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> iBeacons, as currently designed, broadcast packets at a set rate using Bluetooth LE, and devices scan for those broadcasts. It is possible that iBeacons will
by djb_hackernews 12y ago
> iBeacons, as currently designed, broadcast packets at a set rate using Bluetooth LE, and devices scan for those broadcasts.
It is possible that iBeacons will provide the copious amounts of data themselves, and this is the first step to that end, as the parent points out.