Nokia floats Wibree - a low-power, low-cost Bluetooth-alternative
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Nokia is floating the idea of a new low-cost, close-range wireless standard, Wibree, that consumes far less power than Bluetooth and makes connectivity possible even with watches, toys, sports-sensors and other small devices powered only by button-cells.
Wibree would also lessening the close-range power-requirements of existing wireless devices, such as keyboards and mice - and of mobile phones, too.
Devices using Wibree will, it's said, deliver Bluetooth-like performance within at a range up to 10m, with a data rate of 1Mbps. Although Wibree will be seen as rival to Bluetooth - which in some cases it clearly is - Nokia says that it can be easily integrated with Bluetooth solutions.
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