Gary, the BlueTooth "How To" information happened to be
on the WiLan Board on Stockhouse.com
I find that my link does not work very well,
so I will take the liberty of reposting the info here.
BTW the company in question is Wi-Lan, with a Toronto
Exchange ticker symbol of T.WIN, and a US tracking
symbol of WILIF, if that is what your are asking.
There is a very active Wi-Lan here on SI, if you are interested.
Wi-Lan, which wants an IPR Company, on the Qualcomm mold,
has their own version of WideBand OFDM Technology.
This technology should be the basis of new 3rd or 4th
Generation Wireless systems and apparently is also going to be the basis of BlueTooth Two -- Ericsson & Wilan have
already demonstrated some form of Bluetooth Two, on an
outdoor track in Texas, it seems.
(These are mostly my own opinions, which are freely given,
and you may consider them in light of their $oo.oo cost)
Regards,
Mardy.
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HOW TO INVEST IN BLUETOOTH ?
SHORTLY : Bluetooth is a radio frequency (RF) specification for short-range, point-to-multipoint voice and data transfer.
It can transmit through solid nonmetal objects. While its nominal link range is from 10 cm to 10 meters, it can be extended to 100 meters by increasing the transmit power.
Bluetooth is based on a low-cost, short-range radio link technology and facilitates ad hoc connections for stationary and mobile communication environments.
Bluetooth characteristics include:
- Operating in the 2.4-GHz Industrial-Scientific-Medical (ISM) band.
- Using frequency-hop (FH) spread-spectrum, which divides the frequency band into a number of hop channels. During a connection, radio transceivers hop from one channel to another pseudo-randomly.
- Supporting up to eight devices in a piconet (two or more Bluetooth units sharing a channel).
- Carrying built-in security.
- Transmitting non-line-of-sight through walls and briefcases.
- Operating in all directions.
- Supporting both isochronous and asynchronous services and enabling easy integration of TCP/IP for networking.
- Being regulated by governments worldwide.
Bluetooth has been generating a lot of interest for the home market, but it is principally a point-to-point wireless technology for transmission over very short distances. In essence, Bluetooth is an RF alternative to infrared. Bluetooth was designed for extremely low-cost, short-distance, low-bandwidth applications and is not a true LAN technology. Developed in 1998, it uses 2.4-GHz frequency-hopping spread-spectrum technologies to establish radio links for personal-area networks (PANs). Currently being adopted as the initial IEEE 802.15 standard, the Bluetooth format has an operating range limited to about 30 feet and can achieve data rates of only 1 Mbit/second. But it is the ideal solution for users who want to link portable devices such as cellular phones to personal digital assistants.
eoenabled.com (HOME NETWORK overview)
THE OFFICIAL BLUETOOTH WEBSITE bluetooth.com
INDUSTRY REVIEW ON BLUETOOTH by VALUE LINE valueline.com
moneycentral.msn.com
TRY A BITE OF NEW-AGE WIRELESS WITH BLUETOOTH
Some of the world's biggest companies are betting a technology called Bluetooth will let phones, PDAs, PCs, cameras -- even vending machines -- chat, and all without cables. Investors may want to place the same bet.
How to invest in Bluetooth?
EXCERPT : A much smaller player to keep an eye on is Extended Systems. This company makes interface software used to translate Bluetooth signals as they move from applications to hardware. It's hard to make a case for investing in the company right now because it has weak earnings-estimate revisions due to changes in other parts of its business. Still, the company is a promising Bluetooth play -- given that the Palm Inc. (PALM, news, msgs) division of 3Com has chosen it as a supplier. "It is hard to tell when it will really take off, but eventually Bluetooth will be a very significant part of their revenue," says Rich Valera, who covers the firm for Needham.
netimperative.com 3&ArticleType=2 (Bluetooth everywhere by 2004 : 'some figures')
taken from Value Line.....
We kick off Value Line's coverage of Extended Systems in this week's edition of the Investment Survey. With its early inroads in Bluetooth protocols, this developer of short-range communications solutions for wireless appliances is well positioned for stellar top-line gains in the years ahead. XTND has established itself as a trailblazer in the Bluetooth software market. The Company's leadership position is best demonstrated by its impressive list of clients (Intel, Fujitsu, 3com, Palm, Motorola). These relationships with device manufacturers and platform developers provide a solid foundation for growth.
The sheer size of Extended's potential market is tremendous. By establishing a standardized wireless protocaol, the Bluetooth consortium significantly increased the probability of success for any single wireless product. Companies are now more apt to develop new and creative applications for use in the home and at the office, each of which have the potential to benefit Extended financially. In the interim, the Company has already made its mark in the handheld device arena with Palm, Microsoft, and Ericsson all licensing its synchronization software products. Extended should reap rewards as handheld computers and smartphones gain further market acceptance, presumably when more applications are developed for these devices and/or prices begin to fall.
redherring.com REDHERRING BLUETOOTH ARTICLE
Bluetooth nears maturity, creating significant startup opportunities.
By Justin Hibbard
From the December 04, 2000 issue
Never buy a cable again! Connect your cell phone to any device in the world! Monitor your invalid grandmother's heart rate from the office!
That's just a sample of the breathless claims made about Bluetooth, the short-range wireless protocol with the flashy name. Usually such hype is a sure sign that a technology initiative is marketing rubbish. But the sheer number of companies -- over 2,000 at last count -- that have devoted engineers, intellectual property, and, most importantly, cash to developing Bluetooth can't be easily dismissed. Heavyweights like IBM (NYSE: IBM), Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), Ericsson (Nasdaq: ERICY), and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) have contributed over 300 engineers to the effort at a cost of roughly $50 million a year.
Excerpt : .......The first generation was dominated by chipmakers, two of which, Innovent and Pivotal Technologies, were snatched up earlier this year by Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) for $440 million and $250 million, respectively. At least a half-dozen Bluetooth chipmakers remain independent, including Cambridge Silicon Radio and Silicon Wave. Companies that make the Bluetooth protocol stack -- basic software for Bluetooth devices -- were also in the first generation. Widcomm and EXTENDED SYSTEMS (Nasdaq: XTND) are exemplary companies in that field.
EXTENDED SYSTEMS BLUETOOTH SITE
extendedsystems.com
cnetinvestor.com; (Most Recent Broker Reports/ EXTENDED SYSTEM COVERAGE)
messages.yahoo.com 092 (Stephens Inc. INVESTMENT THESIS on XTND)
biz.yahoo.com (XTND is not only BLUETOOTH : EXTENDED SYSTEMS' Synchronization and Management Technologies to be Used in IBM's WebSphere Everyplace Suite biz.yahoo.com
"As the device market proliferates, data synchronization is the key function necessary to link services to the enterprise," said Jon Prial, director of marketing of IBM’s Pervasive Computing division. "Extended Systems’ product provides a technology needed in IBM’s WebSphere Everyplace Suite."
biz.yahoo.com (IBM & PALM : solutions is based on IBM's just-released WebSphere Everyplace Suite)
palowireless.com (GREAT BLUETOOTH INFO SITE)
opengroup.org (BLUETOOTH MEMBER LIST)
softtooth.com (BLUETOOTH RESOURCE)
search.mb.yahoo.com (follow my name for more BLUETOOTH articles)
SOME FREE BLUETOOTH INFO......
The Official BLUETOOTH Signal Newsletters :
bluetooth.com (No. 6 incl. XTND Bluetooth synchronisation article)
bluetooth.com (No. 5)
bluetooth.com (No. 4)
SIGN UP TODAY : Bluetooth SIGnal
Bluetooth SIGnal is the official newsletter of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG). It is published in digital format every two months and covers key issues involving the development, introduction and application of the Bluetooth wireless technology.
bluetooth.com
BLUETOOTH WORLD Magazine.
BLUETOOTH WORLD is the Industry's only Bluetooth specific magazine fully supported by the Bluetooth SIG.
Published four times a year by InformaTelecoms/Technology Publications. Each quarter the magazine promises to bring the reader an enlightened and informative view on developments, movements and changes.
You can get a FREE supscription at bluetoothnewsreel.com
Contents of issue 1, sept 2000 :
- Industry news (Texas/Lucent e.g)
- News Analysis (about the Bluetooth market)
- Story about Bluetooth Qualification Products
- column Talking Blue : with Microsoft
- Bluetooth chips
- 802.11 and BLUETOOTH
- company listings (Incl. Extended Systems)
and many more items.
Do your own DD, and happy investing !
Good luck...........
Angel. |
