NFC

Hello! Have you got a new smartphone from US Cellular, with NFC (Near Field Communication)? If so it is an amazing technology! Besides sharing photos, videos etc. you can download apps at the Play Store to make your phone do some amazing things!
  One is NFC Task Launcher, and here is a short list of things you can make your phone do.

  Automatically switch between car, home and office profiles using NFC.

Put an NFC tag in your car, home, office and bedroom and automatically change settings, and launch apps by touching a tag.

"I feel like I am living in the future" J Selix, Wall Street Journal

You can do cool things such as:
- Turn on Bluetooth, turn off Wifi and start your favorite music app when you place it in a dock or scan a tag in your car
- Set your ringer to vibrate, dim the display and set an alarm when you scan a tag on your night stand
- Start up Wifi and automatically connect to your home network when you come home (this also works great for guests so they never have to enter your wireless network info manually)

There is no service to sign up for and tags work on *any* device with the app installed. Everyone who scans the tag will have the same actions performed. The list of possible actions is shown below as well as any task you configure with Tasker. Actions can be performed in any order and in any combination. The only limit is what you can come up with!

Some demos can be viewed on the application website

You can create:
- Task Tags
- Switch Tasks - use 1 NFC tag to toggle between two Task tags

Task Tags currently support the configure or execute the following tasks
- Turn Wifi on or off
- Turn Bluetooth on or off
- Make Bluetooth Discoverable
- Turn Airplane mode on or off (root required in 4.2+)
- Launch any installed Application
- Configure a new Wifi connection and connect
- Configure and enable Portable Hotspot
- Turn Auto-sync on or off
- Turn Auto-rotation on or off
- Turn Notificaiton light on or off
- Set Display brightness and auto-brightness
- Launch any Tasker Task (for users of Tasker)
- Chang Ringtone
- Change Notification Tone
- Changing Ringer Mode (Normal/Silent/Vibrate)
- Changing Ringer Volume
- Changing Media Volume
- Changing Alarm Volume
- Changing Notification Volume
- Set vibration
- Set Alarm (both a fixed time and as a timer)
- Check in with Google Latitude, Foursquare, Facebook and Google Places
- Send a tweet on Twitter directly from the tag
- Start / Stop media playback
- Turn GPS on or off (root Required)
- Turn Mobile Data on or off (root required)
- Changing Display Timeout
- Changing Auto-Rotation
- Changing Notification Light

 And here is a short video:

So now that you know what is possible go get some tags and the app and automate your phone!

I also still have a few $50 coupon for switching to US Cellular, so message me if you are interested. 

John USCC Customer Crew Member