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Bluetooth 4.0 Spec Adopted

Posted by timothy on from the so-my-money's-wasted-on-nuclear-batteries dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "The Bluetooth SIG announced the formal adoption of Bluetooth Core Specification Version 4.0, which begins the qualification process for new, low-power devices. Bluetooth 4.0 [zipped PDF of the spec] was formally announced in April, and added a new, ultra-low-power aspect to the short-range personal-area-network technology. According to the SIG, the new 4.0 core specification should allow devices to run on coin-cell batteries for years with a new ultra-low-power duty mode."

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  1. Bluetooth 3.0? by metalmaster · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Did i miss something? The last i've heard of anything bluetooth was 2.2EDR

    1. Re:Bluetooth 3.0? by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

      It's like a leap year, only for technology ... which I think makes it technically a leap year.

  2. Will this promote tech waste? by Irick · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Do you think people will just throw away most of the little bluetooth devices that use this new low power spec when the battery runs out rather then going out to replace the batteries, as is so often the case with small consumer electronics like cheep watches? Maybe this will promote planned obsolescence in those sort of accessory devices.

  3. Re:Low-power douchebaggery? by Rene+S.+Hollan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why do people insist on looking down at those who talk to their friends that just don't happen to be proximate?

    I mean, jeez! There you go, yacking away with your homies and I can't do the same 'cause mine are not beside me?

    What kind of technophobe are you?

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  4. Re:Low-power douchebaggery? by DJRumpy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This bit from TFA links has me a bit worried. With the mobility of these devices compared to WiFi, which is relatively non-mobile, what sort of walking interference (Bluetooth vs. WiFi) can we expect from 4.0 devices?

    Moreover, an increased modulation index has actually increased the effective range from 30 feet or so, to beyond 200 feet.

  5. I don't see PoBT by v1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was hoping to see them establish a Power over BlueTooth in the standard but I guess we have to wait for 5?

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