad this won't have any impact on the horrible Bluetooth implementation on most Windows Mobile devices. It's so painful to browse and setup a partnership between devices. :?