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This is more than just a simple app install. The phone has to actually have an NFC radio, antenna, etc. inside for it to work. It's kind of a chicken and egg
by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
This is more than just a simple app install. The phone has to actually have an NFC radio, antenna, etc. inside for it to work. It's kind of a chicken and egg problem. No handsets (except the Nexus S) have NFC hardware because currently there's nothing your users can do with the NFC hardware. Now there is, so hopefully more handsets will start coming with NFC.
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- vaporstun 15y agoI understand that, I'm not suggesting they magically beam NFC hardware into existing handsets, but that they ought to have prepared things a bit better beforehand. They could have some NFC peripheral that can plug onto existing handsets to extend them the functionality. In the FAQ, they mention nothing about how they will support other phones in the future or have any expansion plans. They say only that it works with the Nexus S. I'm a bit surprised that more phones haven't been released with NFC hardware as the Nexus S has been out for ~6 months. With such a small userbase, something like this will be dead in the water unless they push hard and try to get more widespread adoption.
- djackson 15y agoActually, a lot of phones have NFC technology in them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication#NFC-enabled_handsets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication#NFC-en...
- theBobMcCormick 15y agoI believe the only ones of those that are Android are the Nexus S and the Galaxy S II (which apparently only offers it on some models, not others).