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Toshiba to Launch Bluetooth(TM) SDIO Card for Mobile Applications
Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 25, 2002 - (JCN Newswire) - Toshiba Corporation today
announced a Bluetooth(TM) SDIO card that brings wireless communications
capabilities to mobile and digital consumer products equipped with an SD
slot. The new card will fully conform with the SDIO Card Type-B
specification for Bluetooth(TM), while it already meets Bluetooth(TM)
Ver.1.1.
The SDIO card supports wireless digital uploads and downloads between
suitably equipped products and is expected to use in PCs, PDAs, mobile
phones and digital still cameras.
Toshiba launched the first Bluetooth(TM) SDIO card with Genio e, its
warmly received PDA that came to market in July 2001. The new SDIO card
offers advanced specifications, including a 50% cut power in consumption
and 9mm shorter package. The new card also has a flat profile.
Toshiba will supply the new SDIO card to manufacturers of digital consumer
products and PC peripheral equipment, allowing them to use Toshiba's
development tools to create application software utilizing the diverse
potential of the new card. Manufacturers will then bundle the SDIO card
and its software with the product and bring it to market.
Samples of the card are now available at US$100. Mass production is slated
for October 2002 at 50,000 units a month.
Toshiba is the sole Japanese member of the Bluetooth(TM) Special Interest
Group and a leading promoter of the Bluetooth? standard that launched its
first Bluetooth(TM)-related products in 2000. The company has also
established an organization to authorize use of the Bluetooth logo as a
means to globally promote interoperability among Bluetooth(TM)-related
products.
Key Points
Bluetooth(TM) SDIO card supports wireless data exchanges between mobile
phones and a PC with a built-in Bluetooth(TM) module- or inserted
Bluetooth? PC card, up to a maximum distance of approximately 10 meters.
Power consumption during transmission is 50% less than that of the
first-generation product; the new card is also 9mm shorter and flat.
By integrating Bluetooth(TM) profiles and protocols such as SDP, RFCOMM
and L2CAP in an SDIO card, digital consumer products can easily be
Bluetooth(TM)-enabled.
New Bluetooth(TM) SDIO card will fully conform with the SDIO Card Type-B
specification for Bluetooth(TM), while it already meets the SDIO
SpecVer.1.0 and Bluetooth(TM) Ver.1.1. Use of the Bluetooth logo has been
authorized by its qualification organization.
Radio type approval by regulatory authorities in over 20 countries and
regions, including Japan, the U.S., Europe and Asia, is expected to
support global promotion.
About Toshiba Corporation
Toshiba Corporation (TSE: 6502) (FTSE: TOS) is a leader in information and
communications systems, electronic components, consumer products, and
power systems. The company's integration of these wide-ranging
capabilities assures its position as a leading company in semiconductors,
LCDs and other electronic devices. Toshiba has 176,000 employees worldwide
and annual sales of over US$40 billion.
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