Coming mid-2010 there will be a new Wi-Fi standard that will allow any Wi-Fi gadget to connect wirelessly with each other without having to go through a wireless router. The best thing: It will only require a software update.
The new standard is called Wi-Fi Direct and, unlike the peer-to-peer Bluetooth, the technology will enjoy the same speed and range as Wi-Fi. The Wi-Fi Alliance—which includes Intel, Microsoft, and Apple—says that it will hitch any device equipped with Wi-Fi within a 300 feet (90m) range, from computers to cameras to TVs to printers to anything in between. All peer-to-peer.
The Wi-Fi Alliance and everyone else—including myself—is pretty excited about this. So excited that they are planning a big media campaign. And since it will only require a downloadable software patch, you can expect the technology to become ubiquitous pretty fast.
Farewell, Bluetooth. It was not a pleasure to meet you every time I needed to move files. [Business Week]
Joshua
October 15, 2009 at 8:09 AM
um…I can already do this with my laptop and my ipod touch. I just share my optus wireless broadband stick through the wireless network card. It doesn’t work with my ps3 though.
It would be great if apple supported this on their ipod touch and iphones, so I can send files from one touch to another and play multiplayer games.
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