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> Put Bluetooth Low Energy radios in the next iPhone.

Not sure this is what you meant, but the iPhone 4S already has a Bluetooth Low Energy radio and an API to control it (CoreBluetooth).



Thanks. I knew they included Bluetooth 4.0, but Low Energy was left out of the specs page. I actually still can't find any mention of it except in CoreBluetooth - their site organization is a bit painful if you're not there to buy.

There's also a demo implementation for Android by one of the radio manufacturers - not great, but maybe usable for initial development. This is much more significant on iPhone because it diffuses into the market more rapidly than a single model of Android handheld usually will.


As we support USB you can add Low Energy Bluetooth that way. I believe Bluegiga just release some in USB format.




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