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OS-level Passbook is a neat idea. Would be 10x more useful with NFC. Optical Scanning in 2013? Really? Think human-less.
by Aissen 14y ago
OS-level Passbook is a neat idea. Would be 10x more useful with NFC. Optical Scanning in 2013? Really? Think human-less.
- upinsmoke 14y agoQR code is unfortunately still more common than NFC. Everyone was hoping that Apple would make NFC common.
- Spooky23 14y agoI disagree -- I think that NFC just adds another step that makes the technology less approachable and doesn't provide a big benefit. The problem solved here is that I don't need to carry a half dozen cards or slips of paper to do stuff. In my wallet right now I have a BJ's Card, two supermarket cards, CVS card, a Hilton Honors card, a Westin card, library card, health insurance ID card, dental ID card and a couple of other store cards. If I don't carry the cards, I need to giv my phone number to a clerk to look up my account, which is a pain. So I'm carrying around all of these cards. Passbook gets rid of all of them -- that's compelling. NFC is another layer of geekery that's cool, but I'm not going to use it, just like how I never use my RFID credit card. Why? Wireless point of sale readers cost a fortune, and they aren't available at 95% of retail outlets, and when they are, they only work for credit cards. (Honestly, in my area, I only see them at drug stores and Exxon/Mobil stations)
- Aissen 14y agoAs I said, you can have both. Also, you're not going to use it because no PoS has one ? Kind of a chicken-and-egg problem. Which can be solved by providing both optical and NFC.
- runako 14y agoPassbook works a) with existing scanners deployed to b) millions of POS systems around the world. Neither A nor B is true for NFC.
- Aissen 14y agoYou can have both.