dr.faramroze 703 Report post Posted July 26, 2011 The Next Wave: First Bluetooth v4.0 Products Reaching the Market The first products with Bluetooth v4.0 are starting to arrive, beginning with a heart-rate strap and new computers from Apple. This trickle will soon turn into a flood. These pioneering products will soon be joined by Bluetooth v4.0 smart phones, as well as a plethora of new health & wellness devices, consumer electronics devices, and PC peripherals. Bluetooth v4.0 phones arriving in a few months A big shift will begin before the end of this year, when the first mobile phones with Bluetooth v4.0 technology begin to ship. By the end of 2012, virtually all new smart phones will include Bluetooth v4.0 technology. This will allow phones to continue to connect with the billions of Bluetooth devices in the market today, in addition to new devices with Bluetooth v4.0 and its hallmark feature, low energy technology. Here is a roll call of some the first Bluetooth v4.0 devices: Apple releases world's first computers with Bluetooth v4.0 MacBook Air The new MacBook Air—Apple's thinnest and lightest notebook—adds Bluetooth v4.0. This will allow it to wirelessly connect to the next generation of mobile phones and many other devices coming out later this year with Bluetooth v4.0. The new MacBook Air also features the latest-generation Intel Core i5 and i7 processors, high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology, and all-flash storage. Mac mini Like the MacBook Air, the new Mac mini also adds Bluetooth v4.0, which wil allow it to wirelessly connect to the next generation of Bluetooth v4.0 phones and other devices coming out later this year. The new Mac mini also features the latest dual-core Intel Core i5 and i7 processors, AMD Radeon HD graphics, and high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology. Dayton and Nordic Semiconductor create first heart strap with Bluetooth v4.0 Dayton heart-rate strap Dayton Industrial Co. Ltd has created the world's first production-ready Bluetooth v4.0 heart-rate chest strap, using a new Bluetooth v4.0 low energy chip from Nordic Semiconductor. The device is now ready to go into production and will be able to pair with the new wave of Bluetooth v4.0 phones expected out later this year. Users won’t need a special matching watch like most heart-rate monitors use today. According to Nordic, the strap can be paired with a phone or other Bluetooth v4.0 device in seconds, allowing people to display their heart rate on their phone while they work out and analyze it afterward. Source:- http://www.bluetooth.com/Pages/Bluetooth-v4.0-Products.aspx 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
