Samsung Galaxy S 4 drops original TecTile support

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/04/samsung-galaxy-s-4-engadget-app.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/27/samsung-galaxy-s-4-drops-original-tectile-support/)Don't get too attached to that collection of TecTiles (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/13/tectiles-programmable-nfc-stickers-for-select-members-of-samsun/) if you're upgrading to a Galaxy S 4 (http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/24/samsung-galaxy-s-4-review/).AnandTech has discovered that Samsung's newer phone includes an NFC chipset (http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/26/samsung-galaxy-s4-teardown/) that can't read the older TecTiles, which rely on a less common tag type to register our taps instead of the NFC Forum's standards. Customers aren't being left in a bind, however. Samsung has confirmed that it's about to release a follow-up, TecTile 2, which adheres to the official format while supporting the company's older NFC-equipped phones. The fully modernized tags will be ready sometime in the "coming weeks." That doesn't offer much immediate relief for GS3-to-GS4 upgraders whose TecTile layouts have suddenly been reduced to decorations, but those buyers should at least get the replacements they seek before long.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/27/samsung-galaxy-s-4-drops-original-tectile-support/