Friday, September 6, 2002
Sony and Philips create a new wireless standard...
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "NEWS" @ 09:00 AM
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-956779.html
"Philips Electronics and Sony announced Thursday that they plan to work together on new wireless technology that will allow consumer devices to "talk" to each other." Oh goodie! Because IR and Bluetooth aren't enough.
So, a bunch of people from Sony and Philips got around a table and said:
• We need something we can get licensing revenue from.
• It need to be very very short range - say, 6 inches.
• Speed isn't important, so 200kbps is fine.
• We need something we can get licensing revenue from.
And Near Field Communication, or NFC was born. "NFC will allow data to be transferred over a wireless spectrum at 13.56MHz. Devices such as mobile phones, digital cameras, handhelds or personal computers will be able to "talk" within a range of 20 centimeters and at speeds of up to 212kbps."
Someone just shoot me now. Thanks to Racer-X for the link.
"Philips Electronics and Sony announced Thursday that they plan to work together on new wireless technology that will allow consumer devices to "talk" to each other." Oh goodie! Because IR and Bluetooth aren't enough.
So, a bunch of people from Sony and Philips got around a table and said:
• We need something we can get licensing revenue from.
• It need to be very very short range - say, 6 inches.
• Speed isn't important, so 200kbps is fine.
• We need something we can get licensing revenue from.
And Near Field Communication, or NFC was born. "NFC will allow data to be transferred over a wireless spectrum at 13.56MHz. Devices such as mobile phones, digital cameras, handhelds or personal computers will be able to "talk" within a range of 20 centimeters and at speeds of up to 212kbps."
Someone just shoot me now. Thanks to Racer-X for the link.
