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ʻO ka ʻōnaehana hana hou o Apple i kapa ʻia ʻo iOS 7 e lawe mai i nā loli ʻike he nui a ke kumu nui nei. Hoʻopaʻapaʻa ka poʻe inā he hoʻololi kēia no ka maikaʻi a hoʻopaʻapaʻa inā ʻoi aku ka nani o ka ʻōnaehana a i ʻole ka ʻino. Eia nō naʻe, kakaikahi ka poʻe e nānā i ka mea ma lalo o ka puʻupuʻu a me ka mea a ka iOS 7 hou e lawe mai ai mai kahi manaʻo ʻenehana. ʻO kekahi o nā nūhou liʻiliʻi a liʻiliʻi loa i kamaʻilio ʻia, akā ʻo ia ka nūhou koʻikoʻi i ka ʻehiku o ka mana o iOS ʻo ke kākoʻo Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). Hoʻopili ʻia kēia hiʻohiʻona i kahi ʻaoʻao i kapa ʻia ʻo Apple iBeacon.

ʻAʻole i paʻi ʻia nā kikoʻī e pili ana i kēia kumuhana, akā ʻo ke kikowaena, no ka laʻana, kākau e pili ana i ka mana nui o kēia hana GigaOM. Hiki iā BLE ke hana i nā mea ho'ōla ikehu waho liʻiliʻi i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia no nā kumu like ʻole. ʻO kahi hoʻohana pono e haʻi ʻia ʻo ia ka pilina uea o kahi mea micro-location. Hiki i kekahi mea e like me kēia, no ka laʻana, ke hoʻokele i loko o nā hale a me nā pā kula liʻiliʻi, kahi e pono ai ka pololei o nā lawelawe wahi.

ʻO kekahi o nā hui e makemake e hoʻohana i kēia manawa hou Kuhi manaʻo. Ua kapa ʻia ka huahana o kēia hui ʻo Bluetooth Smart Beacons a ʻo kāna hana ke hāʻawi pololei i ka ʻikepili wahi i kahi mea pili i loaʻa ka hana BLE. ʻAʻole i kaupalena ʻia ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kūʻai ʻana a me ka neʻe ʻana a puni nā hale kūʻai, akā e maʻalahi ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kekahi hale nui. Loaʻa iā ia nā hana hoihoi ʻē aʻe, no ka laʻana hiki iā ia ke hoʻomaopopo iā ʻoe e pili ana i nā uku a me nā kūʻai aku ma nā hale kūʻai a puni ʻoe. ʻO kekahi mea e like me kēia he mana nui no nā mea kūʻai aku. Wahi a nā luna ʻoihana Kuhi manaʻo hiki i ia mea hana ke hoʻomau i ʻelua makahiki holoʻokoʻa me hoʻokahi pākahi wati. I kēia manawa, aia ke kumukūʻai o kēia mea ma waena o 20 a 30 mau kālā, akā inā e pālahalaha aku i kahi ākea o nā mea kūʻai aku, ʻoiaʻiʻo e hiki ke loaʻa iā ia i ka wā e hiki mai ana.

ʻO kekahi mea pāʻani e ʻike i kahi manawa kūpono i kēia mākeke e kū mai ana ʻo ia ka hui PayPal. Ua wehe ka ʻoihana uku pūnaewele i ka Beacon i kēia pule. I kēia hihia, pono ia he mea kōkua uila liʻiliʻi e hiki ai i nā poʻe ke uku me kā lākou kelepona paʻa me ka ʻole e lawe i waho o kā lākou ʻeke. ʻO ka PayPal Beacon kahi mea USB liʻiliʻi e pili ana i kahi pahu uku i loko o kahi hale kūʻai a hiki i nā mea kūʻai ke uku ma o ka polokalamu kelepona PayPal. ʻOiaʻiʻo, hoʻonui ʻia ka laulā o nā lawelawe ma ʻaneʻi me nā mea hoʻohui like ʻole a me nā mea kālepa.

Mahalo i ka launa pū ʻana o ka PayPal Beacon a me ka noi ma ke kelepona, hiki i ka mea kūʻai ke loaʻa nā makana i hana ʻia, aʻo ua mākaukau kāna kauoha, a pēlā aku. No nā uku maʻalahi, wikiwiki a maʻalahi hoʻi mai kāu ʻeke, e hoʻopili wale i kāu kelepona i hoʻokahi manawa me ka hāmeʻa Beacon i ka hale kūʻai a i ka manawa aʻe e mālama ʻia nā mea āpau no ʻoe.

Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Apple, ʻaʻole like me nā mea hana ʻē aʻe, aneane e haʻalele i ka noho ʻana o ka ʻenehana NFC a noʻonoʻo i ka hoʻomohala hou ʻana o Bluetooth e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. I nā makahiki ʻelua i hala iho nei, ua hoʻohewa ʻia ka iPhone no ka loaʻa ʻole o ka NFC, akā i kēia manawa ua ʻike ʻia i ka hopena ʻaʻole ia he ʻenehana nui e hoʻomalu i ka mākeke, akā ʻo kekahi o nā hopena make o ka hoʻomohala ʻana. ʻO kahi hemahema nui o ka NFC, no ka laʻana, hiki ke hoʻohana wale ʻia i loko o kekahi mau kenimika, ʻaʻole paha makemake ʻo Apple e hoʻoholo.

He mea nui ia e hoʻomaopopo he mea hou ʻole ʻo Bluetooth Low Energy a ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kelepona ma ka mākeke ke kākoʻo nei i kēia hiʻohiʻona. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia kona hiki a noʻonoʻo nā mea hana kelepona ʻo Windows Phone a me nā mea hana kelepona he marginal. Eia naʻe, ua ola hou nā ʻoihana ʻenehana a ke hoʻāʻo nei e hopu i ka manawa. Hāʻawi ʻo BLE i kahi ākea ākea o ka hoʻohana ʻana, a no laila hiki iā mākou ke nānā i mua i nā mea hana a me nā mea hoihoi mai nā wahi a pau o ka honua. ʻO nā huahana ʻelua i hōʻike ʻia ma luna nei aia nō i ka hoʻomaka mua o ka hoʻomohala ʻana, akā manaʻo ʻo Estimote a me PayPal e loaʻa nā huahana i hoʻopau ʻia ma ka mākeke i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki aʻe.

Nā kumuwaiwai: TheVerge.com, GigaOM.com
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