Bluetooth Vs. Bluetooth Low Energy (LE): What’s The Difference?

Although the first mobile phone with Bluetooth capacity appeared in the market in 2000, the technology did not pick-up momentum until 2004 with the introduction of EDR (Enhanced Data Rate). Since then, Bluetooth has gone through many revisions and enhancements. One of the most influential revisions that hit the market in 2011 is called Bluetooth 4.0 or Bluetooth Low Energy (LE). How does these wireless network technologies fit into the IoT and Machine to Machine (M2M) world? Let’s take a look a deeper look.