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Bluetooth Gets Faster & Requires Less Power

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-tought-bluetooth-was-already-dead dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (BSIG) has announced a new specification named "Enhanced Data Rate" or EDR for short. EDR aims to provide faster data transmission and reduce the power consumption from traditional Bluetooth technology. The data speeds will be roughly three times faster which means you could easily use multiple Bluetooth devices simultaneously. The reduced power consumption also means longer battery life and less heat generated. The new EDR standard will be backward compatible with the current standard Bluetooth devices. This makes upgrading to the new standard effortless."

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  1. Excellent... by th1ckasabr1ck · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... now I can move my bed even farther away from my desk and still be able to use my wireless keyboard. Rock.

    1. Re:Excellent... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Oh my!
      Geek.. Bed.. Keyboard... Hummmmmm....

  2. Well... by Inf0phreak · · Score: 5, Funny

    You could pick up toothing.

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    1. Re:Well... by SLiK812 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Toothing on 'multiple devices'. Iguess that would be called 'Group Toothing', or cyber-swinging for geeks.

  3. Dig-dan-Dongiliy-arn it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh man, I thought I was so slick getting BlueTooth built into my PowerBook... Now I need a dongle :-(

  4. Bluetooth Growth Predicted to Increase - A Lot by 4of12 · · Score: 3, Funny

    but I'm having to fight a little too hard to find neat things to do with Bluetooth.

    Obviously you haven't been paying attention to the latest anonymous sex trend with Bluetooth nicknamed "toothing".

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  5. Re:Finally... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Great!

    Now your phone can be hacked even quicker!

  6. i-tought-bluetooth-was-already-dead dept. by mphase · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh you tought that did you? Maybe you should tink again.

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  7. Re:Neat... by abscondment · · Score: 3, Funny

    see, what you need is one of these:

    linked image

    I hear they fly, too.

  8. Re:Yes, but will this be enough? by brettper · · Score: 2, Funny

    So if everyone likes the actual bluetooth stuff and they keep producing and selling more of it, why is everyone busy using words like 'failing' to describe it?

    Because it didn't take over the world a week after it was announced. People are just impatient.

  9. How can this be? RobEnderle said Bluetooth is RIP! by compactable · · Score: 2, Funny
    ... are you implying that everyone's favourite seer is wrong?

    Dear lord, what's next? A bad review of his beloved Ferrari Laptiop? SCO may loose in court?

    My reality is crumbling ... dear god make this madness stop!