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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. They should have called it by Timesprout · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Rate Enhanced Data or RED for short, to Move Overloaded Lots About Rapidly so we could have RedMolar.

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  2. Re:Neat... by Brian+Dennehy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Reasons to use Bluetooth? You might want to read this post for some reasons why Bluetooth rocks.

  3. FIRST POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Percent 0f the *BSD