James Delahunty
29 Mar 2006 15:50
Two groups, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group and WiMedia Alliance, are aiming to use Bluetooth technology to send video between devices in the home. The groups include the world's largest electronics firms such as Microsoft, Nokia and Intel. They claim that by 2008, the short-range radio system will be 100 times faster than current devices. A statement said that the new version of Bluetooth will meet "the high-speed demands of synchronising and transferring large amounts of data".
Specifically, new version of Bluetooth will enable connections of 100MBPS. The technology is now used mainly with mobile phones to link them to separate devices such as headphones or microphones. The current data transfer speeds are less than 1MBPS. For video and television streaming from one device to another, a speed of at least 10MBPS is required.
Home entertainment systems are becoming even more popular and now consumer electronics giants are aiming to bring wireless technology to devices. Bluetooth at 100MBPS seems a good candidate to link up devices in a home without the extra clutter of wires and cords, but unfortunately we'll have to wait until 2008 to see it in action.
Source:
BBC News