
Near field communication, nfc, have a short range, which makes the technology well suited for payment solutions. You have to hold the phone next to the reader. It is part of the security.
Class=”paragraphIntro”> Mobile Phones with Android can nfc, as well as phones with Windows Phone. But Apple does not want it. Instead, Apple is investing in its own ecosystem, based on the low-power version of Bluetooth, Bluetooth low energy. How this can threaten nfc, one might wonder.
Apple ecosystem based on the program Ibeacon included in iOS 7. Beacon means ‘lighthouse’. There are shops and public facilities to be set small lighthouses. The beacons detect if someone passes with Ibeacon turned in his Iphone. In this case, phone holder is greeted with a discount offer. The technique works on about ten feet away. actual communication going on Bluetooth low energy. At one time it was called Wibree. Nowadays it is one of two equal variants of version 4 of bluetooth. A single touch is enough to switch from classic bluetooth to the more power-efficient variant. The price for power savingclass=”paragraphIntro”> Apple’s calculation is to store cards and the like can not be replaced with nfc. Most people will not go to a card reader at the mall and hold up their card to get a special deal. If the offer popping up on your phone automatically when you pass takes enough out.
For payments required the authentication solutions, which complicate the comparison with nfc. But of course, Iphone reads fingerprints now. It’s still a gamble to introduce such a system without inviting other players. So I think not that nfc is threatened. There is room for both technologies. But there’s undeniably a plethora of wireless technologies for data transfer. Computer Sweden has compiled some of the best known, and a few lesser-known side bar.
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