At 15 Jan 2008 19:02:36 +0000 John Navas wrote:

> Read _all_ the links I provided and/or do some homework. Bluetooth 3.0
> and Wireless USB are capable of speeds of 480 Mbps in close proximity
> and 100-110 Mbps at 10 meters


Which begs the question "why do we need yet another close-proximity
wireless standard?" (Of course the obvious answer is "oh yeah, this is Sony,
who gave us the Memory Stick, despite the perfectly good CF and SD
standards already available..."


> Sure, since the actual advantage, from the consumer standpoint at least,
> is huge, since no special cable is needed.

Right- just another wireless "standard" to make sure the rest of equipment
already uses. Frankly I'd rather see all of my equipment adhere to the
defcto mini-USB standard so I can leave a mini-USB cable hanging off of all
my equipment. It's nice to have one cord connect and power my devices- my
PDA phone, BT headset, GPS, digicam, etc. Makes packing your power/data
cords easy when they're all the same! ;-)