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Schaller: The long journey towards good free video conferencing

Posted Oct 17, 2012 0:20 UTC (Wed) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Schaller: The long journey towards good free video conferencing by dlang
Parent article: Schaller: The long journey towards good free video conferencing

You'll need to add some interaction, like a simple "Confirm" button on fridge's touchscreen.

And most of components are already here. NFC is available on most phones and NFC readers are dirt-cheap.

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Posted Oct 17, 2012 0:22 UTC (Wed) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]

> NFC is available on most phones

with the notable exception of Apple devices. how many companies are going to make a fridge that cannot be configured by any Apple customers?

Schaller: The long journey towards good free video conferencing

Posted Oct 17, 2012 0:28 UTC (Wed) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

You assume that it's a permanent situation. iPhones will probably get NFC as soon as Apple feels like inventing it.