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14/01/2008 GMT 1

History of Bluetooth Technology

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  • The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is formed with five companies.

  • The Bluetooth SIG welcomes its 400th member by the end of the year.
  • The name Bluetooth is officially adopted.
  • The Bluetooth 1.0 Specification is released.

  • The Bluetooth SIG hosts the first UnPlugFest for member engineers.
  • Bluetooth technology is awarded "Best of Show Technology Award" at COMDEX.
  • First mobile phone.

  • First PC Card.
  • Prototype mouse and laptop demonstrated at CeBIT 2000.
  • Prototype USB dongle shown at COMDEX.
  • First chip to integrate radio frequency, baseband, microprocessor functions and Bluetooth wireless software.
  • First headset.
  • First printer.

  • First laptop.
  • First hands-free car kit.
  • First hands-free car kit with speech recongition.
  • The Bluetooth SIG, Inc. is formed as a privately held trade association.
  • First keyboard and mouse combo.

  • First GPS receiver.
  • Bluetooth wireless qualified products now number 500.
  • IEEE approves the 802.15.1 specification to conform with Bluetooth wireless technology.
  • First digital camera.
  • First MP3 player.

  • Bluetooth Core Specification Version 1.2 adopted by the Bluetooth SIG.
  • Shipment of Bluetooth enabled products hits rate of 1 million per week.
  • First FDA-approved medical system.
  • The Bluetooth SIG adopts Core Specification Version 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR).

  • Bluetooth technology reaches an installed base of 250 million devices.
  • Product-shipment rate surpasses 3 million per week.
  • First stereo headphones.
  • Product shipments soar to 5 million chipsets per week.

  • The Bluetooth SIG welcomes its 4,000th member.
  • The Bluetooth SIG Headquarters opens in Bellevue, WA; regional offices open in Malmo, Sweden and Hong Kong.
  • First sunglasses.
  • First watch.

  • First picture frame.
  • Bluetooth wireless reaches an installed base of 1 billion devices.
  • Bluetooth enabled devices ship at a rate of 10 million per week.
  • The Bluetooth SIG annouces it will integrate Bluetooth technology with the WiMedia Alliance version of UWB.
  • First alarm-clock radio.
  • First television.

  • The Bluetooth SIG welcomes its 9,000th member.
  • SIGnature, The Bluetooth quarterly, makes its debut at the Bluetooth SIG's All Hands Meeting in Vienna, Austria.
  • Bluetooth SIG Executive Director, Michael Foley, wins Telematics Leadership Award.
  • Wibree Forum merges with Bluetooth SIG.
  • Core Specification v2.1 + EDR announced.
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