Wither FIR?

Is anyone using 16M (FIR) IrDA ? 

Looking over the history via the magic of Google, I see a burst of
interest around the beginning of the current century, and not much
recently excepting perhaps HP err.. Avago.  

I also don't see much in the way of available (OTS) hardware.. 

Has Bluetooth rendered it comatose? Is there a non-RF alternative? Or
is it just coming up to speed? 


Best regards, 
Spehro Pefhany
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On Jan 4, 1:51=A0pm, Spehro Pefhany <speffS...@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat>
wrote:
> Is anyone using 16M (FIR) IrDA ?

Look at consumer electronics; cellphones, PDAs, computers, printers.
IrDA has disappeared from the consumer landscape.