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1. High-bandwidth Bluetooth 3.0 expected for April 21

   (Networking/Networking Features)

   It seems we may be getting a much faster Bluetooth technology soon. Previously called Bluetooth UWB, the new Bluetooth 3.0 is expected to be at least 18 times faster that the current 2.0 + EDR version. ...

2. IOGEAR Wireless USB Hub and Adapter Review: Deja Vu all over again

   (Networking/Networking Features)

   ... started to ship its "Cable Free USB" Hub that the company announced at the 2006 Consumer Electronics show. The delay was caused by Freescale’s quiet exit from the UWB market, which left Belkin (and ...

3. Consumer Electronics Show 2007

   (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

   ... hybrid camcorder and a $2500 50" LCD Webaroo promises free offline browsing D-Link puts draft 11n in new networked media player Asus demoing UWB HDMI connection system First horseman ...

4. Wireless USB nears last hurdle before launch of consumer products

   (Networking/Networking Brief)

     Almost three years after it debuted at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), wireless USB remains one of the most promising implementations of ultra wideband (UWB) short-range radio technology, but ...

5. Apple comes out with new 8 GB Ipod Nano Red

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Adding to its extensive library of Ipod models, Apple today announced plans to release an 8 GB version of its special edition Ipod Nano Red. Set to launch in stores this weekend for $249, it will try ...

6. Wiquest wireless USB adapter earns FCC certification

   (Networking/Networking Features)

   Fabless UWB semiconductor company Wiquest Communications today announced that its wireless USB external adapter reference design has been approved by the FCC. ALLEN, TX - Fabless UWB semiconductor ...

7. Wireless USB hub slated for November arrival

   (Networking/Networking Features)

   ... in November. The hub can be used, with a connection to a USB dongle, to provide a wireless connection to most USB devices, according to Y-E Data. The technology is based on Wisair's Ultra Wideband (UWB) ...

8. Ultra-wideband USB hubs make waves at Computex

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Both Iogear and Wisair are showing UWB wireless USB hub technology which they claim will be capable of transmitting up to 480 Mbps, enabling up to four simultaneous wireless connections to such high-bandwidth ...

9. Ultra-Wideband and USB: Q&A with Calvin Harrison of Freescale

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

   ... (UWB) as a technology of great promise but delayed by a battle over an IEEE 802.15.3a standard between, basically, Freescale (and Motorola) on the one hand and Intel on the other. In the case of Intel, ...

10. Belkin delays shipments of its CableFree USB hub until July

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    ... - the supplier of the UWB technology used in the product - would respond to queries about the reason for the slip. Westlake Village (CA) - A company spokesperson yesterday confirmed that the first ship ...

11. IEEE UWB group throws in the towel

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... of the task group, and today voted to withdraw the January 2003 project authorization request (PAR) that initiated the development of high data rate UWB standards. In response, the two groups responsible ...

12. CES 2006: First UWB USB products to support single links only

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    ... easy-to-use high speed short range wireless connectivity. But TG Daily has learned that these first products will not be able to support multiple UWB connections. The Belkin product will include a four-port ...

13. CES 2006: Highlights of Thursday's coverage from TG Daily

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... 3.5" screen, on-board flash, and SD. Freescale beating WiMedia gang with real UWB products? If product announcements are any indication, Freescale could be the first to market with a real, live wireless ...

14. CES 2006: Freescale beating WiMedia gang with real UWB products?

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Freescale and the Intel-backed WiMedia Alliance have been duking it out for a year or so with competing approaches to UWB-based "wireless USB." But if product announcements are any indication, Freescale ...

15. Wireless USB hub reference design unveiled

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    ... Wireless USB will be a big trend in 2005; now we see this promise to appear again for 2006. If it will hold up, remains to be seen. Related stories: Ecma releases UWB standard, confirms submission to ISO ...

16. Ecma releases UWB standard, confirms submission to ISO

    (Networking/Networking Features)

      The standardization body Ecma, which calls itself "European association for standardizing information and communication systems" released a standard for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) that is based on the ...

17. Fujitsu and Staccato claim first W-USB digital camera platform

    (Networking/Networking Brief)

      Fujitsu and San Diego-based Staccato Communications today announced a joint development of a wireless universal serial bus (USB) demonstration system that builds on Staccato's Ripcord UWB SC3100D ...

18. CES: Freescale demos first Ultra-Wideband-enabled cell phone

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

      Freescale, the semiconductor spin-off of Motorola, will show at the Consumer Electronics Show the first cell phone with Ultra-Wideband technology (UWB). Freescale, the semiconductor spin-off of ...

19. IDF: UWB technology interoprablility over Wireless USB demonstrated

    (Networking/Networking Brief)

    ... (UWB) specifications. Intel, NEC, Texas Instruments and Wisair today showed their products exchanging data with each other in the world's first multi-vendor interoperability demonstration of the Wireless ...

20. UWB group dumps IEEE to speed wireless USB, 1394

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Ultrawideband (UWB) will not only co-exist with rival Personal Area Network standard Bluetooth but may ultimately form the basis for its future, members of newly formed UWB industry bodies suggested ...

21. COMDEX: Monday Report

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... among rival factions before then, as UWB's has. Although not officially at the show, SanDisk and SyChip got in touch to discuss the disappointing throughput results in my recent review of SanDisk's SDIO ...