Bluetooth comes to set-top boxes
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Time to rename the zapper? Broadcom, manufacturer of set-top box chip sets and Qualcomm annoyer, has added Bluetooth to its set-top box reference platform; which should see the death of the infrared remote control within a couple of years.â¦
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New gadgets include a keyboard with call buttons and a speakerphone.
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RF Code's M220 tag reader identifies equipment using handhelds and Bluetooth.
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Software radio could offer an elegant solution to what a vexing problem: how to have a single handset communicate across multiple networks.
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Panasonic announced "Link to Cell" at CES this week, an accessory that connects a bluetooth-enabled cell phone to cordless home handsets.
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Just need a PC and Bluetooth... UK-based ROK Mobile Communications has developed a VoIP application that uses your mobile telephone like a Bluetooth headset to connect to the company's network.â¦
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Bluetooth headsets, the tiny earpieces that make people look like they're talking into thin air when they're on their cell phones, have been a success story despite often being maddeningly difficult to use.
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NOVEMBER 08, 2004  - The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) today is releasing a three-year road map for Bluetooth short-range wireless technology that includes a tripling of bandwidth and the ability to multicast signals to seven other
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(InfoWorld) - Texas InstrumentsÂ (TI) will develop chips for low-power devices based on a new short-range wireless Bluetooth specification, the company said Tuesday. The move comes on the heals of aÂ decision by NokiaÂ earlier this month to roll its low-power Wibree technology into the new ultra low-power (ULP) Bluetooth specification. While Bluetooth has been used mostly to connect larger devices such as headsets, keyboards and mouses to stereos and PCs, the new ultra low-power specification aims to connect much smaller button-cell battery-powered devices, like watches or sensors attached to a user's body. ULP Bluetooth uses the same 2.4GHz frequency as Bluetooth. ULP Bluetooth will have a range up to 10 meters (33 feet), similar to the Bluetooth Class 2 specification, which requires more energy. A button-cell battery powered device, equipped with the technology, will have an average operating life of one year and transmit data at a speed up to 1Mbps High-power Bluetooth Class 3 has a range up to 100 meters. TI already produces chips for Bluetooth devices as well as devices based on the ZigBee ultra low-power specification. The chip maker views ULP Bluetooth and ZigBee as "complementary" technologies. ZigBee, for instance, is a mesh networking technology designed to support thousands of nodes with some restrictions on quality of service and latency, according to the ZigBee Web site. By comparison, ULP Bluetooth is an ad hoc networking technology that links a smaller number of nodes to devices with high quality of service and low latency. TI will develop chips for both types of ULP Bluetooth implementations: a single-mode implementation for watches, sensors and other tiny devices to communicate with each other; and a dual-mode implementation to communicate with both single-mode and traditional Bluetooth devices, such as handsets. Pricing and product availability details were not disclosed. Â
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New software securely adds devices to wireless networks with the push of a button.
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The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has adopted Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR. The latest version of this short-range wireless networking standard offers faster data transfer speeds while using less power.
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Macally on Wednesday announced the release of the BTCUP, a new Bluetooth-equipped FM transmitter for the iPod designed to fit snugly in an automobile car holder. It costs US$119.95.
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Need some positive input? These blue-sky devices could make every geek's life a little less irritating.
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Handsets pulled to apply audio glitch fix, reports suggest
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Electronics companies are devising better ways to link Apple's best-selling audio player to a vehicle's stereo.
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Wibree an 'extension' to Bluetooth, apparently Nokia today invited hardware and software makers to join it and implement a new wireless data transfer technology designed to operate over very short distances. Yet the Finnish phone giant insisted the technology, dubbed Wibree, is complementary to Bluetooth.â¦
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The Frankenstein-style gadget combines audio/video playback, VOIP, Wi-Fi, pseudo-GPS and podcast software. In Listening Post.