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The Next Wave: First Bluetooth Smart Devices Reaching the Market

The first Bluetooth Smart devices and Bluetooth Smart Ready devices are starting to arrive, beginning with a heart-rate strap and followed by new computers and a new iPhone from Apple. This trickle will soon turn into a flood.

These pioneering products will be joined within months by many more Bluetooth Smart Ready phones, as well as a plethora of new health & wellness devices, consumer electronics devices, and PC peripherals.

Bluetooth Smart Ready phones start arriving by the end of the year

A big shift will begin before the end of 2011, when the first Bluetooth Smart Ready phones begin to ship. By the end of 2012, virtually all new smart phones will include the Bluetooth v4.0 technology in all Bluetooth Smart Ready devices. This will allow phones to continue to connect with the billions of Bluetooth devices in the market today, in addition to new Bluetooth Smart devices.

Here is a roll call of some the first Bluetooth Smart Ready and Bluetooth Smart devices:

Motorola releases its first Bluetooth Smart Ready phone—the Droid RAZR

Droid RAZR

Motorola has resurrected its renowned RAZR phone brand with a new Android smartphone that becomes the company's first Bluetooth Smart Ready device. The new Droid Razr is nothing like the best-selling RAZR phones of a decade ago, however, except for its thinness.

This RAZR has a 4.3-inch qHD Super AMOLED display (a first for any mobile phone), a dual-core processor, a tough, "gorilla glass" screen, and a slim profile of just 7.1mm.

The Droid RAZR is the second Bluetooth Smart Ready phone to reach the market, joining the new Apple iPhone 4S.

The Droid RAZR is available now from Verizon Wireless for $299 on contract.

Motorola releases Bluetooth Smart device for music, running and more

Motoactv

This tiny new Bluetooth Smart device from Motorola is a sophisticated fitness tracker, smart music player and training system. It lets you listen to music on the optional Motorola SF700 Bluetooth wireless headphones while running or doing other workouts in the gym or outside.

The Motoactv includes precision GPS to track your distance and speed, a "smart" music player that learns what songs motivate you the most by tracking your performance against your music, a touchscreen, audio "coaching" on pace and distance, and more.

The Motoactv costs $249 for 8GB of memory or $299 for the 16GB version.

Apple releases world's first Bluetooth Smart Ready computers and phone

iPhone 4S

The new iPhone 4S may look like the iPhone 4, but it has many important differences inside. One big addition is the use of Bluetooth v4.0. This will allow the new iPhone to wirelessly connect to the next generation of devices coming out later this year with Bluetooth v4.0.

The new iPhone 4S also features a more advanced camera, the more powerful A5 processor, and many new software features.

Mac mini

Like the MacBook Air, the new Mac mini also adds Bluetooth v4.0, which wil allow it to wirelessly connect to the next generation of Bluetooth v4.0 phones and other devices coming out later this year.

The new Mac mini also features the latest dual-core Intel Core i5 and i7 processors, AMD Radeon HD graphics, and high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology.

MacBook Air

The new MacBook Air—Apple's thinnest and lightest notebook—adds Bluetooth v4.0. This will allow it to wirelessly connect to the next generation of mobile phones and many other devices coming out later this year with Bluetooth v4.0.

The new MacBook Air also features the latest-generation Intel Core i5 and i7 processors, high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology, and all-flash storage.

Dayton and Nordic create first Bluetooth Smart device heart strap

Dayton heart-rate strap

Dayton Industrial Co. Ltd has created the world's first production-ready heart-rate chest strap that is a Bluetooth Smart device. The strap uses a new Bluetooth v4.0 low energy chip from Nordic Semiconductor. The device is now ready to go into production and will be able to pair with the new wave of Bluetooth Smart Ready phones expected out later this year.

Users won't need a special matching watch like most heart-rate monitors use today. According to Nordic, the strap can be paired with a phone or other Bluetooth Smart Ready device in seconds, allowing people to display their heart rate on their phone while they work out and analyze it later.

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