Bluetooth is dead -- or at the very least in trouble.
Sure, you can point to BlueTooth devices still being sold, but lots more devices have infrared and nobody actually uses that either. Maybe Bluetooth will eventually succeed, but it's prospects don't look good.
SCKT is teeney-tiny company. It may find a savior, but BlueTooth won't be it.
- Charles
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thestreet.com
Microsoft (MSFT:Nasdaq - news) has abandoned the Bluetooth wireless standard in favor of 802.11b.
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zdnet.com.com
Microsoft neuters Bluetooth
By Richard Shim
Special to ZDNet News
April 5, 2001, 12:55 PM PT
Bluetooth, the wireless technology that is supposed to connect cell phones, handheld computers and other devices in a personal-area network, remains all bark and no bite.
Microsoft will not add support for Bluetooth to its next version of the Windows operating system, XP.
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Bye-bye, Bluetooth
news.com.com
August 13, 2001, 4:00 AM PT
It is time to say goodbye to Bluetooth, the much-marketed and much-mentioned technology standard for connecting mobile devices to one another.
Such a drastic statement is likely to draw criticism, especially from those still hard at work on Bluetooth-related products. However, think of it this way--if this article leads toward an earlier termination of those efforts than would have happened through natural evolution, you are probably better off.
Bluetooth will fail to be relevant.
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Bluetooth backers plead for patience
By Bruce Gain
(06/01/01 16:24 p.m. EST)
Bluetooth proponents next week will again try to convince an increasingly skeptical audience that interoperability and pricing issues will not derail the technology's deployment.
It appears the OEMs and their component suppliers converging in Monaco for the annual Bluetooth Congress have their work cut out for them.
Industry executives and analysts agree on the long-term prospects for Bluetooth wireless communication, but their ranks are riven by concerns about standards, unfulfilled expectations, and other teething problems that any new technology must overcome before gaining widespread acceptance.
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January 28, 2002
Failed Promises, Revolt in Digital World
eweek.com
Bluetooth is a nice idea, and someday, the wireless technology may be as seamless as its advocates want us to believe, but, today, that connectivity is still out of reach. As eWeek Labs Technical Analyst Jason Brooks explains, the proprietary tweaks introduced by vendors prevent one of the most talked-about Bluetooth promises wireless printers from being easy to use or universal.
Vendors don't seem to be able to resist making tweaks that can give the appearance of adhering to standards but, in reality, lock you in to one approach. Maybe it is the legacy of the Bluetooth name.
And while the Bluetooth market remains in turmoil....
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