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From the official LEGO Education site and the official EV3 FAQ: What does EV3 stand for? This is the third generation of the LEGO MINDSTORMS platform and the "EV" stands for evolution, hence EV3.

Both sets include an EV3 intelligent brick. Hardware The Retail (Home) edition (set 31313) includes: 2 large motors, 1 small 1 touch, 1 color, 1 infrared proximity , 1 remote IR beacon The Education set includes: 2 large motors, 1 small 2 touch, 1 color, 1 Ultrasonic with red LED, 1 Gyro 1 rechargeable battery Software I assume that both ...

The graphical software that ships with the EV3 set can program both EV3 bricks and older generation bricks. We assume that this means NXT 1.0 and 2.0 bricks. However, it is unlikely that NXT-G will work with EV3 bricks as EV3 bricks run a custom build of Linux, whereas older bricks run a custom firmware. LEGO will create an offical app for both Apple and ...

As you say, there are still tons of unknown at this point, so asking the question is way premature. However, considering the software is said to be based on the same technology as the one in the NXT, it's likely it won't be too different, and that's why that software will be able to control NXT bricks. However, I also doubt you'll be able to control EV3 ...

The Mindstorms EV3 brick uses Bluetooth 2.1EDR. What protocol they use on top of that is still unknown, but will probably be released publicly by LEGO at some point. It's likely some compatibility with the NXT is possible (that is, an EV3 and a NXT bricks should be able to communicate together), but this is pure speculation and I doubt they just reuse the ...

The new EV3 Intelligent Brick has the following announced features: IR sensor Bluetooth connectivity* SD Card Slot USB Port Linux-based firmware Full iOS and Android compatibility out of the box In terms of libraries for connecting with it - if it's based on a standard core, then I would assume that a standard bluetooth stack should be able to ...