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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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EXAM TIP Most mobile devices have Bluetooth discovery disabled by

default to conserve battery life. An active search for devices to pair with uses

electricity, as does completed pairing, so use Bluetooth only when you need

to use it and be prepared for the battery hit.

NFC

Near Field Communication (NFC) uses chips embedded in mobile devices

that create electromagnetic fields when these devices are close to each other.

The typical range for NFC communications is anywhere from a very few

centimeters to only a few inches. The devices must be very close to or

touching each other, and can be used to exchange contact information, small

files, and even payment transactions through stored credit cards using

systems like Apple Pay and Google Pay. This technology is seeing

widespread adoption in newer mobile devices, as well as the infrastructures

and applications that support them. Tap pay devices are increasingly

common, using NFC and your phone so your credit cards stay in your wallet

or purse.

Magnetic Readers and Chip Readers

Merchants can attach a magnetic reader or a chip reader to a smartphone to

enable very quick credit card transactions via the cellular network (see Figure

24-44). This technology has empowered vendors small and large to free

themselves from static cash registers, enabling commerce to happen literally

anywhere two people want to exchange goods and services for money. Every

merchant at the Texas Renaissance Festival this year, for example, had credit

card readers attached to smartphones to take the Totalsem crew’s money

when they dressed up and went there to play (see Figure 24-45). Cheers!

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