Does Global RUU include the Android Beam?

[skatergirl]

I thought that the Beam feature was part of Jelly Bean, but I see on the specs of the new Razr M that it has the Beam feature and it is shipping with ICS.

 

[TBolt]

I see nothing that refers to sharing items via Beam. Just the usual share options.

Nothing referring to 'beam' in the apps drawer either.

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[Kaptain75329]

Nope. Android Beam relies on NFC technology, which is hardware the Rezound does not have.

I'm assuming most high end phones will have NFC going forward, but I imagine it won't get popular until the iPhone embraces it. Here's hoping Apple includes NFC in the iPhone 5.

 

[MrSmith317]

You can get an NFC enabled SD card but it doesn't truly open up NFC as it has to be used with a specific app written to take advantage of the non-standard feature. I have played with "beam" with two of my own phones and it's certainly not as cool as you'd think. But then again neither is Google wallet. I mean who WANTS to pay for things?

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Nope. Android Beam relies on NFC technology, which is hardware the Rezound does not have.

I'm assuming most high end phones will have NFC going forward, but I imagine it won't get popular until the iPhone embraces it. Here's hoping Apple includes NFC in the iPhone 5.

App-who? Are you in the right forum? lol

 

[leroybrute]

My son and I have the Galaxy S3 and my wife has a Nexus 7 and we have been using beam and it is very handy. Very cool feature. It will be nice to see it on more phones. Give it a year and we all will be beaming. Lol

PS. I won't butt my phone up to an iPhone. #IPHONESTD

 

[Kaptain75329]

You can get an NFC enabled SD card but it doesn't truly open up NFC as it has to be used with a specific app written to take advantage of the non-standard feature. I have played with "beam" with two of my own phones and it's certainly not as cool as you'd think. But then again neither is Google wallet. I mean who WANTS to pay for things?

Yea, the SD card thing sounds like it would be only a sort of half-fix. That said, it's probably better than nothing.

I think Beam will become more useful over time once the hardware and software as standard as Bluetooth. Paying for things with a phone will likely become as ubiquitous as credit cards are today. I just we had better universal way to reliably transfer files. Bluetooth transfers are always such a complete PITA, even when it works, and my understanding is NFC can initiate but still relies on BT to do the actual transfer.

App-who? Are you in the right forum? lol

Just ignore that crazy talk.