Bluetooth, a popular protocol for short-range networking, zips along at up to a megabit per second, but it bogs down when more than eight devices are linked up.

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While the device uses the same radio frequency band as the upcoming personal area networking technology Bluetooth, it uses a different transmission protocol.

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But FHSS lives on in today's mobile phones: it is the basis of Bluetooth, a short-range wireless protocol that is used to connect handsets to other nearby devices.

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Jawbone ICON for Cisco Bluetooth Headset will intelligently bridge mobile phones and Internet Protocol (IP) phones in a way that is transparent to users and extends unified communications beyond the walls of the workplace.

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Like the PlayPad Pro, the PlayPad controller utilizes the new HID protocol, Nyko's Playground app and works with any Bluetooth-enabled device running Android 3.0 or higher.

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The ZigBee wireless protocol was designed as a cheaper and lower-power alternative to Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for embedding in lighting switches, thermostats, smoke detectors and other sensors.

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The brush is embedded with a Bluetooth chip that sends the sensory data to a mobile app that records your dental hygiene protocol.

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