Along with the launch of their new high-end 8-core processor, Mediatek have also reportedly shown off their own rival to NFC.
Currently NFC technology is not at such a low price that many mid to high-end smartphones which with the technology, but Mediatek think they can do better and go cheaper with their own rival tech. Full details of how the system works haven’t been revealed but what we do know is that the HOTKNOT features transfers data via touching the screen of two (or more) devices.
HOTKNOT is implemented on the new8-core MT6592 chipset, so in theory we could see this feature appear in a relatively short time, however this being new tech and with currently no third party developers on board we wonder just how well it will take off.
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With Mediatek’s closed approach, I doubt that this’ll get bigger than the entry-mid level Chinese devices. Wish Mediatek could just implement a native cheap NFC solution into the chipset though, having yet another alternative will just cause incompatibility issues, unless this Hot Knot works with NFC, then that’ll be great.
I agree with you, but most important is to develop technology that increases battery life. Not worth having a good processor with bad battery.
In my opinion Mediatek is not in the position to create a new standard. No one will use it ever, it’s a dead end.
MediaTek is one of the biggest companies world wide when it comes to chipsets. Do not underestimate them when it comes to launching new tech.
I think that 11% market share is too few for creating a new standard…
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/report-qualcomm-leads-smartphone-processor-market-mediatek-making-strides/2013-10-11
They are dominant on the Chinese market:
”This year, MediaTek is expected to seize a 48 percent share of the Chinese market”
I think they can launch new (cheap) tech as there is a market for it in the ”upcomming” markets (Africa, Asia, etc). In these markets Qualcomm has a hard time keeping up with the price of MTK (altho they have plans to come back).
Let’s see the full details. An incompatible rival to NFC is the last thing we need. Let’s solve NFC’s cross-platform issues.
First Broadcom quad-combo chips are available, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM and NFC. Seems the right direction, to me.