FireWire Gets Ready to Go Wireless

Posted by timothy on Tuesday May 11, 2004 @12:54PM from the anthropomorphic dept.

mindless4210 writes "The 1394 Trade Association has approved a specification for the development of wireless FireWire applications, which will let 1394-enabled devices, both wired and unwired, to connect with each other. The new spec will enable communication between a variety of devices, such as set-top boxes, HDTVs, tuners, and DVD players, all of which will be able to interoperate in home networks. Officials speculated that in the future there could be plug-in cards for set-top boxes enabling wireless connection to DVD players and hard-disk drives. The trade association also said it will work with the WiMedia Alliance to jointly develop collaborative products."

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Re:Good name. by Ada95 · 2004-05-11 13:00 · Score: 0, Redundant

Hey, that was my suggestion in http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=97725&cid=8353 097
Uhm...yay? by AtOMiCNebula · 2004-05-11 13:03 · Score: 1, Redundant

Great...I love FireWire, and it amazes me how fast it lets me work with my iPod and DV Camcorder, but is there really a need for another wireless standard? We've got 802.11a/b/g, Bluetooth, and now soon wireless FireWire and wireless USB. Is there a reason why the industry can't just pick a wireless technology, and then use it? Or is it just the idea that FireWire products don't want to use USB tech, yada yada yada...

The industry doesn't sound very standardized to me right now...