Bluetooth History
Early 1998 - Special Interest Group formed
- Code name “Bluetooth”
- Promoter Companies: Ericsson*, IBM*, Intel*, Nokia*, and Toshiba*
May 20, 1998 - Bluetooth publicly announced
July 26, 1999 - Bluetooth 1.0 Specification Release
Today - Bluetooth 2.0 work is ongoing
- Promoter Companies: 3Com*, Ericsson*, IBM*, Intel*, Lucent Technologies*, Microsoft*, Motorola*, Nokia* and Toshiba*
- Currently 1883 SIG Members
Harald Blåtand – 10th Century Viking King
- Literal translated to “Bluetooth”
- Blåtand or “Bluetooth”, had nothing to do with blue teeth
- Referred to Harold’s dark complexion and his very dark hair