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A comment on Apple Uses Bluetooth LE To Enable Apple TV ‘Touch To Set Up’ Via iOS 7 Devices. Parent comment

Re:Apple Uses Bluetooth LE To Enable Apple TV ‘Touch To Set ... by eddieroger on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @08:52PM (#6448271)
Apple is making a bet on NFC like they did on Blu-Ray. Nothing has proven that NFC is going to change the world one device at a time yet, just ike so many computers still don't come with Blu-Ray drives. Besides, every iPhone and iPad currently for sale support BTLE, whereas there are only a handful of devices that come with an NFC chip. Why wouldn't Apple leverage a technology that all of their current devices support?
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Re:Apple Uses Bluetooth LE To Enable Apple TV ‘Touch To Set ... by swamp40 on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @10:48PM (#6448630)
I agree with most of your argument, but almost every Android phone for the last 3 years has had NFC installed - so I'll bet the installed userbase is actually more than for Apple's Bluetooth LE.
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Re:Apple Uses Bluetooth LE To Enable Apple TV ‘Touch To Set ... by adestefan on Thursday September 26, 2013 @09:34PM (#6454722)
And every Android phone has had BLE hardware, but no software because Google dragged their feet until this summer. The install base of BLE is far larger than NFC.
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