Chapter 7. Implementing a Bluetooth Gateway Using the Raspberry Pi 3

We are on the verge of a technological boom, where the concept of smart homes will lead the way. If you analyze the history computer technology, you can define it in three periods: the era of personal computing, the era of cellular phone evolution, and the era of smart devices. While this chapter does not describe the ups and downs of each era, it is important to know that there was no gap between these periods. They came back to back, and companies that did not catch up were left behind. 

A notable example from the first period is IBM: a company that stood in competition with Apple in the early era of computing now does not list itself among the major brands of personal computers. Nokia, a well-known name in cellular phone manufacturing, could not keep the pace with Apple and Samsung in the second era. It stuck with the Symbian OS when Apple was developing the state-of-the-art iOS and Samsung was working with Android. Nokia...