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...Norwood Systems Private company based in Richmond, England CEO: Paul Ostergaard What it does: Uses Bluetooth wireless technology for office connectivity Why it is hot: Weeks after it launched in January its technology won the grand prize at the Comnet networking conference in Washington, D.C., beating out players like WorldCom and Cisco www.norwoodsystems.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wireless | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

...Integrating mobile phones with TV is the next step. Once Bluetooth -a short-range radio technology that allows electronic devices to communicate with each other automatically -is widely deployed, viewers who order tickets to a pop star's concert via their TVs could arrange to have the electronic tickets sent directly to their mobile phones. That's what they would present at the door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let Us Entertain You | 3/26/2001 | See Source »

...PETS, NO WIRES The Holiday Inn Wall Street, which already claims to be "New York's most technologically advanced hotel," will shortly become the first hotel in the world equipped with cutting-edge Bluetooth wireless technology. Guests will be able to check in and out, get into their rooms and eat at the in-house restaurant, all using only a Bluetooth-enabled cell phone. Not that anybody has one of those yet. But if anyone did, that would be cool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Jan. 29, 2001 | 1/29/2001 | See Source »

Even more promising is the so-called Bluetooth technology (named after a 10th century Viking king), which uses short-range radio waves to enable any two devices to transmit data up to 328 ft. Expected to take off next year, Bluetooth will allow users of any digital camera to send images to their cell phones. The phones can then beam the files to a website. This will eliminate the need for a pricey wireless modem card (currently about $400), making the cameras much more economical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Take A Picture That Can Fly | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...industry is also banking heavily on another form of wireless--short-range-radio technology, the basis for its new Bluetooth protocol (named for a 10th century king who unified Denmark). Bluetooth, whose first stages will be rolled out this summer by a consortium of industry titans including Nokia, Ericsson, IBM and 3Com, will eventually let all your devices talk to each other and work together. Click on a name in your Bluetooth-enabled PDA, and it will find your cell phone (even if it's still in your briefcase) and place the call. If you have a Bluetooth-enabled earphone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wireless Summer | 5/29/2000 | See Source »

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