Kleer challenges Bluetooth for wireless audio market
By KRYSTLE CHOW
Published in the Ottawa Business Journal newspaper and website.
May 14, 2007 (May 16 on OttawaBusinessJournal.com)
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It’s no secret that the wireless consumer market is heating up. One needs only to look around to see how Bluetooth headsets for mobile phones have become the accessory for gadget junkies and the average urbanite alike.
Now Kleer Semiconductor - a California-based startup with its roots and research and development firmly planted on Ottawa soil - is looking to break into the market with its high-fidelity wireless headphone technology, although it faces a tough fight against the industry leaders.
Kleer’s product is a chip that allows headphone manufacturers to make wireless headsets which produce crisp, CD-quality audio, use less battery life and are less bulky than other headsets.
The company says its product uses 10 times less power than (more…)
