Bluetooth Gets Faster & Requires Less Power

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday June 10, 2004 @10:01AM 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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free publicity? by __aaitqo8496 · 2004-06-10 10:23 · Score: 1, Troll

why is it that this sounds like an advert from The Bluetooth Special Interest Group? nothing like the slashdot geeks to drum up some preorders for usless technology
And the security? by TerryAtWork · 2004-06-10 10:32 · Score: 0, Troll

They ARE going to include Helix with it, RIGHT?

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