Transferring files over Bluetooth is often a very “liberating” experience in the sense that you are free from cords and restrictions. BT file transfers have been with us for many years now and I’m sure made the lives of countless individuals much more enjoyable easily sharing information and media with friends and co-workers. In the age of HD video, higher quality music downloads, and 50 megapixel cameras, the media that we are storing and transferring is getting larger and larger. Granted, methods of transportation such as broadband speeds are picking up, however Bluetooth is lagging behind in the speed department without any substantial increases in sight. Can new WiFi technologies help?
Don’t get yourself down, there is light at the end of the tunnel and hope for wireless file transfers after all. WiFi is quickly becoming a standard feature (except on Verizon) on smartphones and even creeping down into mid and lower end handsets as well. So far we have been able to connect to WiFi networks to browser the web, as well as use our phones as WiFi hotspots. However the day of relying on a network or hub will soon be coming to a close. The WiFi alliance is slaving away on getting device-to-device WiFi up and running in order to push it out into the world as a higher speed offering for large wireless file transfers among other things. Let you imaginations run wild with the possibilites device-to-device WiFi could open up. Expect this new wireless greatness to be ready sometime in 2010. *Fingers crossed*
Source: Into Mobile
