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Still waiting for Bluetooth 3.0 to hit your phone? Stop living in the past man. Bluetooth SIG Executive Director Mike Foley said the 4.0 version will be hitting devices by the end of the year.
In an interview with Good Gear Guide, Foley said the latest version will focus on power management and it will enable manufacturers to include it in small devices that use coin-cell batteries (like watches or pedometers). Previously, Bluetooth could only be implemented in larger batteries. There doesn’t seem to be many more details about what’s new, but it will retain the ability to use 802.11 WiFi to transfer data. More functionality is always good but, like Bluetooth 3.0, don’t look for this version to hit the mainstream for a while.
[Via Good Gear Guide]
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Marin Perez has torture tested cell phones and smartphones for industry leaders like CNET and InformationWeek. He remembers when 4G was just a screen on PowerPoint presentations and is fascinated with the amount of innovation out there. Marin has spent a lot of time with BlackBerry and Android but he finally broke down a bought an iPhone to see what all the hype's about. He also has too many tablets.
