Accessories NFC sticker in Paperwhite packaging?

gers1978 · 10-26-2012, 11:55 AM

I just bought a Paperwhite and black cover in Waterstones, Glasgow.

On opening the leather cover packaging, there's a white sticker, about an inch square, that looks like it has NFC wiring on it, i.e. it looks like one of those programmable NFC stickers you can buy, lying loose between the cover and cardboard.

Anyone else get this?

a_str8 · 10-26-2012, 07:31 PM

I should have mine in a few days. I'll see if my phone reads the sticker

DukeSucks · 10-26-2012, 07:48 PM

Probably just the security device

gers1978 · 10-27-2012, 02:06 AM

Yeah, my S3 doesn't read the sticker

qlob · 10-27-2012, 11:38 AM

Could be an RFID chip, not sure if the same thing. The K3 has an RFID chip in the case

IMoL · 10-29-2012, 08:23 AM

That's not an NFC chip, it's an RFID tag (probably used for inventory control).

IMoL

hawhill · 10-29-2012, 08:40 AM

Well, I guess terminology is a bit fuzzy around "NFC". Some people use it as a general term covering (passive tag) RFID applications as well. The acronym "NFC" soulds like managers' talk when they decided that referring to all these different standards became too complicate to sell it to customers.

Kolenka · 10-29-2012, 04:44 PM

Whoever said they are for inventory control is right.

By embedding it into the packaging, it makes it hard to remove if your intent is to shoplift. DVDs these days even include them. The store can activate them, and then they deactivate them at the counter so the alarms don't go off when you walk out of the store. Have you heard stuff that buzzed when buying it? That was the cashier disabling that sticker.

They've gotten so cheap now that manufacturers will just cut them from a sheet and include them. They don't even bother with affixing them to anything because it's just extra time and cost.

10-26-2012, 11:55 AM	#1
gers1978 Addict Posts: 392 Karma: 1008414 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle	NFC sticker in Paperwhite packaging? I just bought a Paperwhite and black cover in Waterstones, Glasgow. On opening the leather cover packaging, there's a white sticker, about an inch square, that looks like it has NFC wiring on it, i.e. it looks like one of those programmable NFC stickers you can buy, lying loose between the cover and cardboard. Anyone else get this?

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10-26-2012, 07:31 PM	#2
a_str8 Member Posts: 22 Karma: 472464 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle 3 Wifi	I should have mine in a few days. I'll see if my phone reads the sticker

10-26-2012, 07:48 PM	#3
DukeSucks Hark the Sound Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Greenville NC Device: nook, Kindle PW	Probably just the security device

10-27-2012, 02:06 AM	#4
gers1978 Addict Posts: 392 Karma: 1008414 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle	Yeah, my S3 doesn't read the sticker

10-27-2012, 11:38 AM	#5
qlob Official Lurker Posts: 1,050 Karma: 7096675 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: Kindle 3.4	Could be an RFID chip, not sure if the same thing. The K3 has an RFID chip in the case

10-29-2012, 08:23 AM	#6
IMoL Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Canton Vaud, Switzerland Device: iPad, Kindle 4NT, KK (left on plane!)	That's not an NFC chip, it's an RFID tag (probably used for inventory control). IMoL

10-29-2012, 08:40 AM	#7
hawhill Wizard Posts: 1,379 Karma: 2155307 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Goettingen, Germany Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Mini	Well, I guess terminology is a bit fuzzy around "NFC". Some people use it as a general term covering (passive tag) RFID applications as well. The acronym "NFC" soulds like managers' talk when they decided that referring to all these different standards became too complicate to sell it to customers.

10-29-2012, 04:44 PM	#8
Kolenka <Insert Wit Here> Posts: 1,017 Karma: 1275899 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Puget Sound Device: Kindle Oasis, Kobo Forma	Whoever said they are for inventory control is right. By embedding it into the packaging, it makes it hard to remove if your intent is to shoplift. DVDs these days even include them. The store can activate them, and then they deactivate them at the counter so the alarms don't go off when you walk out of the store. Have you heard stuff that buzzed when buying it? That was the cashier disabling that sticker. They've gotten so cheap now that manufacturers will just cut them from a sheet and include them. They don't even bother with affixing them to anything because it's just extra time and cost.

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