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UWB = The Death of Bluetooth?

Well, if the pundits are right (which they're often not, which is I guess what separates them from prophets), Bluetooth is officially dead for desktops and other non-portable devices. The slayer is Ultra-Wide-Band (UWB), which will supposedly be equivalent to wireless high-speed USB 2.0.

Pocket PC Thoughts has an interesting discussion going on about this story. Some are skeptical, some are optimistic, but there seems to be a lot of sincere interest in getting that rat's nest of cables out from behind the desk.

I hope this comes true, if not for the convenience, then simply for the fact that my 2004 new year's prediction that Bluetooth would once again die this year would at least partially come true.