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• Home Network Technologies Will Coexist, Not Compete, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-07-29

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Consumer electronics products no longer exist in a vacuum: increasingly they are linked to each other via a number of short-range radio technologies. CE vendors, faced with a series of overlapping use-cases, network areas, standards, and technologies, need to understand the applications best suited to each, and...

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• Cameras, Bluetooth, and Music Top Consumers' Lists as "Must Have" Features on Mobile Phones, According to ABI Research

  - 2008-07-09

  NEW YORK -- Digital camera functionality, Bluetooth connectivity, and music/radio playback on mobile phones are the top three features that consumers consider essential for the next mobile phone they will purchase, according to a recent ABI Research survey of 1,402 current wireless subscribers in seven countries. The desire for camera...

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• Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Markets Are Evolving in Different Directions, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-06-25

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Global markets for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi both continue to show strong growth and will remain the leading personal area networking technologies, but prices and market developments are pushing each of them in new directions, according to a new short-range wireless communications forecast from ABI Research. Senior...

  Tags: ABI Research, Bluetooth, Chipsets, Components, handset, HARDWARE, Semiconductors, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• Nearly 2.4 Billion Units of Bluetooth-Enabled Equipment to Ship in 2013, According to ABI Research

  - 2008-06-04

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- A new study from ABI Research forecasts that close to 2.4 billion units of Bluetooth-enabled equipment are expect to ship worldwide in 2013. Of these, more than half will be cellular handsets; adding the accompanying headsets brings that figure to more than 75% of the total market....

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• As the Bluetooth SIG Announces its Use of 802.11, Questions Loom About Ultra-Wideband's Future, According to ABI Research

  - 2008-05-15

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Members of the Bluetooth SIG Special Interest Group announced the development of Bluetooth over 802.11, giving Bluetooth a boost in data rate transfer and helping to quench consumer demand for added speed. Consequently, the UWB (Ultra-Wideband) market worries that this announcement may slow down or even suspend...

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• Mobile Users Will Be Winners with High Speed Bluetooth, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-04-23

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- "High Speed Bluetooth," a new combination of Wi-Fi (802.11) and Bluetooth technologies, is certain to benefit users who transfer large multimedia files between wireless devices such as cellular handsets, according to a new Research Brief from ABI Research.

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• Nearly One Billion Bluetooth-Enabled Devices to Ship in Asia in 2013, According to ABI Research Forecast

  - 2008-04-14

  SINGAPORE -- While Bluetooth has been in the market for almost a decade, it has not proliferated widely in Asia. In terms of consumer awareness, this region still lags behind others. However, the picture is changing, especially when it comes to cellular handsets, and a new study from ABI Research...

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• Bluetooth Continues to Connect Electronic Games, but According to ABI Research, Growth Will Be Volatile

  - 2008-01-08

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Most personal area networking PAN connectivity employed in electronic games today is provided by Bluetooth. Of the three giant gaming vendors that control most of the market - Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft - only Microsoft has employed a proprietary connectivity technology. Bluetooth is set to grow strongly...

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• ABI Research Finds ULP Bluetooth Ready to Revolutionize the Role of PAN Technologies in Sports, Wellbeing, and Exercise Markets

  - 2007-10-16

  LONDON -- ULP Bluetooth formerly Wibree holds the key to a huge potential market for personal area network sensors in the areas of sports, exercise, health, and wellbeing. ABI Research forecasts that by 2012 the market for ULP enabled PAN sensors in this area will represent nearly 140 million units....

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• Next-generation Bluetooth finds a niche.(GLOBAL DESIGNER)

  - 2006-08-01

  IS Bluetooth dead in the water? Not if you believe ABI Research (www.abiresearch.com), which predicts that vendors will ship more than 500 million Bluetooth radios this year. In a study entitled "Bluetooth: The Global Outlook," the consulting company predicts that sales of Bluetooth-equipped devices will grow...

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