“Toshiba Corp. on Wednesday announced that it has started selling the first laptops with a new high-speed technology that allow them to connect wirelessly to a docking station that can support an external monitor.

It’s one of the first consumer applications of ultra-wideband, or UWB, wireless technology, which allows data transfer speeds far faster than previous wireless technologies like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Using those technologies to relay video to an external monitor is difficult.

However, UWB has limited range — the Toshiba laptops have to be within 3 feet of the docking station. Also, current UWB chips use radio frequencies that are legal in the U.S. but not in most of the world.”

Guess its time soon to make a chart that compares and contrasts bluetooth with wifi and UWB, might as well throw in Wibree. Anyone who is passionate enough to do this let us know. A visualization, plus a comparison of range would be nice.

via Yahoo tech news