Wi-Fi Direct aims to replace Bluetooth?

For people who complain about all the inconveniences of using bluetooth, they will soon have a better option -- Wi-Fi Direct, a simple peer-to-peer connections without the need for a wireless router or hotspot.

Edgar Figueroa, executive director of Austin-based Wi-Fi Alliance, said in the press release that the new wireless network specification represents a "leap forward" for the industry, which enables Wi-Fi users around the world to "transfer content and share applications quickly and easily among devices, even when a Wi-Fi access point isn't available." Unlike bluetooth communication, which only works with devices with bluetooth adaptors , Wi-Fi Direct only requires one of the devices to comply with Wi-Fi Direct to establish a peer-to-peer connection to transfer files to non-Wi-Fi devices, such as laptops, netbooks and mobile phones, according to the PC World. Wi-Fi Direct also beats Bluetooth for speed as it will connect at existing Wi-Fi speeds -- up to 250 mbps, compared with 11 mbps maximum for any ad hoc wireless networking such as Bluetooth. Wi-Fi Alliance plans to begin certifying devices as Wi-Fi Direct compliant in 2010.