Bluetooth 3.0 plus HS announced

Bluetooth, but faster

Bluetooth 3.0 plus HS announced . Biz, Phones, Gadgets, Bluetooth, Wireless, Wi-Fi 1

22 April 2009 9:02 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has officially adopted Bluetooth Core Specification Version 3.0 High Speed, or Bluetooth 3.0 + HS.

This latest iteration of the wireless tech claims to provide the same wireless Bluetooth experience - but faster.

This news means manufacturers can now build their products to send large amounts of video, music and photos between devices wirelessly at decent speeds, with the first products due to market in 9 to 12 months.

Bluetooth 3.0 gets its speed from 802.11 Wi-Fi, offering data transfers at the approximate rate of 24 Mbps. In addition, power saving is promised with Bluetooth 3.0 devices.

Applications possible with the new spec include wirelessly bulk syncing music libraries between PC and music player or phone, bulk download photos to a printer or PC and the ability to send video files from camera or phone to computer or television.

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  • This goes somewhat against the point of Bluetooth doesn't it? It was intended to be low transit and low power. We already have full fat Wi-Fi for mullering our batteries. Also, given that this would appear to be new hardware, you'd need to re-purchase all of your gear (phones/printers/pmp's before you even get to see a 1/4 of the speed increase of your existing wireless fidelity setup. Posted by L.Rawlins, UK
  • Too little, too late perhaps?

    A guy on the Panasonic booth at TGS Live was showing me a new television set with ethernet and a widget dashboard built right in, and when I asked him about Bluetooth connectivity he drew a blank.

    They aren't doing Wi-Fi yet due to bandwith constraints, especially with regard to streaming HD, so what chance does Bluetooth 3.0 have of ever being picked up by any HDTV manufacturer?

    It seems a little redundant.

     Posted by L.Rawlins, UK

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