I am not sure what the advantage of this is - certainly bluetooth or WiFi would be better (or is the NFC used to set up a connection in bluetooth or WiFi?).
Using NFC to give out your contact info is clearly more efficient than any other method. It can't be shared via WiFi, and to share it with bluetooth, the other person will have to make their device discoverable and then you'd have to go through the process of transmitting it. It's much simpler to tap my phone against yours and be done with it.
Also, this sounds like an excellent way to transmit malware, and I'd be willing to bet that somebody somewhere will begin to exploit NFC in this regard (and since many credit cards have NFC perhaps that makes them vulnerable when they are near your phone?).
That's a bit of a reach there. For one, nobody can transmit anything to your phone without your knowledge. The range of NFC is so short that they'd have to be touching your phone to transmit anything.
Anyways, I wonder if somebody could explain to me why NFC is not redundant with bluetooth? Why haven't pay systems been based on bluetooth? Is it thought NFC's smaller range adds security? Not trolling - genuinely interested.
There is definitely a large element of security using NFC, due to its extremely short range. Bluetooth on the other hand has a very large range (relatively speaking), and thus would be much more susceptible to the data transmission being intercepted. With NFC basically needing to be so close, the objects are touching, it would be quite difficult for someone to steal your information without you knowing.
Wifi (like wifi direct on Android) or Bluetooth would be better options for sending files, because they have faster transfer rates.
NFC can be used to transfer files via bluetooth. NFC allows you to skip the whole pairing process and go straight to transmitting the file. It's just an added convenience, instead of having to go through all the steps of bluetooth transfer.
You can't say email doesn't count either; it's a valid method.
I'd say it doesn't. Like the person you were responding to, I don't give out my email address except to a select few people. Furthermore, sending files via email his horribly inefficient, ESPECIALLY if it's a larger file. You'd be having to wait for the file to be uploaded and the email sent. From there, the person you're sending it to has to wait for it to be downloaded. Then you get into the signal quality issue that could potentially impact how long it takes for said file to be uploaded and downloaded (this is especially true with larger files). It is much more efficient to send the file directly to the other person's phone, sending via email is just a workaround to account for a device limitation.
If you have access to a computer you can use Bump to send documents/received files, but you need to do something with iTunes to get it to work..not ideal.
Bump can be used to send photos, videos, contacts between devices so long as you have an Internet connection simply by bumping them into each other. It's again likely to be faster than NFC, especially if connected to wifi.
I don't care for Bump for the same reason I don't care to use email to give someone a file. Also, understand that NFC isn't actually how the file is being transferred. NFC is just basically pairing the two devices together, but the files are not actually transmitted that way. Samsung uses NFC (S Beam) to send files via wifi-direct, while Android beam uses NFC to send files via bluetooth. NFC is only used to quickly connect the two devices instead of manually having to pair them (bluetooth) or manually set up wifi direct.
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There are plenty of other things you could do with regards to your tab problem. One is save the message/email/whatever and only go back to it when you have time to deal with it. Another is to create a note with all of the links in.
That is just a workaround. It is still much simpler to just leave the tab open, especially if I've already started on that page and want to leave it at a certain point on the page.
Apple puts a limitation on the number of tabs you can open because, news flash, browser tabs use up memory. I guess you'd rather it let you open up 50 pages and then complain about out of memory alerts or it not letting you do anything?
You have to remember that Apple caters for the average user who has little to no technical know-how. They want the UI to remain smooth, which they accomplish by limiting how many tabs you can open.
I have never encountered any device performance issues from having several tabs open. I prefer to be free to use my phone how I would like to, instead of the shackles of needless limitations dictating how I can or cannot use my phone.
