For over a decade Bluetooth has dominated the personal area connectivity space. During that time a multitude of profiles have been developed to describe various end-user scenarios. Ironically, the audio-based applications continue to dominate the usage cases that consumers really use.
At the time of writing, according the SIG website, nearly 60% of all qualifications to-date have been for products that use audio as their primary mode of operation. Data is still important, but to most consumers Bluetooth is for audio and Wi-Fi is for large chunks of data.
With the recent addition of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to the Bluetooth specification, Bluetooth enters a new era.
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