bluetooth

Bluetooth major player - Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR) , reducing its revenue targets till the end of the year found its shares fall 15 percent in trading. As CSR comments the reduction can be explained by the number of new low-spec, low-cost cellphones that don't use Bluetooth chips and are also targeted to enter markets as India and China where customers need only the possibility to make calls and that's all.

A new short-range wireless connection was uncovered by Nokia being smaller and more energy-efficient than current Bluetooth technology that is possible to be used in small devices such as watches.

Nokia Research Center developed a new technology called “Wibree” that can work together with Bluetooth short-range wireless connections and using just a fraction of the power.

Sony Ericsson and Fossil unveiled the MBW - 100 Bluetooth Watch. Sony Ericsson provided Bluetooth 2.0 technology for this devive and Fossil supplied with watch technology and design. The MBW - 100 allows users to control calls and music from the watch, users have the possibility to view text message alerts also. When a call comes in, the name or number appears on the OLED watch face.

Nokia today announced a new quad-band GSM/EDGE clamshell phone Nokia 6085. Its subtle, organic design lines, clear keypad and an uncluttered menu structure make the Nokia 6085 convenient to use.

The Nokia 6085 features include:

• a highly readable, large 262k color screen
• the blue light (monochrome) external display
• a built in camera with a video recorder
• Micro SD slot capable of using 2 GB cards
• built-in music player
• FM radio
• stereo Bluetooth headsets.