abra dabra...ibree dibree...Wibree ......:)
yups, Bluetooth's rival launched by Nokia....
that's called Wibree, and it is also a similar short-range wireless technology just as Bluetooth was, but is much more energy-efficient.
Bluetooth is comonly found in mobile phones, laptops, printers to share /synchronise data wirelessly.
Nokia has been developing this technology for over 5 years, and is looking forward to standardizing it, so that the wireless system can be offered to 3-rd party systems.
Bluetooth started off with less than 1 Mbps data rate, and the latest specifications have taken that upto 3 Mbps.
Wibree is supposed to operate at one-third the data rate, and Nokia, touts that the main use of Bluetooth's younger cousin would be in health monitors, watches, and sports sensors.
The technology is likely to prolong battery life in mobile phones.
With smaller chip-size, the idea is to bring up dual Bluetooth-Wibree devices within next two years.
Wireless telecoms analyst Ben Wood of UK-based Collins Consulting told Reuters news agency says that Bluetooth is clearly not suited to some of the cooler applications like intelligent jewelry, watches - a less power hungry, smaller, cheaper solution will open some interesting new opportunities.
Global sales of Bluetooth chips are expected to be between 500 million and 550 million units in 2006, up from 317 million in 2005, according to market leader CSR.
Ericsson in the 1990s, invented Bluetooth technology and gave it to the market as an open standard. The present challange is to get industry-specific support for another wireless standard, and given the overwhelming number of standards presently playing in the market, its yet to be seen how and who shall manage to justify the commitment to all of them.
The monile users have got used to this wireless technology Bluetooth, and a layman might find it difficult to distinguish between Bluetooth and Wibree as such, given the difference they might be interested in is just the longer battery power.
yups, Bluetooth's rival launched by Nokia....
that's called Wibree, and it is also a similar short-range wireless technology just as Bluetooth was, but is much more energy-efficient.
Bluetooth is comonly found in mobile phones, laptops, printers to share /synchronise data wirelessly.
Nokia has been developing this technology for over 5 years, and is looking forward to standardizing it, so that the wireless system can be offered to 3-rd party systems.
Bluetooth started off with less than 1 Mbps data rate, and the latest specifications have taken that upto 3 Mbps.
Wibree is supposed to operate at one-third the data rate, and Nokia, touts that the main use of Bluetooth's younger cousin would be in health monitors, watches, and sports sensors.
The technology is likely to prolong battery life in mobile phones.
With smaller chip-size, the idea is to bring up dual Bluetooth-Wibree devices within next two years.
Wireless telecoms analyst Ben Wood of UK-based Collins Consulting told Reuters news agency says that Bluetooth is clearly not suited to some of the cooler applications like intelligent jewelry, watches - a less power hungry, smaller, cheaper solution will open some interesting new opportunities.
Global sales of Bluetooth chips are expected to be between 500 million and 550 million units in 2006, up from 317 million in 2005, according to market leader CSR.
Ericsson in the 1990s, invented Bluetooth technology and gave it to the market as an open standard. The present challange is to get industry-specific support for another wireless standard, and given the overwhelming number of standards presently playing in the market, its yet to be seen how and who shall manage to justify the commitment to all of them.
The monile users have got used to this wireless technology Bluetooth, and a layman might find it difficult to distinguish between Bluetooth and Wibree as such, given the difference they might be interested in is just the longer battery power.