[request] Should the next phone have built-in ANT+ hardware?
asked 2014-11-23 14:35:15 +0300
I rephrase this question because it is specific to the next phone.
Someone suggested creating an ANT+ Other Half, and while that is OK for the current phone which does not have the hardware, it is not ideal because then you need to pay for an ANT+ chip in every different coloured TOH that you want, and some third party TOH that you may want to use may not have it.
I think it is more important to have every kind of wearable support possible (including for devices that have existed since years ago) than creating a wearable device yourself.
Note that ANT+ can be also found integrated together with WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS in a chip.
Samsung has many phones with this capability. Also Sony (since Ericsson).
I think this could be definitely a good idea, especially since BTLE looks difficult to be implemented, for now.
magullo ( 2015-05-07 11:45:41 +0300 )edit