Bluetooth 4.0 To Reach Devices In Fourth Quarter

angry tapir writes "The Bluetooth 4.0 wireless specification could start to appear in devices such as headsets, smartphones and PCs by the fourth quarter, said the Bluetooth Special Interest Group. The new specification will be able to be used in lower-power devices than previous versions of the technology, including watches, pedometers, smart meters and other gadgets that run on coin-cell batteries."

Not Pedometers!

[Anonymous Coward]

Not Pedometers! Won't somebody think of the children??

That is MOST impressive

[erroneus]

From science fiction to science fact! While the time difference is much less significant than the time difference indicated in the movie "Frequency", performing a radio frequency transaction to devices in the fourth quarter while we are in the first quarter is quite impressive. It should be enough to collect useful information such as lottery numbers.

Re:Not Pedometers!

[maxwell demon]

Quite the opposite: You want to have as many meters as possible between a child and a pedo.

pedometers,

[Chrisq]

pedometers?

Pedometers! Think of the children! Don't let these meters anywhere near our kids

And don't sciken me with your "Bluetooth Special Interest Group", I don't want to know about your special interests.

Re: pedometers,

[Ivan Stepaniuk]

FAIL, this devices do not pose any risk for the children. On the contrary, they are used for measuring how pedophile a person is, wirelessly, and can be used to protect children from the otherwise unnoticeable offenders, either human or running bear.

Re:They're rolling out Bluetooth 4...

[I confirm I'm not a]

That's nothing - I'm still waiting for TeX [wikipedia.org] to hit version 4. It seems like it's been around the 3.14159 point forever!

Re:Lower power devices

[Chrisq]

No, your running is just confined to a treadmill connected to a generator.

Re:So

[martas]

wireless headphones suck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RbDe8ftdAw [youtube.com]

Re:They're rolling out Bluetooth 4...

[maestroX]

TeX version 4 has problems with rendering circles, stick with the current version for ever.

Bluetooth 3.0

[Crock23A]

I must be getting old. I completely missed Bluetooth 3.0!

Re:Not Pedometers!

[aylons]

Just the opposite: every children should carry a pedometer. Then, when an individual with a high pedo degree approaches, it beeps on alert.

Re:Not Pedometers!

[davester666]

If such a device could be made, then children would make a game out of getting it to beep the loudest...