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Re: Twiddler2 specs? (fwd)

From: Christopher Allen <>
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 14:55:23 -0800 (PST)

On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Vaughan Pratt wrote:
>> We have shown that a wireless version can be done, but there is no
>> sense in building something people can't afford. We are trying very hard
>> to have this in production by the end of this year. We still plan a
>> wireless version, but prices on components need to come down before this
>> makes sense to do. We are looking at the Bluetooth technology as a low cost
>> wireless possibility for the T3.
>
> Bluetooth is *the* way to go, the market life of any competing
> personal-area wireless approach coming on the market today will be
> one or at best two years.  A Bluetooth twiddler will be able to send
> scancodes and/or ASCII bytes to all Bluetooth-capable devices, which
> combined with the economics of Bluetooth modules (coming in at say $25
> once volume gets under way and then sliding down to $10) will make all

According to wearablesnews.com, Bluetooth is now $5 for everything except
the external ROM, the antenna and the crystal (as announced recently at
CeBIT):

http://www.wearablesnews.com/index.cgi?type=news&state=article&artid=564&metaforum=110&forum=1&user=48

Cambridge Silicon Radio:
http://www.cambridgesiliconradio.com/

-Chris

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