Bluetooth takes a new turn, Bluetooth 4.0 with a host of new features – Part 1

For better part of the last one decade, Bluetooth has been a part of our lives and a very important one on that. It all start with file exchanges on cellular phones and the wireless technology evolved into new devices and shapes changing the daily operations and chores with feasibility of wirelessly and remotely doing things.

Now a days, almost everything has Bluetooth nestled into it, be it computers, phones, headsets, keyboards, even videogame controllers. However, with increased dependability of these devices on the wireless technology, the data transfer rate has also increased exponentially.

The latest versions of wireless tech, Bluetooth 3.0 and its variants, have shown little productivity since the Near Field Communication (NFC) spawned last year. Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest Group) took the latest developments seriously and last year, the company announced a new version, Bluetooth 4.0.

Mike Foley, Executive Director for the Bluetooth SIG, announced the new technology. Bluetooth SIG has almost 15,000 companies from different parts of the world and belonging to numerous industries, came up with the development of the new tech.

According to Mr. Foley, the big improvements added to Bluetooth 3.0 and 4.0 were significant. While the general range of the wireless protocol remains the same (up to 300 feet), version 3.0 enabled a much faster theoretical data throughput of 26Mbps compared with the 2Mbps of version 2.1. That’s swift enough says Foley, to handle data intensive tasks like video streaming.

The real benefit of Bluetooth 4.0 is energy efficiency. Designed primarily for devices which collect information frequently, either as much as five times a second or just once every hour, the standard is optimized for long battery life. In fact users may see longevity increase by five to ten times depending on individual usage.

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