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NFC Task Launcher Maker Tagstand Partners With T-Mobile, Other Carriers and OEMs

25 points by kul 14y ago

anandkulkarni 14y ago
Wow, this is a huge partnership. Opens up a massive range of end-user possibilities. Very exciting; can't wait to play with this myself.
pm90 14y ago
I wish there would be more NFC enabled devices: I think its a really nifty way to initiate contact between electronics. I see a future where one device, most likely the cellphone, will be the 'remote' for all other household devices. Tagstand sounds promising, but I would also prefer the app to be as invisible as possible, once the functions are defined/set. In my case, I use my N9 to turn on and connect to my Nokia Play 360 speakers[0] by just tapping it. It's really cool and I'm surprised the novelty of it hasn't worn off even after a year of use. [0]: http://www.amazon.com/Nokia-Play-Bluetooth-Speaker-Black/dp/B0074F5DMO http://www.amazon.com/Nokia-Play-Bluetooth-Speaker-Black/dp/...
- mpclark 14y ago
  I feel like I spend my life saying this: "Hang on, don't worry, it's coming." NFC is taking time because there are so many stakeholders, there is hardware involved, and the value chain is not straightforward. That said, Sony is going big on putting NFC into consumer electronics; they made quite a splash about it at CES [0]. I heard earlier that they're talking about 50 new NFC-enabled products in the near future. There is also a lot more in the wings, as the phones are now getting out there and into the hands of a desirable demographic group. [0]: http://www.nfcworld.com/2013/01/08/321784/sony-pushes-nfc-at-ces-with-one-touch-mobile-phones-tvs-headsets-speakers-and-more/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2013/01/08/321784/sony-pushes-nfc-at...
nohuck13 14y ago
NFC = Near Field Communication http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication Maybe I'm behind the curve on this one :)
thetrumanshow 14y ago
I worked at a big company with a large warehousing infrastructure, and developed mobile apps to help them work their inventory: cycle-counting, checkin/checkout, etc. They were primarily using barcoding (Motorolla MC9090's, just like the WalMart scanners), because our RFID tags were generally unreliable for most inventory applications. RFID/NFC just never made it that big in the inventory space. Programmable "Actions" seem much cooler and bring out the imaginative hacker in me, just like ifttt. But, I'm lacking vision here. Does anyone have a link to a kick-ass example of someone using TagStand?
- kul 14y ago
  A bunch of our users put up use cases here: https://plus.google.com/102023090624091726129/posts/4qBJBvby5Su https://plus.google.com/102023090624091726129/posts/4qBJBvby...
  - thetrumanshow 14y ago
    Thanks Kulveer. Curious if you're going to have a services directory for people who complete clever integrations with your product? Boxcar did this, we were a part. Great experience. Would love to do something like that again. http://boxcar.io/provider_list http://boxcar.io/provider_list

25 points by kul 14y ago

Wow, this is a huge partnership. Opens up a massive range of end-user possibilities. Very exciting; can't wait to play with this myself.

pm90 14y ago

I wish there would be more NFC enabled devices: I think its a really nifty way to initiate contact between electronics. I see a future where one device, most likely the cellphone, will be the 'remote' for all other household devices. Tagstand sounds promising, but I would also prefer the app to be as invisible as possible, once the functions are defined/set. In my case, I use my N9 to turn on and connect to my Nokia Play 360 speakers[0] by just tapping it. It's really cool and I'm surprised the novelty of it hasn't worn off even after a year of use. [0]: http://www.amazon.com/Nokia-Play-Bluetooth-Speaker-Black/dp/B0074F5DMO http://www.amazon.com/Nokia-Play-Bluetooth-Speaker-Black/dp/...

mpclark 14y ago
I feel like I spend my life saying this: "Hang on, don't worry, it's coming." NFC is taking time because there are so many stakeholders, there is hardware involved, and the value chain is not straightforward. That said, Sony is going big on putting NFC into consumer electronics; they made quite a splash about it at CES [0]. I heard earlier that they're talking about 50 new NFC-enabled products in the near future. There is also a lot more in the wings, as the phones are now getting out there and into the hands of a desirable demographic group. [0]: http://www.nfcworld.com/2013/01/08/321784/sony-pushes-nfc-at-ces-with-one-touch-mobile-phones-tvs-headsets-speakers-and-more/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2013/01/08/321784/sony-pushes-nfc-at...

nohuck13 14y ago

NFC = Near Field Communication http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication Maybe I'm behind the curve on this one :)

thetrumanshow 14y ago

I worked at a big company with a large warehousing infrastructure, and developed mobile apps to help them work their inventory: cycle-counting, checkin/checkout, etc. They were primarily using barcoding (Motorolla MC9090's, just like the WalMart scanners), because our RFID tags were generally unreliable for most inventory applications. RFID/NFC just never made it that big in the inventory space. Programmable "Actions" seem much cooler and bring out the imaginative hacker in me, just like ifttt. But, I'm lacking vision here. Does anyone have a link to a kick-ass example of someone using TagStand?

kul 14y ago
A bunch of our users put up use cases here: https://plus.google.com/102023090624091726129/posts/4qBJBvby5Su https://plus.google.com/102023090624091726129/posts/4qBJBvby...
- thetrumanshow 14y ago
  Thanks Kulveer. Curious if you're going to have a services directory for people who complete clever integrations with your product? Boxcar did this, we were a part. Great experience. Would love to do something like that again. http://boxcar.io/provider_list http://boxcar.io/provider_list