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Re:Finally, a real world use case for iBeacons? by howard941 on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @06:02PM (#19447444)
What do the beacons bring to the system? Genuine question, curious how they fit into the scheme.
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Re:Finally, a real world use case for iBeacons? by behucrolig on Thursday March 21, 2019 @10:08AM (#19452485)
Good question, I guess the beacon is needed to wake the phone app, that's probably all, right? The beacon does has an accelerometer, but then again, so does the phone...
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Re:Finally, a real world use case for iBeacons? by howard941 on Thursday March 21, 2019 @10:40AM (#19452837)
If the designer was here I'd ask why select a beacon instead of connecting as a bluetooth LE peripheral to take advantage of connected mode's superior power budgeting?
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