keitai-l@appelsiini.net writes:
>http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/news/content/file_878.html
>
>What will hapen to Bluetooth??
They are talking about comms with a range of up to 20cm.
Seems fairly slow at:
>communication speed up to 212 kbit/s
(as opposed to 720kbps I have seen quoted for bluetooth)
It seems quite focussed on a particular product area - contactless
smartcards...
>The consumer's primary NFC device (e.g. mobile phone or PDA) acts as a
>smart-key to gain access to chosen services from any NFC device,
>anywhere, anytime.
So, slower, smaller range, not here yet, seems to be based on 1 to 1
communication, a fix for a particular set of problems, not a general
bluetooth replacement.
Nick
Received on Mon Sep 9 15:19:51 2002