Number of Bluetooth Accessories Grows Sharply

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Number of Bluetooth Accessories Grows Sharply

By Ed Hardy | Editor-in-Chief

Jan 26, 2004

Until last year, Bluetooth was caught in a "chicken and egg" situation. Companies were uninterested in releasing Bluetooth-enabled handhelds because there were no Bluetooth-enabled peripherals and peripherals makers were unwilling to make Bluetooth-enabled peripherals because there were no Bluetooth-enabled handhelds.

The logjam finally broke last year, as numerous handhelds were released with built-in Bluetooth. In fact, almost every high-end model released in the second half of 2003 had Bluetooth. This was because the "killer app" had been discovered: wirelessly connecting to a mobile phone for Internet access.

Now that there a plenty of Bluetooth-enabled handhelds, companies can see the advantage of making peripherals for them and a surprising number have been announced in just the last month.

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