As of today, Samsung, in a board room meeting, has decided to add a NFC chip to their next phones.
Haven't they included NFC previously? The problem isn't adding the HW, it's making a viable service. That's what takes partners who trust your word and whom you can build a relationship with.
Haven't they included NFC previously? The problem isn't adding the HW, it's making a viable service. That's what takes partners who trust your word and whom you can build a relationship with.
Google was supposed to set up partnerships, and build relationships, but it seems like the whole 'Google Wallet' project has been put off to the wayside.
"One possible stopgap could be a hybrid setup using either on-board NFC or, if the user does not own a new iPhone, a combination of Bluetooth Low Energy and wireless data."
I see it in reverse. NFC is the stopgap solution.
Too right. iBeacon is a far more advanced prospect which tracks the purchase decision from before the customer enters the shop.
NFC adoption only makes sense to address the multitude of existing terminals.
1) BT doesn't encapsulate everything that that NFC offers. Not even close. They are both used for communication but different types of communication.
2) iBeacons doesn't equate to BLE. iBeacons simply use BLE. Referring to iBeacons as BLE makes no sense.
Lots of things are more widely deployed than other things but that doesn't mean their technology shouldn't ever be adopted.
1). Possibly not though we were focussing on POS in this forum and here iBeacon has more to offer than NFC which is limited to "Near".
2) Never said it did, never referred to BLE as iBeacon. Currently, iBeacon is built on BLE.
iBeacon is just a software update for Android users...oh, I see your point.
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Haven't they included NFC previously? The problem isn't adding the HW, it's making a viable service. That's what takes partners who trust your word and whom you can build a relationship with.
Google was supposed to set up partnerships, and build relationships, but it seems like the whole 'Google Wallet' project has been put off to the wayside.
On the top, facing upward, like all the old classic RF transmitter devices (GameBoy, Newton, etc.).
can someone tell me where the NFC receiver will be located on the aluminum iphone case?
NFC is kind of nasty to integrate because the antenna has to be large. It's probably in the touchscreen.
http://appleinsider.com/articles/11/04/20/apple_awarded_patent_for_rfid_tag_reader_in_touchscreen_devices
On the top, facing upward, like all the old classic RF transmitter devices (GameBoy, Newton, etc.).
Too right. iBeacon is a far more advanced prospect which tracks the purchase decision from before the customer enters the shop.
NFC adoption only makes sense to address the multitude of existing terminals.
McD
iBeacons are not more advanced than NFC and NFC isn't a stopgap while they wait for BT to be adopted.
And BLE is more widely deployed, even on Android.
BLE may be more widely deployed in phones but NFC is far more widely deployed in actual payment kiosks in the wild.
1) BT doesn't encapsulate everything that that NFC offers. Not even close. They are both used for communication but different types of communication.
2) iBeacons doesn't equate to BLE. iBeacons simply use BLE. Referring to iBeacons as BLE makes no sense.
Lots of things are more widely deployed than other things but that doesn't mean their technology shouldn't ever be adopted.
As I acknowledged in my original post though I haven't checked the specs of the most popular terminals for BLE compatibility.
1). Possibly not though we were focussing on POS in this forum and here iBeacon has more to offer than NFC which is limited to "Near".
2) Never said it did, never referred to BLE as iBeacon. Currently, iBeacon is built on BLE.
iBeacon is just a software update for Android users...oh, I see your point.