News
Issue #2003 - 12 (April 2003)
(Updated Apr. 9, 2003)

APPLICATION SOLUTIONS & APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

80% of New Mobile Phones To Have Bluetooth By 2006

According to IDC, 80 percent of all new mobile phones and 70 percent of all PDAs are expected to come equipped with Bluetooth access in 2006, compared with only 2.7 percent of phones and 1.1 percent of handhelds in 2002. After almost a year-and-a-half of heavy analyst scrutiny, Bluetooth re-emerged at the end of 2002 as a potentially lucrative technology. Now insiders are singing its praise once again as a cost-saver and cable-cutter, despite competition from emerging standards like Ultrawideband (which is faster than Bluetooth) and ZigBee (which, while slower than Bluetooth, is alleged to be much cheaper to implement and uses a lot less power).

The ZigBee Alliance, including Honeywell, Invensys, Mitsubishi Electric, Motorola and Philips Electronics, is working on a specification that targets building automation and home automation with low-cost, low-power devices that are expected to last several years on two AA alkaline batteries. With ZigBee, homeowners could build a network that would allow them to wirelessly control everything from lighting fixtures to home security systems.

Source : IDC Bluetooth and Zigbee 

MobileInfo Comments and Advisory:  We believe that Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and Zigbee all have their own unique strengths. As such, it is no surprise that Bluetooth will succeed in carving out for itself a niche connectivity role with smart phones. 

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