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"Nokia today took the wraps off of Wibree, a new short-range wireless system that acts like Bluetooth but promises to go well beyond mobile phones and PC peripherals to find its way into smart watches, remote control toys, and even sensors for sports equipment. The new radio technology was developed by the Nokia Research Center as an initiative designed to enhance connectivity for small-scale devices."

Not that we need another wireless technology to confuse the market or anything… nice work Nokia. Somehow I don’t see the Wibree name living too long though. For one it’s not very catchy… ah good enough, I don’t want to offend anybody. Anyway, joy of joys another thing that my device can use to connect to other random devices around… but the really catchy thing about this new concept I thought was this:

The primary difference from Bluetooth is that Wibree is optimized for smaller devices that consume very little power, said Tierala. "It uses power based on the size of the data packet being sent, whereas Bluetooth uses only a fixed packet size," said Tierala.

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[tags]Wibree, Nokia, short-range wireless[/tags]

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