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Bluetooth 4.0 on new Air
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ultra low powerSo what's the new technology about? Looks interesting.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20003029-94.html
Ultra low power scares me. I've not had a good experience with my previous generation Air (in clamshell mode) maintaining a decent Bluetooth connection to my Apple keyboard/mouse, and they're only slightly over a foot away.
Ultra low power scares me. I've not had a good experience with my previous generation Air (in clamshell mode) maintaining a decent Bluetooth connection to my Apple keyboard/mouse, and they're only slightly over a foot away.
Reading the spec, it shows that it allows for the computer (base) to interface with low power devices, such as watches, heart monitors and phones. Where this may lead is to wireless keyboards, mice, trackpads powered from watch batteries or fewer AA batteries than current. However, I think were this implementation will work well with the air is actually in "range", as it piggybacks on the 802.11 signal to give you somewhere like 200 feet of reception, or approximately the same as your wifi base station signal.