Communication of the near field, more known to everyone called NFC.(Near Field Communication) - this is "the technology of wireless high-frequency communication of a small radius of action, which makes it possible to exchange data between devices located at a distance of about 10 centimeters." So decipheres Wikipedia significance of the rapidly gaining popularity of technology. If no one before was thinking about, why should his phone need to have such an advantage, then in our century, especially in the coming years, NFC along with it is not at all extra. So what is so wonderful in this technology? Let's figure it out.

The following 8 reasons will make you think to acquire the next time the smartphone on Windows Phone 8. With support NFC..
1. Leave your wallet at home. Smartphone with NFC can remember all information on your debit / credit card. They will be stored in the application " Wallet"And can be used if you need to enter data from the map or when purchased in the Windows Phone store. In the near future, it will be possible to pay through a smartphone on special NFC-supported terminals with one touch.

2. Another possibility of the near future is the storage of information about the key card from your room at the hotel. This means that you will never leave the room without a key from her, because you always take your Windows Phone with you.

3. Use your smartphone to pay for travel in public transport. It is enough to hold the device for the NFC reader. The system already works in countries such as United Kingdom, Germany, China and some others. In Russia, too, you can experiment with the Moscow Metro. Do not forget to share the results with us
4. Transmission of virtual business cards has become even easier. It is enough to bring two smartphones to each other, and all the information indicated about you in the card will load on the opponent device. No longer need to buy new business cards when changing numbers or work, all information can be easily overwritten. Of course, data transfer is possible only if there are NFCs from both smartphones.

6. In the "Wallet" application, you can also save all the information about your discount (discount) cards. Should I say goodbye to your wallet from them, now you have enough smartphone to get a discount in your favorite store.
7. NFC can be used for completely different purposes in multiple applications. For example, in Foursquare to specify your location, you need to upload the program, find your current location and "Check-in". With NFC it is done in one touch, it is enough to attach a smartphone to the desired NFC reader.

8. As in 5 item, you can easily transmit your photos and videos to your friends and family using the TAP + Send function on Windows Phone.

Above the following 8 everyday situations in which you will make your life easier. In fact, the possibilities of NFC are limited only by the fantasy of developers. See how you can turn Nokia Lumia 920 to the central control panel of your apartment:

Not so long ago, we already did a detailed review of the instructions "How to program NFC Tags for" Android ". But as you know, NFC technology support Windows Phone OS from Nokia. And today we share the NFC programming instructions for the Windows Platform Phone.

And, as you have already had to notice, NFC technology turnover both in the Android world, so in the worlds of other manufacturers, such as Sony and Samsung and Nokia. The latter took seriously for our technology, so the company's programmers released their application that is available for download free - Nokia Nfc Writer. For Windows Phone. The functionality of the program also pleases the diversity of functions and tasks. In this instruction, it will be about this application.

Nokia NFC Writer has many different functions that include regular entries for task execution, but there are interesting, such as Foursquare built-in support, so you can create a tag that will make a check-in or send a post on Twitter. In addition, you can connect to the Account on Facebook or Google+. This is a great app, guys from Nokia worked well.

Let us go right away to the examples of creating tasks and record them on the NFC label.

Turning on the airline before your sleep

This is a good and simple example of the automation of a specific action that is executed by a simple presentation of the phone to the label, which in this case is glued to my bedside table:

Run the program, in the main menu of the Nokia NFC Writer program, select "Compose", and then swipes go to the right panel ("settings") and select "Flight Mode".

Now you need to bring your label with a NFC chip (which can be) to the back of the phone (where the NFC antenna is located) and hold it on the spot for a second. In the case of Lumia 1020, the antenna is at the top, near the camera, but the antenna place can be different, depending on the device model. Transmission occurs very quickly - only 30 bytes.

You can also make another label, in the morning to turn off the air crash. In the case, if you do not like the use of the airline, you can enlighten all the sounds, for example.

Create an electronic NFC business card

Such a business card will especially be useful at an event in shape. To share with your phone number, just press the phone to which you need to pass the data, Cobility to transfer your phone number.

You can also share Email "Ohm, send SMS (what will be discussed below) or even automatically dial the phone number.

Sending SMS to the addressee, that you just left work.

Example: You go out of work home, and in the car, bring the phone to the label that refers to your wife (which is already at home) SMS that you are already going home. We can say that it will be a wife's signal to make her tea, to your arrival :)

Select "Send Message", write text text and recipient number.

I brought some simple examples of using NFC tasks. You can also simply run different applications, checks out in Forkswell, send messages on Twitter and much more.

It should also be noted that when adding tasks, in the bottom of the program is written how much the place is on the chip, to record the task. When buying a NFC label, you yourself should know how much memory is available to record on the NFC label. And when creating tasks and their records must be controlled by how much memory remains.

If you still have any questions - ask them in the comments below.

NFC. - This is a wireless technology in high frequencies, which allows you to exchange data between devices that are located apart at a short distance. It is known that NFC is a device that can maintain communication with already existing smart cards and with readers used in transport, payment systems and to manipulate the function of the device.

NFC technology is implemented using a chip that works in passive mode (for example, in a metro or permission cards), and in active (can receive information from passive devices, emits information).

Many do not know aboutNFC.This technology allows you to speed up the implementation of a set of functions.

It suggests primarily comparing NFC with Bluetooth, but, despite the fact that Bluetooth is still much more common, NFC has at least two significant advantages.

1. First - The technology works only on very short distances. Do you say it's inconvenient? Partly - maybe, but this ensures much more security.
2. And here second The advantage is indisputable - the relationship between devices will be turned on almost immediately (less than a tenth share of a second), and Bluetooth has been "reflecting enough" before searching and connecting another device.

How to use NFC.

NFC is very convenient to use for the exchange of information contained by your devices; Joint games with friends and gain access to, for example, Internet services.

If you want to use NFC on your AndroidFirst, check whether NFC is supported by your device. Sometimes the manufacturer can place an inscription or logo directly on the device, but the easiest way to go to the Android settings menu, below - to the section " Wireless networks", And then click" more. " There you will have to see nFC Settings Points.

But NFC is necessary activateTo use. Mark in the checkbox item described above the "Data exchange when combined with the other device is to resolve". At the same time, the Android Beam function will be automatically activated. If Android Beam for some reason does not turn on, it will be enough just to click on it and choose "Yes" to turn on.

Now, after successfully activating technology, you can use NFC to transmit data.

Do not forget about the following moments:

Let's, perhaps, with the fact that the technology is not available here for all phones. Therefore, if some of the instructions below will be impracticable or will not any actions, most likely, NFC is simply not supported - specify the specifications of your device.

How to enable NFC on Windows Phone device?

1. Touch in the setup item application list, and then tap NFC.
2. Then turn on.
3. Touch and convey to activate the binding and transmission of NFC, or turn on.
4. Touch and pay to enable NFC transactions.

To pass through NFC photos (And not only) - touch your phone to another NFC device.

To connect with another device - Touch your NFC accessory phone (headphones or speakers, for example) to associate this accessory with a phone with Bluetooth.

To touch the tag to receive certain information - tap the NFC tag phone (say, business card or poster), and the website or application opens.

To fulfill payments or other transactions - You can customize bank or credit cards and make payments in stores that offer such a service.

Summarize in short: Most modern, and, moreover, newly produced tablets and phones are already supporting NFC, but still the function is so far enough in demand, and the application is strongly limited. Nevertheless, one should not doubt that NFC is not a real, but the future, and a shortness should expect technology penetration absolutely in all areas of life, even the most unexpected.