Why Bluetooth Version 2 Matters

TechWorld's Peter Judge talks about why the new Bluetooth Version 2 spec matters. Increased bandwidth and speed with lower power consumption are only a couple reasons.

“”Bluetooth 2.0 also reduces the power consumption by about half,” said Edlund. He also promises that newer Bluetooth devices will make it easier to run several applications at the same time.

The speed improvement is real however: “It goes up from a maximum of 771 kbit/s to 2.1 Mbit/s, with a gross data rate of 3 Mbit/s. This is still only about half the speed of traditional 802.11b Wi-Fi, but nevertheless, more of a serious speed. ”

Luckily for the Bluetooth group, WiFi is still a costly addition to any cell phone, so they still have this market nailed.

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