PCWorld - A standards group on Tuesday approved specifications for a new Bluetooth standard that speeds up wireless data transfers between devices like smartphones and laptops.
The new Bluetooth 3.0 standard boosts wireless data transfers between devices to 24Mbps from 3Mbps, said Michael Foley, executive director of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, a group developing the standard. The Bluetooth 3.0 specification is an update from the Bluetooth 2.1 protocol, which was adopted by the group in 2007.
Bluetooth wireless technology is commonly used to pair mobile phones with wireless headsets for hands-free talking. It is also used to connect a cell phone to a laptop to synchronize data or transfer multimedia files without using wires. Over 2 billion devices have shipped with Bluetooth built in, according to Bluetooth SIG.
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