<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
<channel>
<title>Engadget - Comments for Bluetooth 2.1 on the way: near-field communications and 5x battery</title>
<link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</link>
<description>Engadget Comments for Bluetooth 2.1 on the way: near-field communications and 5x battery</description>
<image>
<url>http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif</url>
<title>Engadget</title>
<link>http://www.engadget.com</link>
</image>
<language>en-us</language>
<copyright>Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.</copyright>
<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Bluetooth 2.1 on the way: near-field communications and 5x battery]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</guid><description><![CDATA[It has been saying all over the news sight for the bluetooth sig that they were headed towards bt 3.0 with ultra wide band (wireless usb) type <a href="http://www.batteryfast.co.uk/acer/batbl50l8h.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.batteryfast.co.uk/acer/batbl50l8h.htm</a><br> speeds, and there was also going to be support for hd video and audio streaming thanks to the new speed, where did they pull this "2.1" sh@! from, why don't they just go to 3.0 with uwb, the improvements on 2.1 are superficial and will just be a stupid upgrade,]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[laptop]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 20th 2008 10:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Bluetooth 2.1 on the way: near-field communications and 5x battery]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</guid><description><![CDATA[So would this require a new Bluetooth card or just a firmware update (for computers)?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Battousai8728]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2007 8:07AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Bluetooth 2.1 on the way: near-field communications and 5x battery]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</guid><description><![CDATA[ohh. WTF!<br>Instead of getting my macbook pro last year, Im waiting till june like a good little boy for when leopard and all the good craps in it. <br>And now they do this to me...<br><br>I can only hope they'll pull a shifty and stash  draft-Bluetooth 2.1 into mine. Then charge me extra so for something the hardware should of/could of already do...<br><br>meh.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Marsh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2007 8:42AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Bluetooth 2.1 on the way: near-field communications and 5x battery]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</guid><description><![CDATA[I hate incremental versions of anything. That decimel point pisses me off!  :-P]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[PEZ]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2007 8:56AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Bluetooth 2.1 on the way: near-field communications and 5x battery]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yeah, and my Treo is still stuck on BT 1.2. Time to switch to a BB.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2007 8:54AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Bluetooth 2.1 on the way: near-field communications and 5x battery]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</guid><description><![CDATA[No one tells anyone how wonderful bluetooth can drain the heck out of you battery or catch wireless viruses!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Hillman, Andrew Hillman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2007 9:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Bluetooth 2.1 on the way: near-field communications and 5x battery]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</guid><description><![CDATA[No one tells you that, Andrew, cause it's simply not true. Every phone I've ever owned with Bluetooth, I leave it on all day, in discoverable mode. I have yet, in 3 years, to get a single Bluetooth virus, and my battery lasts just fine. <br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ricky Cadden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2007 9:53AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Bluetooth 2.1 on the way: near-field communications and 5x battery]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</guid><description><![CDATA[Battery drain? Yes, I've seen lots of posts about that on Howardforums.<br><br>Wireless virii? Not so much.<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[h0mi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2007 11:44AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Bluetooth 2.1 on the way: near-field communications and 5x battery]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</guid><description><![CDATA[Perhaps, if we are very lucky, this will blow less than Bluetooth 2.0]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kynetx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2007 10:06AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Bluetooth 2.1 on the way: near-field communications and 5x battery]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</guid><description><![CDATA[Don’t go getting all gassed up if you have Verizon! This is just another cool consumer tech enhancement that they will simply GIMP! They’ve done it before (proudly), and they will do it again. “VERIZON DON’T LOVE YOU HO’s” ;^)...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frankenstein Black]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2007 10:42AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Bluetooth 2.1 on the way: near-field communications and 5x battery]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</guid><description><![CDATA[That was such a horrible and campy video.  Andru is a horrible interviewer, the interviewee was given no instruction as to where to look, 'um' was said far too many times... it was painful to watch.<br><br>The technology was drool-worthy though.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Beckman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2007 11:38AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Bluetooth 2.1 on the way: near-field communications and 5x battery]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</guid><description><![CDATA[It has been saying all over the news sight for the bluetooth sig that they were headed towards bt 3.0 with ultra wide band (wireless usb) type speeds, and there was also going to be support for hd video and audio streaming thanks to the new speed, where did they pull this "2.1" sh@! from, why don't they just go to 3.0 with uwb, the improvements on 2.1 are superficial and will just be a stupid upgrade, causing you to have to waste your money buying all new stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!! <br>bluetooth sig needs to pull their head out of there holes!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taylor Kemp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2007 12:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Bluetooth 2.1 on the way: near-field communications and 5x battery]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</guid><description><![CDATA[look at these news releases on the bluetooth sig website, they don't just hint at, but blatently say "bluetooth via UWB" and "bluetooth at 480mbps"<br><br>Read these 3 <br><a href="http://www.bluetooth.com/Bluetooth/Press/News/Bluetooth_Wireless_Technology_over_UWB_Demonstrated_at_Bluetooth_SIG_All_Hands_Meeting.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.bluetooth.com/Bluetooth/Press/News/Bluetooth_Wireless_Technology_over_UWB_Demonstrated_at_Bluetooth_SIG_All_Hands_Meeting.htm</a><br><br>and this video:<br><a href="http://www.click-incisor.com/click-flash-player.php?movie_file=AndersEdlund_B-SIG.flv" rel="nofollow">http://www.click-incisor.com/click-flash-player.php?movie_file=AndersEdlund_B-SIG.flv</a><br><br><a href="http://www.bluetooth.com/Bluetooth/Press/News/Open_Interface_and_Alereon_first_to_demonstrate_480_Mbps_emBluetoothem_over_WiMedia_UltraWideband.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.bluetooth.com/Bluetooth/Press/News/Open_Interface_and_Alereon_first_to_demonstrate_480_Mbps_emBluetoothem_over_WiMedia_UltraWideband.htm</a><br><br><a href="http://www.bluetooth.com/Bluetooth/Press/News/High_Speed_emBluetoothem.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.bluetooth.com/Bluetooth/Press/News/High_Speed_emBluetoothem.htm</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taylor Kemp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2007 12:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Bluetooth 2.1 on the way: near-field communications and 5x battery]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</guid><description><![CDATA[Anyone considered the mental distress you could cause with this technology and a phone full of goatse and tubgirl pictures in a Best Buy or Brookstone that had frames featuring this technology?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Jonze]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2007 2:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Bluetooth 2.1 on the way: near-field communications and 5x battery]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Near Field phone from Nokia has been testing in NYC for a few months now. It's a trial with Cingular and Citi-Card's PayPass. You can use the phone wherever there's a paypass reader, and there are some RFID posters that direct you to links in the phone's browser.<br><br>I've been using it since January and I'm going to be incredibly sad to give it back. Everyone seems hung up on the Bluetooth aspect, but the NFC is even more interesting if you ask me. Finally, some of the Japanese e-wallet technology is coming to the US.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Max_k]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 8th 2007 3:54AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Bluetooth 2.1 on the way: near-field communications and 5x battery]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/bluetooth-2-1-on-the-way-near-field-communications-and-5x-batte/</guid><description><![CDATA[Of course although the 'near field' concept seems pretty clever and nice it does mean that if someone simply amplifies the field with 'near field' specs he can mess with everybody's equipment that then thinks something is 'near', some joker could make all printers in a few mile radius print goatse andsoforth for instance, or display it on all lcd-frames in a store.<br>On the other hand, it also allows printing political manifests anonymously, which could be good, or bomb threats, which would be bad.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wwhat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 16th 2007 2:04PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
