Decius wrote:
] flynn23 wrote:
] ] okay, I predicted that BlueTooth would die a horrible death.
]
] ] But this would make me more wrong than right.
]
] I disagree in any case. Bluetooth, like XML, works because it
] standardizes things people do anyway. Wireless keyboards and
] mice. PDA/cellphone integration with computers. "Beaming"
] digital business cards. Laptops talking to desktop printers
] without a print server.
]
] These aren't very exciting applications and none of them are
] "enabled" by bluetooth, but bluetooth makes them
] interoperable, which will make them finally more ubiquitous
] and not simply a feature of a particular vendor's equipment.

Re-read my statement. I'm saying I was wrong. Mostly. I don't think Bluetooth will live as _the_ standard for doing these things. It's too slow. But my original guess was that higher protocols would marginalize Bluetooth's impact (read: IP).

RE: UWB might be coming sooner than you think