You won't find a more skeptical (of vaporware & silly notions), truly helpful or anywhere near as knowledgeable a comrade in the entire MLA as the one you just took a shot at.
If TL59 says something may be in development, he's being dead serious, and has the connections to know about such things.
An RS-232 wireless connection for industrial use makes good sense and it'd be something to take a serious look at when, and if, it ships.