Bluetooth: Low Energy and High Speed Join the Party

The global recession began to adversely impact the shipment of Bluetooth-enabled devices in the second half of 2008, with mobile phones and mobile PCs being particularly affected. Growth should resume in 2010 and continue through 2013. Bluetooth continues to spin out a number of different specifications to fit different markets. The latest are:

• Bluetooth low energy, targeted at sports and wellness, health, and consumer electronic (CE) applications, and
• Bluetooth 3.0 + High Speed, a specification that was announced in April 2009, which combines classic Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to transmit large data files.

This report contains five-year forecasts for the penetration of Bluetooth into 18 separate applications within the PC, PC peripheral, communications, CE, automotive, and industrial/medical segments. Additionally, five-year forecasts are provided for Bluetooth silicon ASPs, as well as for shipments and revenues of varying Bluetooth silicon types. The report also contains responses on Bluetooth recognition from a large, domestic In-Stat online survey as well as profiles of major Bluetooth silicon manufacturers.