Here's how the new Apple Watch— as well as AirDrop, iBeacon and ... exception to Apple's focus on Bluetooth+WiFi for mobile wireless connectivity is NFC, which the company is using for Apple ...

First in Series of New Application Documents Helps Developers Leverage Both Technologies to Benefit Consumers WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA – Dec. 19, 2011 – The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry ...

The NFC hype ... to Apple’s AirDrop. It can transfer files to devices within close proximity, entirely wirelessly. Quick Share starts the connection using your location and Bluetooth.

But rather than use NFC, AirDrop relies on WiFi and Bluetooth. In fact, when Apple announced AirDrop, it actually took a subtle swipe at NFC, with Apple's mobile development chief Craig ...

An Apple TV "touch-to-set-up" option using Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) shows that Apple has well and truly moved beyond ever adding near-field communication (NFC) to the iPhone. Seamus Byrne Editor ...

Rather than using a physical bump or an NFC tap, AirDrop uses Bluetooth 4.0 LE for efficient discovery of nearby users and Bluetooth+HS to allow wireless sessions to jump to WiFi for much faster ...

NFC has a very short range of around 20cm (Bluetooth devices typically communicate over distances of 5 – 10 metres) and unlike Bluetooth the amount of data that can be transferred to and from ...