As soon as I saw Nokia’s Treasure Tag for sale I hopped on Amazon and picked one up.
It arrived a few days later and was of course excitedly unboxed.
The tag is smaller than it looks, and is covered in a soft silicone border case, with and without a loop. It comes with the battery pre-installed, so after switching it on (holding the only button for 3 seconds) the device is ready to pair.
Unfortunately that is where things fall apart.
Pairing is via NFC, but unfortunately does not work on the Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Preview, which we suspect lacks the Bluetooth Low Energy drivers necessary (coming with the firmware update later). Also Nokia’s Accessories app tries to download the Nokia Treasure tag app even though it was already installed.
Also the device does not pair with iPhone 5S either, which is somewhat surprising, given that that device of course supports Bluetooth 4.0 LE out of the box.
I am sure in a few months the Treasure Tag will become more useful, but of course Nokia has just announced the cheaper, smaller and even better Treasure Tag Mini, which also explicitly works with other platforms such as iOS and Android.
We therefore suggest readers wait a few more months to pick up what we hope will become a rather handy accessory.
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