iPhone 4S First Phone for Low-Power Bluetooth

Peter Svensson reporting on the iPhone 4S and the bluetooth tech Apple packed inside: >The phone, which went on sale Oct. 14, is the first one to have a new type of Bluetooth chip that can connect using very little power. The chip uses so little power that it can go into devices that are…

Peter Svensson reporting on the iPhone 4S and the bluetooth tech Apple packed inside:
>The phone, which went on sale Oct. 14, is the first one to have a new type of Bluetooth chip that can connect using very little power. The chip uses so little power that it can go into devices that are powered only by a standard “button cell” or watch battery.

He notes that this allows communication with devices like watches, glucose and heart monitors — pretty neat.

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