Well I guess I missed this but after finally being able to start sifting through the Bold 9900 that I have on T-Mobile, NFC is nowhere to be found. Not a huge deal I guess but it is one less thing. And there is also no included SD card. Future update I guess...
You don't know what NFC is if you think you turn it on and there's an app that says NFC. The apps that will use NFC aren't out yet as the industry hasn't matured. It's just like Bluetooth and USB ports were in the early days. the hardware was in computers and devices for years, but you couldn't use it because it was just the technology piece. The Battery door has the antenna, nothing else. The NFC radio is on the motherboard.... Until the Carriers, or other vendors start providing the Payment Services, NFC will just be part of the device.
You don't know what NFC is if you think you turn it on and there's an app that says NFC. The apps that will use NFC aren't out yet as the industry hasn't matured. It's just like Bluetooth and USB ports were in the early days. the hardware was in computers and devices for years, but you couldn't use it because it was just the technology piece. The Battery door has the antenna, nothing else. The NFC radio is on the motherboard.... Until the Carriers, or other vendors start providing the Payment Services, (and the other features that NFC is used for), NFC will just be part of the device.
What I meant is that if I click the top bar to bring down the managed connections I don't see the option of turning on or off nfc and I've seen some pics of other 9900 that do have this option.
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What I meant is that if I click the top bar to bring down the managed connections I don't see the option of turning on or off nfc and I've seen some pics of other 9900 that do have this option.
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Those are Canadian or other foreign phones. I have seen that picture also.
Those are Canadian or other foreign phones. I have seen that picture also.
As was said previously, there's no real use for it yet, but as you can see it's there. No Canadian or foreign phone here, just a current leaked OS. The Smart Tags icon is for NFC use and such I assume.
You don't know what NFC is if you think you turn it on and there's an app that says NFC. The apps that will use NFC aren't out yet as the industry hasn't matured. It's just like Bluetooth and USB ports were in the early days. the hardware was in computers and devices for years, but you couldn't use it because it was just the technology piece. The Battery door has the antenna, nothing else. The NFC radio is on the motherboard.... Until the Carriers, or other vendors start providing the Payment Services, NFC will just be part of the device.
The NFC is on the tmobile phone, they have chosen to block it until something that actually uses it comes into existence. No point in it draining your battery for no reason!
