List of NFC phones. This is an exhaustive, comprehensive and accurate list of all the handsets that are available around the world.
NFC World’s NFC phones list is mirrored all over the web but since it is a living document you should check this page for the latest information. NFC phones available today… Phones available to purchase today: Acer Cloud Mobile The Acer Cloud Mobile is a sleek, black Android touchscreen handset with a business-like design and a 4.3-inch screen, 1.5GHz dual-core processor and NFC. Acer E320 Liquid Express. No future: Apple, iOS 7, iBeacon. Look, I'm sorry to have to say this as I had such high hopes for the technology, but it has to be said: Apple [AAPL] and its partners appear to have decided that NFC is dead.
NFC -- No Freakin' Cause I know this is going to disappoint a lot of people who've invested huge amounts of time, money and energy into the contact-free standard. I know there's galleries and museums and payment firms and all sorts of people who've been waiting for the much promised NFC gold rush, but it just isn't going to happen. Development of NFC Compatible Smartphones – NearFieldCommunication.org. PayPal challenges NFC with bluetooth-enable mobile payments. The PayPal Beacon device PayPal recently announced that it will be unveiling a new Bluetooth device called the PayPal Beacon that will allow consumers to check in at stores without even touching their phones.
Merchants that enable the PayPal Beacon technology will let consumers pay completely hands-free as well as check-in to the store the moment they walk in. With the number of mobile commerce options growing by the day, PayPal Beacon offers a new alternative to the already struggling NFC-enabled technologies. “The introduction of this beacon and the simplicity of its use and integration for the most part certainly indicates that NFC has no chance,” said Arkady Fridman, senior research analyst at Aite Group, LLC, Boston. “What it does, it certainly highlights that there are ways and technologies and even constructs that can enable these mobile payments to succeed without NFC.
“We figured the only better way to pay would be to do nothing,” he said. A consumer using the technology Mr. Will BLE really kill NFC? BLE vs NFC. Heads up!
Ignore the tech jargon and focus on the potential. How can retailers connect with shoppers when they enter the store and stay connected until they pay and leave? The answer used to be NFC, but now there’s another option: Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). PayPal has introduced a BLE system called Beacon that communicates with consumers “securely” from the time they enter the store all they way through checkout. BLC enables delivery of personalized promotions to customers via their smartphone – and promotions that are relevant to where the shopper is located in the store. There’s been some progress with in-store mapping and effective delivery of promotions to customers standing in front of the product. Like this Lookout? Related posts: Community Home NFC vs Bluetooth Low Energy. 2011 was meant to be "the year of NFC".
So was 2012. And 2013. However, earlier this year NFC ran out of steam as far as "mind share" is concerned. "BLE Vs NFC"? - It's not about the technology, but about the philosophy - Wooshping - Wooshping Blog. The debate that seems to be raging amongst those in the wider industry is whether Apple has sounded the death knell of NFC by one again bypassing the opportunity to support it, and itself preferring to look more closely at BLE, or Bluetooth Light.
This has been picked up and immediately the discussion has centered around whether one technology can kill the other. Some say NFC will suffer whereas some say BLE is more expensive to implement and doesn't pose a threat. My view is that it actually centers around something far more philosophical than the technical capability, but rather requires a focus back to user behaviour. On the one hand you have NFC (and QR codes, AR, text entry, urls for that matter). This class of engagement capabilities I would class as "pull" propositions. These are fundamental and important characteristic differences which is why I don't believe they are in competition with each other.
BLE SDK. Samsung BLE SDK Bluetooth low energy (BLE) is a wireless computer network technology which is aimed at novel applications in the healthcare, fitness, security, and home entertainment industries1).
Compared to "Classic" Bluetooth, BLE is intended to provide considerably reduced power consumption and lower cost, whilst maintaining a similar communication range2). Bluetooth Low Energy. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) was introduced as part of the Bluetooth Core Specification Version 4.0 which includes both high speed and low energy configurations as well as basic rate (BR) and enhanced data rate (EDR). For an overview of BLE see: BLE consists of several protocols. The Generic Attribute Profile (GATT) is built on top of the Attribute Protocol (ATT) and also referenced as GATT/ATT. Attributes, as transported by the Attribute Protocol, are formatted as Services and Characteristics. Services may contain a collection of characteristics. Bluetooth Profiles and Services for GATT include: GATT access has been enabled since 2012 on all flagship HTC devices starting with the HTC One X+, HTC Droid DNA and the HTC One using the HTC BLE API.
Starting with Android 4.3, HTC will be supporting the standard Android 4.3 framework API for BLE. Getting started with Bluetooth® low energy development for Android / Bluetooth® low energy / Products / Home - Ultra Low Power Wireless Solutions from NORDIC SEMICONDUCTOR.