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Get notified from nearby iOS 7 devices by using iBeacon ‘Apple’s utmost contemporary technology

Author: App Patel
by App Patel
Posted: Mar 26, 2014

Introduction

Every smart people in the world needs Smart phones. iPhone is a unique and one of the premium mobile phone presently prevailing in the souk that encounters sensibly the requirements of entrepreneurs. It’s possible because it is having user friendly features, which empowers it to meet the user's determined necessities. Apple's device’s has always been an innovator in the world of technology. Whether it’s about appearances or features, there is no other option for users to get the best other than apple.

In mid-2013 Apple announced iBeacon Technology which is intended to support the retail industry by streamlining payments and allowing on-site offers. With the introduction of iOS 7, retailers and other small to medium enterprises are gifted to use this Bluetooth 4.0 based technology. iBeacon is an indoor positioning system that Apple Inc. calls "a new class of low-powered, low-cost transmitters that can notify nearby iOS 7 devices of their presence. It can also be used by the Android operating system, It’s a technology that enables an iOS device or other hardware to send push notifications to iOS devices within close proximity.

How iBeacon works

Apple’s iBeacon works on Low Energy Bluetooth (BLE), also known as Bluetooth 4.0 or Bluetooth Smart. In a real life scenario it would be more of a location-aware, context-aware, pervasive small wireless sensor beacon which could pinpoint your location in a store. From there iBeacons could send you personal notifications of items around you that are on sale or items you may be looking for. It could enable payments at the point of Sale (POS) such that you don’t need to remove your wallet or card to make a payment. It could be the next possible Near Field Communication (NFC) competitor.

Comparable Technologies

Though NFC environment is very diverse from iBeacon and has many non-overlapping applications with iBeacons, it is still compared with this technology.

  • NFC range is upto 20 cm (7.87 inches) but the actual optimal range is
  • Mobile device needs to have a NFC chip to carry out the communication effectively which restricts the user from NFC.
  • Another advantage of Apple iBeacon is that not all the phones have NFC chips (no iOS devices) but most of the phones have Bluetooth capability (most new ones come with 4.0).
  • With the zero battery energy harvesting technology used from devices made by Passif, there is less battery used than NFC.

Device Compatibility

  • iOS devices with Bluetooth 4.0 (iPhone 4S and later, iPad 3 and later, iPod touch 5, iPad mini and later)
  • Android devices with Bluetooth 4.0 and Android 4.3 and later (Samsung Galaxy S3/S4/S4 Mini, Samsung Galaxy Note II/III, HTC One, Nexus 7 2013 edition, Nexus 4, Nexus 5, HTC Butterfly
  • Macintosh computers equipped with OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) and Bluetooth 4.0 using the MacBeacon application from Radius Networks

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Patel is a CEO of Technologies which is a prominent web & mobile app development company. Industrial Vacuum

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