10-06-2003, 06:00 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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Study: Bluetooth Shipments Double in 2003
"A study has predicted that shipments of Bluetooth devices will double to 70 million units in 2003, with steady growth to follow over the next few years. The Frost & Sullivan report states that: "Bluetooth has come a long way from the simple cable-replacement technology unveiled in 1998. Critics would be hard-pressed to name any other wireless communications technology that has managed to achieve the volumes and diversity of deployment of Bluetooth in just six years."
The article goes on to talk about how many of the big companies that initially were heavily invested in Bluetooth (like Motorola) have since scaled back their hopes. No doubt - Bluetooth hasn't lived up to a fraction of the hype. I've grown more impressed with it in the past few weeks, but it's still too hard to set up and get configured. Bluetooth continues to remain a great IDEA, but is inconsistent in vendor implementation, which means mass-consumer adoption just won't happen yet.
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10-07-2003, 10:18 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 51
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Cetified WiFi, Bluetooth Products
The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced that over 900 Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ products from 116 companies have received certification since testing began in March 2000. The organization currently performs four independent interoperability certifications including IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g and Wi-Fi Protected Access™ in addition to a combination of all of these technologies. A searchable database of Wi-Fi Alliance certifications can be found at http://www.wi-fi.org/OpenSection/cer...ucts.asp?TID=2
There are over 1200 Qualified Bluetooth Products/Components (about 100 are based on v1.0, the rest is based on v1.1)
http://qualweb.bluetooth.org/Templat...rsion=&crit=--
Motorola qualified Bluetooth Products (total 44)
http://qualweb.bluetooth.org/Templat...on=All&crit=--
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