Nokia pulling a "Sony" ?...
 

After the memory card mess, a new "silver bullet" wireless standard... Sheesh, just what we needed ! Hope it doesn't make it into the next tablet...

http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardwar.../1346230.shtml

Barring this happens then it's not such a big deal unlike Sony who tries to keep everything under and license to them hence all their past failures such as beta tapes, mini disc & memory sticks to name a few.

"open" or not (TBD), it's still one more "standard" in a field that already has too many.

The rumor I heard was that Nokia had already tried to get this technology in under the wire as a "bluetooth extension" by the Bluetooth Consortium and that the other members more or less rejected the idea.

I see no problem since it uses a" dual-mode chip that includes both Bluetooth and Wibree"

If it were Sony then you wouldn't be able to use bluetooth also :)

This obviously raises a new question: as someone pointed out elsewhere, just about the only advantage Nokia claims Wibree has over Bluetooth, is less power consumption. A dual-mode chip kinda blows that single advantage right out of the water...

I believe it also has better rejection in signal polluted areas

How so?

If you have new wibree enabled headset, GPS etc. those will of course benefit lower power consumption. I would like to keep my 770 always connected to net via my mobile, but bluetooth does not allow this. It just uses too much power when connection is idle. If my mobile and 770 had this wibree thingie it might be possible. And with dual mode chip you could still use old bluetooth equipments with it.

I certainly want to see this thing in action before saying if it is good or bad. Bluetooth has some problems in the power consumption field so there is some possibilities with this one if it can carry out all it promises.