Monday, October 6, 2003
Study: Bluetooth Shipments Double in 2003
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 10:00 AM
"A study has predicted that shipments of Bluetooth devices will double to 70 million units in 2003, with steady growth to follow over the next few years. The Frost & Sullivan report states that: "Bluetooth has come a long way from the simple cable-replacement technology unveiled in 1998. Critics would be hard-pressed to name any other wireless communications technology that has managed to achieve the volumes and diversity of deployment of Bluetooth in just six years."
The article goes on to talk about how many of the big companies that initially were heavily invested in Bluetooth (like Motorola) have since scaled back their hopes. No doubt - Bluetooth hasn't lived up to a fraction of the hype. I've grown more impressed with it in the past few weeks, but it's still too hard to set up and get configured. Bluetooth continues to remain a great IDEA, but is inconsistent in vendor implementation, which means mass-consumer adoption just won't happen yet.
The article goes on to talk about how many of the big companies that initially were heavily invested in Bluetooth (like Motorola) have since scaled back their hopes. No doubt - Bluetooth hasn't lived up to a fraction of the hype. I've grown more impressed with it in the past few weeks, but it's still too hard to set up and get configured. Bluetooth continues to remain a great IDEA, but is inconsistent in vendor implementation, which means mass-consumer adoption just won't happen yet.
