Comments on: Will WiFi Direct kill Bluetooth?

By: Agrimensor

Agrimensor — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:27:02 +0000

No.The peripheral capability of bluetooth is its strongest point.Having to use it for internet is just a bonus.And I dont see wi-fi touching that area.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:28:53 +0000

I would say no, Bluetooth will stay for some application such as headset, GPS receiver, input devices (keyboard, mouse, etc.), printers, proximity lock and other devices that requires short range distance. For sure BT has lots to offer as stated by ‘Erin’ about its lower power consumption. And in the future an increase on bandwidth and data rate are possible.

By: Jhay

Jhay — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:59:53 +0000

And I thought Wi-Fi would not develop any further. Regardless of Bluetooth being killed or not, a new step forward in wireless technology is always a good thing.

By: Dave Starr

Dave Starr — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:34:25 +0000

The potential TI refinement is indeed noteworthy. (od course, if it happens).

However there is nothing about the technology, per se, that make Wi-Fi more or less power consumptive. Bluetooth has always struck me as a vastly over designed ‘propeller head’ sort of spec, designed by a committee of engineers, each one demanding that his special contribution be thrown into the mix. And then at the end of the day it does what? Replaces the free copper wire that connects my head set to my phone? Wow, nearly as impressive as a moon mission, that .. replaces a half a meter of wire.

The current distance record for Wi-Fi is well up in the hundreds of miles … yes you read that right. So the reason to have Bluetooth when low powered ad hoc Wi-Fi can do the same job, better? I have no idea.

Since the first day I saw the Bluetooth spec the concept of a self-licking ice cream cone has stuck in my mind .. definitely a solution in search of a requirement. Nice toy, though.

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:20:31 +0000

its a contender but there is another bluetooth innovation up the horizon. Texas Instruments just announced[1] a miniaturized bluetooth chip that would sip very little power (one year on a single button cell battery). if this proves to be true then it can extend the life of bluetooth as a short-range wireless transfer protocol.

[1] http://j.mp/HEZka

ciao!

By: Eizan

Eizan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:35:47 +0000

I dunno, probably in the long run, yes, but it’s too early to say it will kill the Bluetooth technology in the country. Afterall, not everyone owns a 3G/Wifi-enabled phone.