Vincent Berge the CEO of Mobile Distillery left a comment on one of my articles stating that QR was cool but 2009 would be the year of NFC. Now, I digested the comment but didn’t really think about it – until a very heated New Year’s discussion.  What happened? Well, I was playing with QR codes and talking ...

Nokia 6212 is another newest 3G phone but it is mot very expensive. but this phone is very special one because it has a special feature. that is "Near Field Communication(NFC)". you may never heard this word before because there are very few NFC enabled models. so this is the latest NFC nokia phone. ok, lets take a look at what is this NFC feature.The NFC allows users to make connections with othe...

NFC (Near Field Communication) is a way of wireless short-range derivative of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification). This is one of the major future trends in mobile telephony as it will add interactivity between mobile and their environment. An NFC phone can indeed serve as an electronic wallet, identification badge, collector of specific content (advertising material from

The chicken and egg scenario that has bogged down the embryonic NFC market has taken steps forward in recent weeks. The mobile operators' preference for the Single Wire Protocol (SWP) form for NFC implementation received official endorsement from the GSM Association last month.

The GSM Association has recently settled on a common format (single wire protocol) for near-field communications, opening the gates for many manufacturers to start incorporating NFC chips into their mobiles as early as the second half of 2009. Credit cards are already testing the waters for wireless transactions, but cell phones have yet to make

Europe : Smart card expert Sagem Orga announced the availability of an NFC Single Wire Protocol enabled SIM card, developed in close co-operation with Orange, one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators. This card has been fully customized for Orange specific needs.Sagem Orga and Orange cooperated closely in a 15-month project to create a solution that will enable Orange customer...

This card has been fully customized for Orange specific needs.

IMS Research said it?s skeptical of industry claims that near-field communications (NFC) will see wide growth in 2009.

During the NFC Congress 2009 in Hagenberg, AUT (24 - 26th Feburary 2009) the will be a special developer day explicitly dealing with Software and Hardware for Near Field Communication (NFC). Together with the Forum Nokia Team we will host a Developer Training using the new Nokia 6212 SDK and show how easy it is build or own NFC applications from scratch. The developer Training will ...

A while ago ago we brought you news of Nokia Legends, a website that gives us an insight into some of the very cool and futuristic technologies that Nokia is currently working on. Not only that, it has a set of seven killer videos which talk about various legends based around them. A little while ago Nokia also had a Q&A around some of these technologies like NFC and Indoor Positioning and it ...