[Macworld]

Post your comments for Data transfer rates to jump with Bluetooth 3.0 here

[Filburt]

One of my favorite Bluetooth features is frequency hopping. Wi-Fi, as far as I am aware, still lacks this feature to this date. How would WiFi radio affect frequency hopping in Bluetooth 3.0?

[reallycrazy]

What they need to focus on more is the marketing side of BlueTooth. There are all kinds of devices that are BlueTooth-enabled, but it is exceedingly difficult to figure out which parts of the BlueTooth spec it actually supports. And it's worse for cell-phones, because you can't even count on what the manufacturer says the phone supports, because the wireless-provider you buy the phone from may have arbitrarily disabled some or all of the devices BlueTooth capabilities.

[hmurchison]

+1 reallycrazy says it all.

Bluetooth is a huge disappointment to me. I expected a lot more out of it than simple cordless headsets and speakerphones.

I need to know that when I see that Bluetooth logo I'm getting a certain amount of functionality and to date they have not provided that. I shouldn't have to go digging into the manual to find out that the phone I just bought doesn't sync contacts with the Bluetooth in my navigation system because of unsupported features.

Fool me once...

[samrod]

"Although the high-speed radio itself can be more taxing on a battery than the classic Bluetooth radio, the high-speed radio is also able to send data faster and can therefore be in use for a shorter period of time," Foley said.
But how power does it consume in standby or discovery mode, when it's not transferring data? Most cell phone users leave their BlueTooth enabled without ever using it or even knowing what it's for. What are the wattage, range and frequency specs on BT3.0 compared to BT2.1? The article mentions better disruption handling, how about error checking and security?
just curious,
samrod

[folklore]

Are existing Bluetooth devices firmware-upgradable to v3.0?

[Loren]

I'm ready for wireless video. Where's the wireless video?

[hayesk]

Loren said:

I'm ready for wireless video. Where's the wireless video?

If the bandwidth spec is true, it will come. But there are plenty of Wi-Fi devices that can play video. Why is it important that Bluetooth have it?