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Via ipodobserver.com
PortalPlayer, which makes the audio processor in the iPod, will soon add WiFi and Bluetooth capability, thanks to a collaboration with UK firm Cambridge Silicon Radio. Tony Smith reported the news for Reg Hardware, noting that the new audio chip [...]
Via biz.yahoo.com
Strategy Analytics asserts that the market for Bluetooth-enabled devices grew to more than 272 million units in 2005, twice the number of units shipped globally in 2004, as outlined in “Bluetooth Doubles: CSR Still Gaining Momentum.” To date, Bluetooth for hands-free cellphones has driven the adoption of Bluetooth. In the future, more users are [...]
Via Prweb.com
Cellink, a major manufacturer of Bluetooth products for cellular technology and consumer electronics markets, today announced that it is expanding its full line of Bluetooth and Radio Frequency wireless accessories from Asia, Australia, and Europe to North America. Cellink products will be initially marketed and distributed in the U.S. by Lexy Pacific Corp.
Via F-secure.com
In August 2004 we warned people about a serious vulnerability in Widcomm Bluetooth stack used by many PC Bluetooth dongles. The Widcomm stack contains vulnerability which allows remote code execution over Bluetooth, so that an attacker or a worm can take a PC over just by being inside the Bluetooth communication range.
Last week people [...]
Via The3gportal.com
In an interview with ZDNet’s David Berlind, BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion’s co-CEO Mike Lazaridis explains why BlackBerrys do not offer 3G modem capability through Bluetooth radios
“BlackBerries can serve as 3G modems,” Berlind explains, “but not through their Bluetooth radios. Instead, a USB cable is required.”
“In our phone call, Lazaridis acknowledged the [...]
If you have a HTC Magician Pocket PC or equivalent device you will be happy after read the post below from msmobiles.com
If you are an owner of HTC Magician Pocket PC phone, i.e. i-mate JAM, T-Mobile MDA Compact, Orange SPV M500, etc. – then we have good news for you: to enjoy stereo audio streaming [...]
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Via Engadget.com
Sometimes the stars align such that we just can’t help ourselves from speculating. As Mobile Content News points out, PortalPlayer, the company that makes the chipset used in the iPod with an estimated 90% of their 3rd quarter 2005 revenue [...]
Via NewsFactor.com
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group is planning to cooperate more closely with the Wi-Fi, Ultra-Wideband (UWB) and Near Field Communications (NFC) wireless standards.
The initiative seeks to combine technologies, functionalities and user interfaces to make them more straightforward for end users.
Bluetooth is used mainly for short-range wireless networks, and has a prime application in connecting [...]
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Via Abcnews.go.com
Printing without cables has been possible for some time. Select printer models have an infrared port for wireless printing—and infrared is still useful, because many notebooks still have the ports, too.
But wireless technology marches on. Wi-Fi [...]
Via Technewsworld.com
“The mass-market adoption of Bluetooth has arguably been stifled by a chicken-and-egg situation where low- to mid-end phones were not Bluetooth equipped, because of the lack of intelligent accessories. This is now changing and may well cause a growth in the general Bluetooth market,” said Dave Steer, director of segment marketing for ARM Ltd.
Industry [...]
