All the stories tagged with 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.
Nokia Smartphone With RFID Hits The FCC?
08/19/2010, FCC filings for an unnamed Nokia smartphone show an interesting feature. Seems that Nokia has submitted a device that sports RFID support, which could possibly indicate the possibility of future mobile payments via your phone. The phone supports WCDMA on [...]
Rumor: Apple Already Testing Proximity-aware iPhones
08/17/2010, We recently got wind that Apple had hired an expert in Near Field Communications (NFC), leading many folks to speculate that Apple might be looking to allow the iPhone to double up as our digital wallet in the future. Now [...]
Is Near Field Communications Coming To The iPhone?
08/16/2010, Could Apple be looking to bring Near Field Communications (NFC) to its future iPhones? The fruity company has quietly hired Benjamin Vigier, a expert in said field and a person who has worked on mobile payment apps for PayPal, Sprint, [...]
AT&T, Verizon And T-Mobile Planning NFC Payments For Mobile Phones
08/02/2010, Reports are going around hinting that AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile are planning to test out NFC (Near Field Communication) payment methods in Atlanta and three other cities, and it will be aided by partnerships with Discover Financial Services and British [...]
Nokia offers NFC on all smartphones from next year onwards
06/17/2010, Nokia has announced that they will be offering the Near Field Communication (NFC) feature in all of their smartphones from next year onwards, where it will likely support SWP (Single Wire Protocol) that enables NFC capabilities to be used via [...]
Android phones to get NFC
04/27/2010, Android-powered smartphones will soon be able to engage the power of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. Just what is NFC? Well, it is a short-range high-frequency wireless communication technology which lets devices exchange data between them, for example, using your [...]
Memorial RosettaStone Tablet Gives You A Message From The Grave
03/21/2010, Having a tombstone that sports some fancy electronics certainly isn’t a new idea, but that hasn’t stopped the Phoenix-based company, Objecs, to take another crack at it. The company has come up with the Memorial RosettaStone Tablet, allowing visitors to [...]
