If you have an ‘N’ block at the top of your Samsung Android cell phone, then you have NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (alternately known as NFC) turned on. NFC does exactly what it says; it communicates to other devices nearby. Specifically, NFC is most commonly associated with ‘Tap’ payment systems. For instance, Read more…
I have been looking at this “N” (see right) for weeks and have not figured out what it is doing. I have turned off WiFi so it should not find an 802.11 N networks. This was making me nuts. It turns out that “N” relates to NEAR FEILD COMMUNICATION. If Read more…
Near Field Communication, or NFC as it is now commonly referred to, is very much like a two way Radio Frequency Identifier (RFID) that is built into newer smart cell phones, such as the Blackberry Bold 9790 and Google Nexus S (but not any of the Apple iphones… yet). If you Read more…