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Uhlelo olusha lokusebenza lwe-Apple olubizwa nge-iOS 7 luletha izinguquko eziningi ezibonakalayo ezibonakalayo futhi lubangela umsindo omkhulu. Abantu bayaphikisana ngokuthi ngabe lezi yizinguquko ezingcono futhi baphikisana ngokuthi uhlelo luhle noma lubi. Nokho, bambalwa abantu abagxila kulokho okungaphansi kwe-hood kanye nalokho okulethwa yi-iOS 7 entsha ngokombono wezobuchwepheshe. Enye yezindaba ezincane nezincane okuxoxwe ngazo, kodwa ezisabaluleke ngendlela emangalisayo enguqulweni yesikhombisa ye-iOS ukusekelwa kweBluetooth Low Energy (BLE). Lesi sici sifakwe kuphrofayili u-Apple ayibize nge-iBeacon.

Imininingwane ngalesi sihloko ayikashicilelwa, kodwa iseva, isibonelo, ibhala mayelana namandla amakhulu alo msebenzi. I-GigaOM. I-BLE izokwenza ukuthi kusebenze amadivaysi amancane angaphandle okonga amandla angasetshenziswa ngezinjongo eziningi ezahlukene. Okunye ukusetshenziswa okufanele kukhulunywe ngakho ukuxhumana okungenantambo kwedivayisi yendawo encane. Okuthile okufana nalokhu kungavumela, isibonelo, ukuzulazula ngaphakathi kwezakhiwo namakhempasi amancane, lapho kudingeka khona ukunemba okuphezulu kwezinsizakalo zendawo.

Enye yezinkampani ezingathanda ukusebenzisa leli thuba elisha yi Isilinganiso. Umkhiqizo wale nkampani ubizwa nge-Bluetooth Smart Beacons futhi umsebenzi wayo ukuhlinzeka ngokuqondile ngedatha yendawo kudivayisi exhunyiwe enomsebenzi we-BLE. Ukusetshenziswa akukhawulelwe ekuthengeni nasekuhambeni ezindaweni zokuthenga, kodwa kuzosiza ukujwayela kunoma yisiphi isakhiwo esikhulu. Iphinde ibe neminye imisebenzi ethokozisayo, ngokwesibonelo ingakwazisa ngezaphulelo nokuthengisa ezitolo ezikuzungezile. Okuthile okufana nalokhu kunamandla amakhulu kubathengisi. Ngokusho kwabamele inkampani Isilinganiso idivayisi enjalo ingahlala iminyaka emibili yonke ngebhethri elilodwa lewashi. Njengamanje, intengo yale divayisi iphakathi kwama-dollar angu-20 no-30, kodwa uma isakazeka ebangeni elibanzi lamakhasimende, ngokuqinisekile kuzokwazi ukuyithola eshibhile esikhathini esizayo.

Omunye umdlali obona ithuba kule makethe esafufusa inkampani PayPal. Inkampani ekhokha nge-inthanethi yethule i-Beacon kuleli sonto. Kulokhu, kufanele kube umsizi we-elekthronikhi omncane ozovumela abantu ukuthi bakhokhe ngomakhalekhukhwini babo ngaphandle kokuthi bakhiphe ephaketheni labo. I-PayPal Beacon iyidivayisi encane ye-USB exhuma endaweni yokukhokha esitolo futhi ivumela amakhasimende ukuthi akhokhe ngohlelo lokusebenza lweselula lwe-PayPal. Kunjalo, uhla oluyisisekelo lwezinsizakalo nalo lunwetshiwe lapha ngezengezo ezahlukahlukene nezesekeli zezentengiso.

Ngenxa yokubambisana kwe-PayPal Beacon kanye nesicelo ocingweni, ikhasimende lingathola izinhlinzeko ezenziwe ngomthungo, lifunde ukuthi i-oda lalo selilungile, njalonjalo. Ukuze uthole izinkokhelo ezilula, ezisheshayo nezifanelekile khona kanye ephaketheni lakho, vele ubhangqe ifoni yakho kanye nedivayisi ye-Beacon esitolo futhi ngokuzayo uma ulungiselwa yonke into.

Kusobala ukuthi i-Apple, ngokungafani nabanye abakhiqizi, icishe ingakunaki ubukhona bobuchwepheshe be-NFC futhi ibheka ukuthuthukiswa okuqhubekayo kwe-Bluetooth njengokuthembisayo. Eminyakeni emibili edlule, i-iPhone iye yagxekwa ngenxa yokungabikho kwe-NFC, kodwa manje kuvela ukuthi ekugcineni akuwona ubuchwepheshe obukhulu obuzobusa emakethe, kodwa kunalokho enye yeziphetho ezifile zentuthuko. Ububi obukhulu be-NFC, ngokwesibonelo, ukuthi ingasetshenziswa kuphela phakathi kwamasentimitha ambalwa, okungenzeka ukuthi u-Apple angafuni ukukukhokhela.

Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi i-Bluetooth Low Energy ayiyona into entsha futhi amafoni amaningi emakethe asekela lesi sici. Kodwa-ke, amandla ayo ahlala engasetshenziswa futhi abakhiqizi befoni beWindows ne-Android bakubheka njengokuncane. Kodwa-ke, amafemu ezobuchwepheshe manje aseluleme futhi azama ukulibamba leli thuba. I-BLE inikeza amathuba abanzi ngempela okusetshenziswa, ngakho-ke singabheka phambili kulokho abakhiqizi nabashisekeli abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba abazoqhamuka nakho. Yomibili le mikhiqizo echazwe ngenhla isesigabeni sokuqala sokuthuthuka, kodwa kokubili i-Estimote ne-PayPal banethemba lokuba nemikhiqizo eqediwe emakethe ekuqaleni konyaka ozayo.

Izinsiza: TheVerge.com, GigaOM.com
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