http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/ Engadget Comments for CSR demonstrates Bluetooth low energy transfer 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/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/Jul 23rd 2008 2:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/Jul 23rd 2008 5:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/Jul 23rd 2008 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/Jul 23rd 2008 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/
yeah, that's gonna be a weird for sure.

anyone else think that this will make a kludge for handset makers that will now force the secondary BT capability for your headset/symbiot only?]]>Jul 23rd 2008 2:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/Jul 23rd 2008 2:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/
And if they do: BT uses channels with much less bandwith (1MHz instead of 20 like WiFi), and changes them 1600 times/sec, so it shouldn't pose a big problem in any case.]]>Jul 23rd 2008 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/Jul 23rd 2008 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/Jul 23rd 2008 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/Or you can get the 6300 NFC version.]]>Jul 23rd 2008 4:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/Jul 23rd 2008 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/Jul 23rd 2008 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/Jul 23rd 2008 3:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/Jul 23rd 2008 3:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/Jul 23rd 2008 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/Jul 23rd 2008 3:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/
There is a low power BT mode that was referred to as "Ultra Low Power Bluetooth" aka "Wibree" and possibly aka "ULP-BT" (for those who prefer to just use initials), but now is known as "Bluetooth Low Energy" or maybe aka "BT-LE"?

What's the point of BT-LE? I thought that's what NFC (aka Near-Field Communication) was all about. I thought BT 2.1 was supposed to handle that. Or did the BT SIG decide to take that part of BT 2.1 and give it another name (BT-LE) in order to stir up more attention to BT 2.1's NFC capabilities? Is this just some sort of a PR stunt, or did the other names just not catch on for some reason?

Then again, perhaps BT-LE has little or nothing to do with BT 2.1 and its previously advertised NFC capabilities. Is it that BT-LE uses even less energy than BT 2.1 NFC - for use in environments more sensitive to wireless communications, such as medical facilities? After all, some Medical Working Group was witnessing this new BT feature. I just didn't think that's what Wibree - uh, I mean BT-LE - was limited to. I thought the hopes behind Wibree aka BT-LE had a wider scope of application (like peoples' homes) than just medical and other wireless-sensitive facilities.

I guess more of this will be cleared up later. But regardless of what it's called: "low-power", "near-field", or whatever else, I can see a lot of potential use for it in all sorts of environments where more complicated or "chat-heavy" pairing wouldn't be preferred or even needed.

So years away? Perhaps, but I'm not so sure about that. Any form of NFC could catch on quickly, especially in the context of mobile phones.]]>Jul 23rd 2008 4:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/
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