wraggster
June 12th, 2013, 00:21
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/06/memo_620x340.jpgWe've been hearing mumblings that the next version (http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/15/android-4-3-confirmed/) of Android will get a new Bluetooth stack with v4.0 Low Energy (LE) goodness for a while now. That, at least, explains why the Nexus 4 (http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/15/lg-nexus-4-bluetooth-4-0/) and Galaxy Nexus have been re-sent through the Bluetooth SIG in order to gain approval for the newer standard. What's less clear is what the ASUS K008, an apparently new 7-inch slate from the company, is doing supporting v4.0 LE. Our dour belief is that ASUS is merely future-proofing its forthcoming MeMo Pad HD 7 (http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/03/asus-memo-pad-hd-7-announced-at-computex-priced-at-129/), but perhaps "K008" is optimistic latin for "second-generation Nexus 7 with Android 4.3."
http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/11/bluetooth-listing-asus-k008/
http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/11/bluetooth-listing-asus-k008/