"Another example (using iBeacons), trumpeted by ad network Adomaly, targets shoppers with a system designed to "continuously broadcasting ads to users phones," in what the company claims is the "first mobile ad network built on Apple iBeacon & Sonic sBeacon technology." :err:
While Apple's BLE support is excellent, I've created a couple apps with it, I sincerely hope Apple finally adopts NFC as well. There are practical applications of talking digitally in near proximity to a device without need for a battery.
NFC tagging all kinds of goods and materials, so you can expedite workflow or getting more details is actually quite helpful. Barcode scanning is a useful tool here, but often flexible materials make it hard, and visibility of a barcode can be unsightly. You're also limited by barcode encoding taking up proportionally more space for longer bits of data like a particular URL.
The Bump app (except for it's awful behaviour of trying to take over the world) is actually a spectacular example of near field communication that gets kicked off with a physical bump, well NFC does trigger its action better and more pervasively. You don't need the app up and running, and a simple URL can do amazing things.
Apple is indeed making the interaction between devices seamless with both BLE4 Central and Peripheral profiles on device and running in background. Unfortunately both of you need the right app.
Hey guys, if you're interested in this stuff you should check out my kickstarter. Me and my team built a BLE Arduino that will let anyone play around with this sort of technology. http://lava.io
Google have also announced official support for BLE in the next version of Android, so maybe even they are losing faith in NFC. Although it will probably be 2016 before anybody actually has that on their devices.
In more general terms, the feature can also be used enable indoor navigation similar to GPS in settings such as an airport or underground subway station...
I live in NYC, and it would be cool to have iBeacons at every station so that you could track where you are on a mapped out route.
Then, I could set my iPhone to notify me one station before I need to get off and take a nap.
Google have also announced official support for BLE in the next version of Android, so maybe even they are losing faith in NFC.
This just show how shit Google's vision is, and their shills' are. But make no mistake. If and when they manage to one-ups Apple on the Bluetooth spec just wait for Android shills crawling out of the ground to cry Google's innovation yet again.
Google have also announced official support for BLE in the next version of Android, so maybe even they are losing faith in NFC. Although it will probably be 2016 before anybody actually has that on their devices.
Then that would mean that IOS has always been far more committed more to NFC than Android.
Bluetooth support on Android is comprehensive compared to Apple's quite selective support.
The user is till required to turn on BT, correct? So services Adomaly won't work for most users since AFAIK most people leave BT off. Especially on iPhone, where no one seems to be using BT headsets.
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NFC tagging all kinds of goods and materials, so you can expedite workflow or getting more details is actually quite helpful. Barcode scanning is a useful tool here, but often flexible materials make it hard, and visibility of a barcode can be unsightly. You're also limited by barcode encoding taking up proportionally more space for longer bits of data like a particular URL.
The Bump app (except for it's awful behaviour of trying to take over the world) is actually a spectacular example of near field communication that gets kicked off with a physical bump, well NFC does trigger its action better and more pervasively. You don't need the app up and running, and a simple URL can do amazing things.
Apple is indeed making the interaction between devices seamless with both BLE4 Central and Peripheral profiles on device and running in background. Unfortunately both of you need the right app.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/495099991/ember-and-torch-apps-meet-arduino
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Originally Posted by AppleInsider
In more general terms, the feature can also be used enable indoor navigation similar to GPS in settings such as an airport or underground subway station...
I live in NYC, and it would be cool to have iBeacons at every station so that you could track where you are on a mapped out route.
Then, I could set my iPhone to notify me one station before I need to get off and take a nap.
This just show how shit Google's vision is, and their shills' are. But make no mistake. If and when they manage to one-ups Apple on the Bluetooth spec just wait for Android shills crawling out of the ground to cry Google's innovation yet again.
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Originally Posted by SiBurb
Google have also announced official support for BLE in the next version of Android, so maybe even they are losing faith in NFC. Although it will probably be 2016 before anybody actually has that on their devices.
Then that would mean that IOS has always been far more committed more to NFC than Android.
Bluetooth support on Android is comprehensive compared to Apple's quite selective support.
The iPhone 4 and iPad 2 are both on the verge of becoming obsolete.
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The iPhone 4 and iPad 2 are both on the verge of becoming obsolete.
You are right...they are both still great products....but very close to EOL......
Some very very strange questions such as battery life etc.
NFC is a powerless technology, completely different to bluetooth.
They really cannot be compared.
The other thing to note is that bluetooth has loads and loads of profiles which for commerial reasons Apple restricts.
This reason is why those $10 bluetooth GPS will never work on iPods. You need a jailbreak and a new bluetooth stack.
In case of Location based marketing, to receive the ads by the end user, do we need an application?
If that is the case, if the user doesn't have the app in his/her device, our notification won't reach them. right?
Please correct me, if my understanding is wrong.
Thanks.
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