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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. 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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  3. 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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