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Re: RE: was Digital Audio/ now Ir and IRDA
- Subject: Re: RE: was Digital Audio/ now Ir and IRDA
- From: Mark McCall
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 13:54:00 +0000
> Bluetooth has been 'just around the corner' for a number of years now.
I agree! Wonder if it will "arrive" this year.
> 802.11b is somewhat of a rival for it and is becoming increasingly
popular - there are advantages and disadvantages to
> both, so it may be some time before a clear winner emerges...
True, these are really 2 different things though. 802.11 a/b is a decent
system for wireless LAN. BUT at a price!
BlueTooth is primarily a cable replacement technology (mobile phone to PDA,
PC to Printer etc). It's short range but cheap and at the $5 a chip level
it COULD be built into a lot of stuff.
Interesting time :)
M.
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