https://insinuator.net/tags/smart/ Recent content in Smart on Insinuator.net - Bold Statements Hugo en-us Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://insinuator.net/2011/12/how-safe-is-smart/ Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://insinuator.net/2011/12/how-safe-is-smart/ <p><img src="http://www.insinuator.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bt_smart_ready.jpg" alt="Bluetooth Smart Ready Logo" title="Bluetooth Smart Ready">About two months ago the Bluetooth SIG <a href="http://www.bluetooth.com/Pages/Press-Releases-Detail.aspx?ItemID=138%20">renamed their latest standard</a>, which was previously known as “Bluetooth v4.0”. When version numbers get higher and higher marketing likes to interfere and try something new. In this case: Bluetooth Smart.</p> <h2 id="sounds-smart-but-is-it">Sounds smart, but is it?</h2> <p>Without getting into too much detail, let me quickly quote Wikipedia to get started:</p> <blockquote> <p> <em>“Cost-reduced single-mode chips, which enable <strong>highly integrated</strong> and <strong>compact</strong> devices, feature a <strong>lightweight</strong> Link Layer providing <strong>ultra-low power</strong> idle mode operation, <strong>simple</strong> device discovery, and <strong>reliable</strong> point-to-multipoint data transfer with <strong>advanced power-save</strong> and <strong>secure encrypted</strong> connections at the <strong>lowest possible cost</strong>.”</em></p>