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insomniasexx  ·  3900 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: FireChat lets you text friends, even without a signal | The Verge

Looks like Android has BLE for 4.3+. I wonder if they could talk to each other? I knew whenever BLE got widespread support that what we were trying to do with TinCan would be much easier. I just didn't expect it to be supported this quickly. Last summer, all forums were expecting wider, stable support of BLE in maybe early 2015.

I just found out about iBeacons, pushing notifs, and use of BLE yesterday. I asked about Tin-Can but then I hit my knee really hard on the corner of my file cabinet and everyone laughed at me and the conversation went no where.

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/bluetooth-le.html

http://www.knowyourmobile.com/apple/apple-iphone-5s/21276/ibeacon-apples-nfc-alternative-explained

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBeacon