Car Guys to Bluetooth Guys: Make the damn thing easier: Auto makers, while embracing Bluetooth, warned at the Wireless Connectivity World here this week that the wireless standard has yet to be fully developed as a stable short-range wireless interface in cars. Several car manufacturers made it known during the conference that they are frustrated with the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG)’s inability to decide on a standardized phone book transfer method between a car kit and a mobile handset via Bluetooth. The Bluetooth community, although fully aware of the automotive industry’s need, has been bickering over a data synchronization method over the last three years.
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