KT Announces NFC-equipped Samsung SHW-A170K Phone

By Matthew Chung on 10/14/2010 01:11 PDT

While we’re still dreaming of a NFC (Near Field Communication) iPhone, South Korea has gone ahead and received its first phone equipped with NFC technology, thanks to KT unveiling the SHW-A170K phone using a NFC compatible USIM. An NFC phone can be used like a contactless card to make payments at supporting outlets such as companies like GS Caltex, Lotte, Dunkin’ Donuts, Baskin Robbins, and several others. The SHW-A170K includes features such as a 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen display, 3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.1, T-DMB and GPS.

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NFC stands for Near Field Communication, which is a standard for low-speed wireless short range communications between electronic devices. Popular applications of NFC are public transportation passes and some form of electronic wallet, but many more applications remains to be tested and implemented. NFC is a cousin of RFID and uses some of the same communications protocols.

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