1. Reader centric - where everything revolves around the reader, as in using this reader for NFC payments. You can use passive tags, like stickers, key chains, wristbands etc to scan. Associate data with these tags via the cloud.
2. Tag centric - where everything revolves around the tag & it is a dynamic thing, which also seems possible with this flojack device. I'm less of a fan of this because of the problems you noted above - it's just a hassle to get people activated in this model.
I think the first model satisfies your requirement of only one side needing the dongle to participate.
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The way I think of NFC is in two models:
1. Reader centric - where everything revolves around the reader, as in using this reader for NFC payments. You can use passive tags, like stickers, key chains, wristbands etc to scan. Associate data with these tags via the cloud.
2. Tag centric - where everything revolves around the tag & it is a dynamic thing, which also seems possible with this flojack device. I'm less of a fan of this because of the problems you noted above - it's just a hassle to get people activated in this model.
I think the first model satisfies your requirement of only one side needing the dongle to participate.