http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/ Engadget Comments for Wibree, Nokia's new standard, to replace Bluetooth http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/Oct 3rd 2006 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/Oct 3rd 2006 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/Oct 3rd 2006 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/
Nokia - "The future is backwards".]]>Oct 3rd 2006 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/
You were right on target when you said "It seems like Nokia is gambling pretty hard"...]]>Oct 3rd 2006 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/
I think makers were wanting it to hit the magical $5 cost to add it to a device before they starting adding it into devices. I don't know the current build cost, but I would guess it is less than $5.

If they are pushing a new "standard" they better push hard, quick, and CHEAP or it will die on the vine.]]>Oct 3rd 2006 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/
BT, UWB, Zigbee, and now Wibree. Crazy.]]>Oct 3rd 2006 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/Oct 3rd 2006 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/
Let's see 10x less draw but 11x worse range. Doesn't sound efficent to me at all.

Not to mention it has only half the bandwidth. That's another multiplier of 2. That about makes this technology 22X less efficient than technology already used en mass. Nice to see R&D funds are being put to good use at Nokia.]]>Oct 3rd 2006 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/Oct 3rd 2006 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/Oct 3rd 2006 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/more efficent wifi chips.. none of this "wibree taking the p*** stuff.]]>Oct 3rd 2006 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/Oct 3rd 2006 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/
As for engadget's "huckster" claim: I don't agree.

1) Dual chips (BT+WiBree) could be user configurable: allowing you to turn off one or the other depending upon your peripheral needs. So the power drain advantage could still be there with these chips.

2) Even if the power advantage were only to be realized in the long term, a transition phase would be worth it in order to get the market there eventually.

Pete]]>Oct 3rd 2006 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/Oct 3rd 2006 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/
WiBree is designed for new sectors where using Bluetooth is technically impossible or impractical. Devices that you want to have to recharge every 4 days, like watches and other low-power devices.

If this gets wireless tech into a broader range of devices and Nokia promotes this as an open standard, which they are, then all power to them.]]>Oct 3rd 2006 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/So if it's battery efficient it's good. But the data rate shouldn't be lower than blootooth.]]>Oct 4th 2006 1:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/I just bought a new mac laptop with bluetooth, and now i have to spend $30 on an an ugly adapter that will be a pain to always plug in, to replace something my computer already has built in? And that "10X more effiency" is really going to make my laptop battery last longer... As far as I can tell, leaving bluetooth on makes no change in my battery length anyway!]]>Oct 3rd 2006 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/Oct 5th 2006 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/http://programs.bluetooth.org/mikesblog/ ]]>Oct 5th 2006 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/wibree-nokias-new-standard-to-replace-bluetooth/Jun 12th 2007 8:27PM