I ordered some 1K tags for my Nexus 4. The vendor now has info on their site that the tags will not work with Nexus 4 or Nexus 10. Something about the Broadcom controller not supporting NXP legacy tags.
Well, that's kind of bad. Do you trust the vendor, or are you willing to buy a few tags just to find out? If the new stack and/or chip really marks a bifurcation of NFC it's something worth Anandtech looking into and explaining I think, especially if it goes beyond NFC tags into other NFC functions.
NFC (Near Field Controller) NFC Controller Interface (NCI), I fail to see what's an ATM Machine there, it's the proper way of writing the sentence or referring to the NCI.
I was simply pointing that, like when we talk about an ATM Machine (or an LCD Display), talking about an NFC NCI is redundant, since the N from NCI already stands for NFC. You could have written "The NFC Controller Interface (NCI) [...]". It's no biggie.
With the change of NFC code, might that complicate back porting this to existing devices? I assume since this interface is new, that it isn't in those phones/tablets.
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YellowWing - Thursday, November 15, 2012 - link
I ordered some 1K tags for my Nexus 4. The vendor now has info on their site that the tags will not work with Nexus 4 or Nexus 10. Something about the Broadcom controller not supporting NXP legacy tags.MadMan007 - Thursday, November 15, 2012 - link
Well, that's kind of bad. Do you trust the vendor, or are you willing to buy a few tags just to find out? If the new stack and/or chip really marks a bifurcation of NFC it's something worth Anandtech looking into and explaining I think, especially if it goes beyond NFC tags into other NFC functions.Brian Klug - Friday, November 16, 2012 - link
Weird, really? Any chance you can link me to the tags?-Brian
YellowWing - Friday, November 16, 2012 - link
BrianI first saw it in the FAQ at tagsfordroid
There is a discusion here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3...
jibz - Thursday, November 15, 2012 - link
Isn't a "NFC NCI" the same as an "ATM Machine"? ;)Death666Angel - Thursday, November 15, 2012 - link
Or LCD display, which gets confused a lot even on anandtech.com :D.Brian Klug - Friday, November 16, 2012 - link
NFC (Near Field Controller) NFC Controller Interface (NCI), I fail to see what's an ATM Machine there, it's the proper way of writing the sentence or referring to the NCI.-Brian
jibz - Friday, November 16, 2012 - link
I was simply pointing that, like when we talk about an ATM Machine (or an LCD Display), talking about an NFC NCI is redundant, since the N from NCI already stands for NFC. You could have written "The NFC Controller Interface (NCI) [...]". It's no biggie.extide - Friday, November 16, 2012 - link
They are just pointing out that if you expand all of that you get:Near Field Controller Controller Interface
jibz - Friday, November 16, 2012 - link
The C in NFC stands for Communication, not Controller. So NFC NCI would be Near Field Communication Near Field Communication Controller Interface.danjw - Thursday, November 15, 2012 - link
With the change of NFC code, might that complicate back porting this to existing devices? I assume since this interface is new, that it isn't in those phones/tablets.staticx57 - Saturday, November 17, 2012 - link
" WebView rendering engine (which doesn’t apply to Chrome unfortunately)"Does Google ever plan on bringing Chrome on Android to the 21st century?
ImSpartacus - Saturday, November 24, 2012 - link
I never thought I'd see an old MAW member on Anandtech. Small world, eh?