Bluetooth
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Revision as of 19:25, 12 April 2009
The Bluetooth was developed in 1994 by Sven Mattisson and Jaap Haartsen, working for Ericsson Mobile Platforms in Lund, Sweden.
Bluetooth was named after a late tenth century king, Harald Bluetooth, King of Denmark and Norway. He is known for his unification of previously warring tribes from Denmark (including Scania, present-day Sweden) and Norway. Bluetooth likewise was intended to unify different technologies, such as computers and mobile phones.
Bluetooth offers services that enable the connection of devices and the exchange of a variety of data classes between these devices. Bluetooth wireless technology is a short-range communications system mean to substitute the wires connecting electronic devices. It is a standard that wirelessly connects mobile phones, portable computers, cars, stereo headsets, MP3 players, and more. The key features of Bluetooth wireless technology are robustness, low power, and low cost.
The specifications were formalized on May 20, 1998, by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG).
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--Morsall 15:18, 12 April 2009 (EDT)
