Engadget RSS Feed http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2013 AOL Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/ <![CDATA[Android to get built-in Bluetooth Smart Ready support this year]]> http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/15/android-to-get-built-in-bluetooth-smart-ready-support-this-year/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/15/android-to-get-built-in-bluetooth-smart-ready-support-this-year/ http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/15/android-to-get-built-in-bluetooth-smart-ready-support-this-year/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments Android to get builtin Bluetooth Smart Ready support this year

As powerful as Android can be, Bluetooth is one of its glaring weaknesses: the absence of a default Bluetooth framework has led to inconsistent implementations from both device builders and app developers. Google is at last covering that gaping hole, however. As hinted earlier today, it's incorporating Bluetooth Smart Ready support (that is, Bluetooth 4.0 on a dual-mode chip) in an upcoming version of Android. Having a common platform should allow for more reliable behavior, not to mention fewer roadblocks to using low power Bluetooth Smart (single-mode Bluetooth 4.0) devices like the Fitbit Flex. There's only one catch that we can see, so far: when Google hasn't said how soon we'll get that Android upgrade, wireless peripheral lovers will have to remain patient.

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Source: Bluetooth Blog

]]> androidbluetoothbluetooth4.0bluetoothsigbluetoothsmartbluetoothsmartreadygooglegoogleio2013mobilepostcrosssmartphonetablet Wed, 15 May 2013 21:42:00 -0400 21|20571369 <![CDATA[Samsung's rumored dust and waterproof Galaxy S 4 Active shows up in Bluetooth certification]]> http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/13/samsung-galaxy-s-4-active-bluetooth-sig/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/13/samsung-galaxy-s-4-active-bluetooth-sig/ http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/13/samsung-galaxy-s-4-active-bluetooth-sig/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments Samsung's rumored dust and waterproof Galaxy S 4 Active shows up in Bluetooth certification

Samsung's Galaxy S 4 Active -- a dust and waterproof version of the company's flagship -- is currently just a rumor, but documentation has started popping up online to lend some corroboration. A handset going by the handle GT-I9295, which SamMobile has linked to the S 4 Active, has shown up in a Bluetooth SIG filing. Furthermore, a user agent profile for the same model lists the display resolution as 1080p, matching that of the standard GS4. With all these small clues pointing in the same direction, the existence of an S 4 for outdoorsy types is starting to look more like a dead cert.

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Source: Bluetooth Special Interest Group

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