Staccato CEO says UWB still has more to give

Staccato Communications has been a big fan of this whole wireless USB thing for years now, and while it seems that most of the industry has presumed ultra-wideband as dead and gone, the aforesaid company is still firmly supportive. The company's CEO has issued an absurdly long letter in response to the death knell reports that flowed after UWB mainstay TZero decided to fold, and while we could go on and on about his deepest, darkest feelings on the matter, here's what really counts. The bigwig has suggested that UWB is still far from dead, and in fact, it's just now shaping up to grow. He promises that 2009 has big things in store for the format, and evidently, those "big things" will breath "new life" into the flagging protocol. We're still pretty skeptical that UWB will break out within the next 10 months or so, but we suppose we've seen crazier things come together.

[Via Slashdot]

[twinpeaked @ Feb 23rd 2009 5:02AM]

UWB carpet? sign me up for 4

[drewdoog @ Feb 23rd 2009 12:41PM]

Thats the first thing I saw

[Il_Baffo @ Feb 23rd 2009 5:07AM]

why would we need another wireless transmission standard when WiFi works great ?

[Macca @ Feb 23rd 2009 5:43AM]

Or Bluetooth.

[hottechgirl @ Feb 26th 2009 7:53PM]

Wi-Fi and UWB are two very different technologies. One is for wireless LAN (i.e. connecting to the internet) while the other is for wireless PAN (i.e. connecting devices together). Just like Ethernet and USB, Wi-Fi and UWB are complementary technologies.

[Macca @ Feb 23rd 2009 5:42AM]

She's dead.

[Rick @ Feb 23rd 2009 10:12AM]

Have the engadget lawyers seen this image yet? If T-Mobile can trademark magenta...

[ran @ Feb 23rd 2009 1:20PM]

Yes Apple will sue a blog that promotes their products over an image that only look remotely like the Airport logo.

[bmanoj @ Feb 24th 2009 2:15AM]

Power cords are missing in the above graphic. Power cords would make the setup a bit ugly. Wireless USB helps remove USB cables clutter around the PC/laptop but note that most (if not all) of the Wireless USB peripherals would need external power supply. Wireless USB becomes really useful if there is a need to place the USB peripherals at a distance (say about 5 feet) from the PC/laptop.