A standard has yet to be ratified for ultra wideband technology, but sooner or later, there will be one, if not more. Of course, this will lead to a whole set of issues that we've discussed time and again here. If and when that happens, what happens next? Glenn Fleishmann has a nice overview of UWB and speculates what the future holds for the technology, including wireless USB, consumer-oriented products such as computers and other mobile devices.
This niche blog has now been merged into the The Wireless Report (www.thewirelessreport.com), which covers all things wireless.
1. The ultra wideband technology is headed in the wrong direction. It is not the standard for it that should be rectified. This leads to the proliferation of devices necessary to expoit the technology and an extra financial burden on the public. They have to buy the cellular phones that confirm to WCDMA or CDMA containg the 802.11 Chips or otherwise wireless enabled by the use of wireless cards, to subscribe to wi-fi hotspot service or look for free wi-fi hotspots to use these Pcs. Instead there is a simple solution. Instead of developing a UWB standard redevelop the method of surfing the web so that it becomes server oriented as discussed at NEW ERA WISP.
If such a method of surfing the net was developed one device would be needed to make cellphone calls and to surf the net. That device is a wireless handset that can send text messages in addition to making voice communications.
Such a development would be a bad news for Hackers, Music, Video & Software piracy advocates and cellphone manufacturers who want to develop and push the sale of high end cellphones.
Posted at 5:25AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Satish Bhardwaj