Thanks List,
I wiki'd NFC this AM and got these 3 sorta techie hits:
* Near field communication
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication>, a wireless
communication technology
* Nintendo Family Computer
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Family_Computer>, the
Japanese version of the Nintendo Entertainment System video game console
* Network File Control
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_File_Control>, a networking
technology
I sorta figured in might be the 1st one. Reminds me of the Phillips
Petro key-fob thinky of way back when. Aware that Starbucks is
still trying to get this to work also.
Yes, Brian, I get that Apple will 'rename it' and claim they invented
it. Fine. Just marketing wars. Ho-Hum............. :)
I will read your link and wise-up to perhaps a future IBeacon! Jeez, I
am still happy building 'white boxes' personally!
Duncan
On 09/21/2013 07:45, Brian Weeden wrote:
And something Apple is unlikely to ever support since they're going with
their own proprietary iBeacon protocol which is based on Bluetooth.Lowe
Energy:
http://gigaom.com/2013/09/10/with-ibeacon-apple-is-going-to-dump-on-nfc-and-embrace-the-internet-of-things/
Main difference is range and cost - iBeacon is higher in both. From a
security standpoint, I don't think that's good news. There are already
plenty of attacks against NFC that are ultimately limited because you have
to get within a few centimeters of the chip. If that range is now tens of
meters with iBeacon, it's a whole new class of problem.
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Brian
On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 1:38 AM, Naushad Zulfiqar <z00...@gmail.com> wrote:
Near field communications
It's basically a non contract or light touch method of exchanging data.
On Sep 21, 2013 2:34 PM, "DSinc" <dsinc...@epbfi.com> wrote:
Guys.....NFC? Enjoying the shares.
Duncan
On 09/20/2013 15:56, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
Sorry, I wasn't trying to imply that NFC is not useful...or even that it
won't be one day. But, its promise is not fulfilled on a large scale
yet
as no one as made it indispensable to the masses. I have at least two
devices that support NFC (and I bought them in part because of this
feature), so I personally see the potential there. As far as I can tell,
NFC is not a compelling technology yet because too many folks are
getting
along happily without it.
The same with the touch-ID. Fingerprint readers aren't new...and, no one
has shown them to be something most really want or need. It will be
interesting to see if Apple can incorporate it into their devices in
such a
way to make it compelling. If they can, it will be yet another example
of
"not invented here, but hey, we figured out how to make it really work
for
folks". I'm not a believer.
On 9/20/2013 8:19 AM, tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote:
Well, I'd wildly disagree on NFC. I use NFC frequently and frankly,
it's one of the cooler phone technologies I've worked with. Using NFC
tags
I: set my thermostats on the way out the door with a swipe; auto-update
calendar schedules, evernotes will auto-tag notes to NFC tags which for
those of us with 'eh' memory is damn slick.
On 2013-09-20 05:14, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
The unwashed masses will always be ignorant. Having a beef with them
will be counter productive.
Monikers help sell things. A retina screen is no big deal to us, but
to the unwashed masses it makes sure they get the high-resolution
screen without having to remember all of the details. And I do give
apple the credit for realizing that WE needed this in everything and
starting to bring it out. But they certainly didn't invent
high-resolution screens, but they are the main reason they are
ubiquitous on tablets. If the touch-ID thing pans out, they won't
(and shouldn't) get credit for a fingerprint reader but making is a
thing we can use and depend on, they should get credit for, if it
works, which remains to be seen. Still to this day no one has made
NFC into a useful product. So who invented that is not really so
important.
On 9/20/2013 5:02 AM, Zulfiqar Naushad wrote:
My beef in general is with people who don't understand the technology
and believe the advertising that companies do.
And let's not forget that Apple is the master of masking the
underlying technology with a moniker that they call their own and
making people believe that they were the ones who either invented it
or are the first one to do it.
But as I mentioned it really doesn't make a big difference in the end
as long as the steady march of progress is being made but what really
bothers me is the uneducated people out there.
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 20, 2013, at 11:20 AM, "Anthony Q. Martin" <
amar...@charter.net> wrote:
So your beef is with fanboys. Nobody likes fanboys. :)
Sent from my mobile device.
On Sep 19, 2013, at 9:12 PM, Zulfiqar Naushad <z00...@gmail.com>
wrote:
What annoys me is when Apple fanboys see something and say apple
invented it. Good example is iCloud.
Sent from my iPhone
