Re: [H] iOS 7

2013-09-21 Thread DSinc
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

Re: [H] iOS 7

2013-09-21 Thread Naushad Zulfiqar
Near field communications It's basically a non contract or light touch method of exchanging data. On Sep 21, 2013 2:34 PM, "DSinc" 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...

Re: [H] iOS 7

2013-09-21 Thread Brian Weeden
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 -

Re: [H] iOS 7

2013-09-21 Thread DSinc
Thanks List, I wiki'd NFC this AM and got these 3 sorta techie hits: * Near field communication , a wireless communication technology * Nintendo Family Computer , the Japane

[H] Just a question?

2013-09-21 Thread DSinc
Sotoday I did my normal clean-up of my PC. For s&g's I ran my epbfi (ISP) speed test. I got numbers back made very little sense to me: upload speed: 14.3 mbps (s/b 100mbps) download speed: 341mbps (s/b 100mbps) download capacity: 1680mbps (WTF?) Odd to me because I pay for 100mbps synchronous se