Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Sony To Make Protocol To Compete With Bluetooth
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "NEWS" @ 04:00 AM
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080107-sonys-transferjet-to-take-on-bluetooth.html
"Never one to settle for an open standard when the opportunity to push a proprietary alternative presents itself, Sony has announced that it will wade into the next-generation short-range interconnect wars with a proprietary new wireless spec called "TransferJet." Sony's proposed TransferJet spec has a physical peak transmission rate of 560Mbps and would appear to compete directly with short- and medium-range ultrawideband-based offerings like wireless USB (W-USB) and the next generation of Bluetooth technology. But in spite of any similarities to either W-USB or Bluetooth 3.0, both of which are based on the same WiMedia radio technology and promise transfer speeds in the 480Mbps range, Sony's TransferJet has some distinguishing characteristics that set it apart from the pack."
That's awesome. All those users with Sony devices can talk to each other and swap Memory Sticks, isolating themselves from the rest of the portable electronic universe. Someone needs to hit Sony with a clue-stick. :roll:
"Never one to settle for an open standard when the opportunity to push a proprietary alternative presents itself, Sony has announced that it will wade into the next-generation short-range interconnect wars with a proprietary new wireless spec called "TransferJet." Sony's proposed TransferJet spec has a physical peak transmission rate of 560Mbps and would appear to compete directly with short- and medium-range ultrawideband-based offerings like wireless USB (W-USB) and the next generation of Bluetooth technology. But in spite of any similarities to either W-USB or Bluetooth 3.0, both of which are based on the same WiMedia radio technology and promise transfer speeds in the 480Mbps range, Sony's TransferJet has some distinguishing characteristics that set it apart from the pack."
That's awesome. All those users with Sony devices can talk to each other and swap Memory Sticks, isolating themselves from the rest of the portable electronic universe. Someone needs to hit Sony with a clue-stick. :roll:
