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Nokia (News - Alert) is getting closer to unveiling Bluetooth technology that will bring wireless connections to devices that are too small for regular Bluetooth chip. The company is receiving additional support from the Bluetooth Special Interest Group.
The new technology, named Wibree, enables wearable devices like watches, heart rate monitors, pedometers and pill boxes to communicate with Bluetooth-equipped cell phones or computers. This opens up a lot of new possibilities for small devices which could not use Bluetooth earlier. For example, with the help of this device, a watch can display the incoming text message and an action toy can sense the presence of the other toys and react accordingly.
Bluetooth is widely used as the interface between the cell phones and the wireless headsets. Since Wibree will use a lower data rate and much less power than Bluetooth, a device can use smaller batteries that don't have to be charged often. This is not the case in Bluetooth enabled devices.
Nokia started developing Wibree since 2001 and announced the technology in last October. Through the Wibree forum, a group specifying the technology, Nokia has been forming partnerships with other companies to license and explore the business possibilities of Wibree.
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group, a trade association with 8,000 member companies responsible for advancing Bluetooth, will greatly advance Nokia’s efforts by merging with the Wibree Forum. The Wibree specification will become part of the Bluetooth specification as an ultra low-power Bluetooth technology.
Michael Foley, director of the Bluetooth SIG, said in a statement, “Our members have been asking for an ultra low power Bluetooth solution for a long time. With Nokia's innovative development and contribution to the Bluetooth specification with Wibree, we will be able to deliver this in approximately a year.
Raju Shanbhag is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To see more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.
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