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To: DanZ who wrote (16270)	10/10/1998 11:18:00 AM
From: Brian Lempel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Dan, I heard some time ago that Nokia was going with the VLSI ASICS, too. Brian

To: DanZ who wrote (16270)	10/10/1998 2:33:00 PM
From: Ramus	Respond to of 152472

Dan, Bluetooth technology is aimed at wireless connectivity between devices. It is not a new form or wireless for mobile such as GSM or CDMA. From the Bluetooth website: "The Bluetooth air interface is based on a nominal antenna power of 0dBm. The air interface complies with the FCC rules for the ISM band at power levels up to 0dBm. Spectrum spreading has been added to facilitate optional operation at power levels up to 100 mW worldwide. Spectrum spreading is accomplished by frequency hopping in 79 hops displaced by 1 MHz, starting at 2.402 GHz and stopping at 2.480 GHz. Due to local regulations the bandwidth is reduced in Japan, France and Spain. This is handled by an internal software switch. The maximum frequency hopping rate is 1600 hops/s. The nominal link range is 10 centimeters to 10 meters, but can be extended to more than 100 meters by increasing the transmit power." If you connected your laptop to your GSM phone today using Bluetooth true you would have a 1Mbit pipe from laptop to phone but you would still have a 9.6kbps pipe from your phone. Bluetooth won't really come into it's own (full utilization of it's 1mbps capacity) until the realization of 3G air interfaces. W.

To: DanZ who wrote (16270)	10/10/1998 4:04:00 PM
From: Quincy	Respond to of 152472

Lets compare chips: Qualcomm's MSM3000: qualcomm.com VLSI's VLSI+: vlsi.com Give 'em both a lookover. I like VLSI. Most popular GSM chip manufacturer. But, Q's 86Kbps data/IS95B support looks mighty attractive on the MSM3K. Look forward to seeing what the future holds for both companies. Houston is right, though. Bluetooth isn't intended to have much range. And, higher data rates aren't going to make the Nokia9000 more attractive to me. Sorry.

To: DanZ who wrote (16270)	10/10/1998 6:02:00 PM
From: Jon Koplik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Dan - regarding ... It is my understanding that MOT uses their own ASICs in their handsets I thought MOT (basically) almost bet their whole handset franchise on developing their own CDMA ASIC, failed miserably, and then gave up and agreed to buy Qualcomm ASIC chips through a face-saving back door route (from a Korean company that buys the chips from QCOM before re-selling them to MOT). If this is wrong, someone please correct me. Jon.