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I see NFC as potentially good for profiles. At work? The NFC token on your desk is noticed by your phone and switches to your work profile. In the car? Bluetoot
by nodata 15y ago
I see NFC as potentially good for profiles. At work? The NFC token on your desk is noticed by your phone and switches to your work profile. In the car? Bluetooth and GPS on. Leaving the car? Turn it off and remember where you left your car. Etc.
- darklajid 15y agoSo - that's already something that wifi or bluetooth could do for you, right? With 'Locale' or similar applications? Granted, those options would draw more power. On the other hand: As far as I understand NFC is _really_ limited in terms of distance between the endpoints. Wouldn't your examples require you to place the phone in a specific place in the car/at work? Like (for the car) one of these mounts for example? Your examples wouldn't work for me at least, because the phone's in my pocket or ~somewhere~, not really in a place that is carefully planned for. You seem to want a general version of the Palm/HP Touchstone it seems, albeit without charging?
- nodata 15y agoYes you're right. My NFC solution is a workaround for the power problem.
- e40 15y agoI see NFC as potentially good for profiles. There's an app I use called "Settings Profile" which works wonderfully. I have a cell tower event that knows when I'm at work and switches to my work profile (lower volume ringing, different ring tone, etc). It doesn't use just one tower, it uses 3, so it's very specific to the region of my office. It has a lot of other features. For example, when I plug into power, I turn on Wi-Fi, which causes my podcasts to start downloading (only happens on Wi-Fi). The other thing I do: mute my ringer during scheduled meetings. This app is in my top 5.