Despite the aura of gloom pervading the computer market in 2002, one technology looks like it had a good year.
A report out this week shows that Bluetooth, the short-range radio system, experienced dramatic growth over the last 12 months.
Once the final figures are collected, market research firm In-Stat/MDR expects Bluetooth chip shipments to be up 250% on 2001.
But the firm warns that hurdles still remain to make Bluetooth fulfil its early promise and become the standard way of getting gadgets to swap data with each other.