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Write Nfc Tags with your Nexus S

A few weeks ago, the guys at the Gibraltar Software Factory demonstrated how the Nexus S can write NFC tags using hidden code in Gingerbread. We’ve duplicated their work and packaged up the code so you...

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NFC and Bluetooth brought together with Android 2.3.3

Yesterday, the Android team announced the SDK for the Gingerbread 2.3.3 release, with much-enhanced NFC support. The NFC api is indeed very exciting and well thought-out, and will hopefully lead to a...

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Social applications between phones and a TV using NFC

A few weeks ago, we demonstrated a few social applications running between two Android phones, using NFC and Junction to make the setup as easy as possible. Now, we’ve put together a few more...

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Android 2.3.3 source available

The Android Gingerbread 2.3.3 source code is now available to download. Fetching the new code requires updating the “repo” tool used to download Android code– when running an old version of repo, you...

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Adding NFC to Legacy Devices

The Setup NFC will enable a host of new applications for smartphones, but it will be a few years before the technology becomes ubiquitous. But that doesn’t mean our old phones can’t join in for some...

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Bluetooth across Android and a Desktop

I have a project in which I would like to communicate between a PC and an Android phone using Bluetooth. It took me some time to figure out what pieces to use, so if you’ve stumbled across this post,...

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NFC and Bluetooth Pairing in Android (Part II)

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been hard at work on a library for NFC interactions in Android. The library, called EasyNFC, is currently available in beta, and we’ll discuss it in more detail soon. But...

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Bluetooth, Reflection, and “Legacy” NFC

Today, we just got a swath of Nexus S phones to support our research class’s exploration of uses for NFC technology.   Unfortunately for me, I recently bought a Motorola Atrix which doesn’t have any...

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Building NFC-aware Applications

As NFC finds its way into more and more phones, developers can start thinking about how to use it to make their applications more viral, more engaging, and easier to use. Android’s recent release of...

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