Wi-Fi聯盟的最新標準Wi-Fi Direct，相關產品將在2010年推出。此消息一出，立刻引起Wi-Fi Direct與高速藍牙3.0之間的競爭浮出檯面，雙方在PC和消費電子領域勢必將展開激烈的競逐。雙方在功能與應用上相互重疊，技術也各有利弊，誰能勝出尚待觀察。

The Wi-Fi alliance’s latest standard Wi-Fi Direct’s related products will be launched in 2010. Once this news came out, the competition between high-speed Wi-Fi Direct and Bluetooth 3.0 immediately surfaced. They will surely compete fiercely in the PC and consumer electronics industries. Their functions and applications overlap, and each technology has its advantages and disadvantages. We will see which one is going to win.

Wi-Fi Direct技術最主要的特色，在於即使沒有Wi-Fi網路、熱點或是Internet連接，藉由Wi-Fi點對點技術，Wi-Fi Direct都可以讓任何Wi-Fi裝置直接相互連結傳輸。例如，Wi-Fi Direct可讓筆電直接傳輸訊息，無須USB連線和E-mail作為媒介；消費者也可藉由單一Wi-Fi Direct遠端控制裝置，直接控制數位家庭內各類具備Wi-Fi升級功能的消費電子產品。以往傳統PAN解決方案只能侷限在室內單一隔間環境，Wi-Fi Direct技術則將打破這個藩籬，將傳輸覆蓋範圍直接擴及到室內各個角落。
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