NFC is the latest short-range radio communications standard taking the mobile world by storm. NFC stands for Near Field Communication and its a standard that allow devices to establish radio connection whenever brought within close proximity of one another.
Majority of users use NFC to "beam" contact info, use them for payment services like Google Wallet and to transfer media in high-speeds. But we can now use NFC tags for automating the mobile.
With a simple touch of your device with this NFC tag, you can launch apps; set alarms; switch Bluetooth, WiFi, Navigation; and much more. With this small tag you can automate your tasks by just tapping your NFC-enabled Phone with it and have time saved and yes you can configure your tag. In the sense, you can configure your tag - which task to perform when tapped with a Phone.
NFC tags have a plethora of use case scenarios and that’s where the app NFC Task Launcher comes in. This application which is present in Google's Play Store supports NFC Forum Type 1, Type 2, Type 3 and Type 4 Tags as well as third party NFC Enabled tags like the MIFARE Classic, DESFire, Ultralight and Ultralight C and allows any NFC enabled device to create and perform tasks such as:
Create:
- Task Tags
- Switch Tasks – use 1 NFC tag to toggle between two Task tags
- vCard Tags
- Smart URL Tags
- Text Tags
- URI Tags (Tel, SMS, Mailto)
Task Tags currently support the configure or execute the following tasks:
- Turn Wifi on or off
- Turn Bluetooth on or off
- Make Bluetooth Discoverable
- Turn Air-plane mode on or off
- Launch any installed Application
- Configure a new Wifi connection and connect
- Configure and enable Portable Hotspot
- Turn Auto-sync on or off
- Turn Auto-rotation on or off
- Turn Notificaiton light on or off
- Set Display brightness and auto-brightness
- Launch any Tasker Task (for users of Tasker)
- Chang Ringtone
- Change Notification Tone
- Changing Ringer Mode (Normal/Silent/Vibrate)
- Changing Ringer Volume
- Changing Media Volume
- Changing Alarm Volume
- Changing Notification Volume
- Set vibration
- Set Alarm (both a fixed time and as a timer)
- Check in with Google Latitude, Foursquare, Facebook and Google Places
- Send a tweet on Twitter directly from the tag
- Start / Stop media playback
- Turn GPS on or off (root Required)
- Turn Mobile Data on or off (root required)
- Changing Display Timeout
- Changing Auto-Rotation
- Changing Notification Light
And this list goes on. But for all this to perform, you should have a NFC-Powered Mobile and if you have, start automation and save time.
Example 1:
We can create a simple Silent/Vibrate mode to a NFC tag and add it to a key chain. So whenever we see a board "Switch of your Mobile phones" in places like Movie theatres, Hospitals or at College, we can simply tap our mobile to this tag present in our pocket to keep the mobile in Silent/Vibrate mode.
Example 2:
We can create a NFC tag to just open Google maps app and stick this tag to a mobile stand in the car. So whenever we sit in the car and place the phone in the stand, it automatically opens maps App and its a little time saver.
So there will be no end to the imagination if you start thinking. All you need is a NFC-Powered Mobile, a few NFC badges and a little geeky coolness!
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