According to an AppleInsider story, the Wi-Fi Alliance, an association of more than 300 companies including Apple, has agreed on a wireless standard that will make it easier for Wi-Fi capable devices to communicate. Wi-Fi Direct is expected to be approved for new products by the middle of 2010.The new specification supports communication between two or multiple devices, and will support legacy Wi-Fi devices.
With Wi-Fi technology already shipping in millions of consumer electronics devices and handsets every year, this is a terrific innovation for the industry. Empowering devices to move content and share applications without having to join a network brings even more convenience and utility to Wi-Fi-enabled devices.
Victoria Fodale, In-Stat senior analyst and market intelligence manager
The new standard targets both consumer electronics and enterprise applications, and will include WPA2 security. Wi-Fi Direct will have the range and data rates as with the latest Wi-Fi standards, and can be implemented on any Wi-Fi device such as mobile phones, cameras, printers, notebook computers, and human interface devices like keyboards and headphones.
Wi-Fi Direct represents a leap forward for our industry. Wi-Fi users worldwide will benefit from a single-technology solution to transfer content and share applications quickly and easily among devices, even when a Wi-Fi access point isn’t available. The impact is that Wi-Fi will become even more pervasive and useful for consumers and across the enterprise.
Edgar Figueroa, Wi-Fi Alliance executive director
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