Bluetooth SIG adopts 3.0 spec

Bluetooth 3.0 is finally official. As we mentioned a few weeks ago, Tuesday, April 21, was the day the Bluetooth Special Interest Group would officially adopt the Bluetooth 3.0+High Speed specification.

As a reminder, in devices that have both Bluetooth 3.0 and Wi-Fi, Bluetooth will be used to pair the two, but actual data transfer will take place over Wi-Fi via an ad hoc Wi-Fi connection. This is especially useful when moving large files like photos, video, and more. The new specification also addresses energy savings with built-in power controls that will help conserve battery life.

Bluetooth 3.0 will be backward-compatible, and chipmakers like Atheros and Broadcom are already working on making the hardware for it. Consumer products with Bluetooth 3.0 are expected in about nine to 12 months.

[BK216]

Boooo!! Misleading title!

You say "Bluetooth 3.0 Is here" then you say "Consumer products with Bluetooth 3.0 are expected in around 9 to 12 months"

If it was "HERE" then that last statement would read "Consumer products with Bluetooth 3.0 are on their way to stores and shipping now"

[TPCThao]

Didn't you see or read it correctly? It says Bluetooth 3.0 is here. The last sentence says it's "Consumer products"; product as in Bluetooth keyboard, mouse, etc using the standard Bluetooth 3.0.

[slickuser]

Bluetooth is just lame. Just come up with ultra low power mode for WiFi so users can deal with
only one radio.

[julysupernova]

Hi Nicole - for your readers that might be confused about the distinction between 802.11 and Wi-Fi, Bluetooth SIG executive director wrote a blog post to illustrate the difference: http://www.bluetooth.org/mikesblog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=F3163D44-1143-ED82-AA3A11033ED87780

Thanks,
Starr Million Baker for the Bluetooth SIG