I for one will welcome the death of bluetooth, please make it happen, quickly would be good.

There will be no need for another Wi-Fi radio, the spec requires that a device can maintain a link an Access Point whilst also running as the group owner or member of a Wi-Fi Direct link.

I believe that the idea is that it won't suck. But we'll see.

"how devices can discover nearby compatible gadgets and negotiate connections with them while hiding the complexity from users"

Bonjour! - otherwise known as Zeroconf. Or 'Bonjour matelot' if your name is Kenneth Williams.

It's a shame really that more technology creators don't include "does not suck" in their design specifications.

Perhaps it's time to launch a "Does Not Suck" certification programme, complete with a nice fancy logo and a sticker to go on the box. (I imagine the logo would have to be self-certificated.) Anyone want to have a go at it?

I think that's a good idea.

A does not suck certification program could help counter the crap quality products we're seeing so much of these days.

I'd pay a few bucks more for a does not suck brand, unless it's a vacuum cleaner.