Bluetooth, bluetooth, Blue's Clues

[gomarky]

Okay, let's dive head-on into the new Apple News heap, shall we? What kind of nifty Bluetooth Apple-branded device is being developed by those Cupertino engineers and industrial designers?

Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

Oh, and do you think any of it will be unveiled at MWNY?

I mean, c'mon, this isn't like supporting USB years ago where there wasn't this opportunity to take a technological edge because that dealt only with computer peripherals. This is an opportunity to delve into communications devices. Heck, this fits into Apple's mode of developing something new and nifty to fit rather nicely in the digital hub scheme. Look at what they've done with Firewire and the iPod.

There was no big, profitable reason for Apple needed to show support for Bluetooth unless they see an opportunity to expand in that direction. As far as I understand, with Bluetooth you can communicate with printers, other computers and other cell phones, blah, blah, blah.

But what can Apple possibly make that requires very low bandwidth and at a short distance? Or is this an argument against the possibility of a new Apple-Branded Bluetooth device?

C'mon, people, I want some creative answers here! (Geez, I sound like my high school english teacher...)

 

[Koelling]

The new iMac lends its self to a wireless environment so I suppose keyboards are the logical choice but I would very much like to see something more creative than that. I have no idea what tho. It's either going to be some great, world altering device that nobody's thought of except jules vern or something very disappointing for all the hype that has and will come out of Bluetooth.

 

[googolplex]

bluetooth has been a kind of buzzword for a while, i hope apple can give it a good kick in the butt and get it going.

As to what we will see, I believe that a wireless keyboard and mouse will be first. I also think that bluetooth will be build into the next found of macs for convenience. I'm not really sure what else they could do... A PDA (thats a very cliche rumors now), cellphone, maybe some other kind of home media device. hmmm only time will tell for sure.