[Tech] Campana a morto per Bluetooth?

Intel pare intenzionata a ridurre fortemente il suo impegno a favore della tecnologia Bluetooth e a privilegiare invece lo standard emergente conosciuto come Ultrawideband.

Intel's history with Bluetooth, up until now, was solid. It was one of the major backers but the technology took years longer then expected to come to market. It's really never been accepted as a PC standard. Even Microsoft was slow to adopt it due to concerns about the standard. The company's Bluetooth keyboard and mouse were a disaster.



Bluetooth, which has been expanding in the cell phone market strongly, has been appearing on an increasing number of headsets, aftermarket automotive solutions, and recently became a dealer installed cradle option for some cars. Unfortunately, for the PC market, it may have simply taken too long to come to market.

Ultrawideband dovrebbe garantire prestazioni nettamente superiori a Bluetooth, paragonabili a quelle di USB 2.0, e quindi in linea con le esigenze di periferiche quali iPod, dischi e masterizzatori esterni, fotocamere digitali e altri prodotti consumer.



Fonte: Yahoo! News.