Nearly every review of the iPhone 5 since its September 14th release has made reference to its conspicuous lack of Near Field Communications (NFC). These reviews, almost without exception, have regarded the absence of NFC as a major defeat for mobile payments. In addition, most reviewers have written their articles in such a way as […]
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But They Didn’t.
September 13, 2012 
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It’s official. The iPhone 5 is out. How do I feel about it? Not good. First, let me say that the iPhone 5 appears to be a masterpiece of engineering excellence. It packs more features and functions in a smaller, more elegant package than anything before it or anything likely to come along in the […]
Continue readingWill It or Won’t It? Have NFC That Is.
September 11, 2012 0 Comments
In a matter of hours, months of speculation about the successor to the iPhone 4s will likely come to an end. It is said that we’ll finally learn what the new iPhone will be called, what feature/functions it will possess and what form-factor it will embody. For those who follow Near Field Communications (NFC), the […]
Continue readingThe Many Faces of NFC
September 4, 2012 2 Comments
Mobile communications entered a new era in June of 2008 when Apple simultaneously launched the 3G iPhone and the iTunes App Store. That one event became the cornerstone of a new mobile model in which hyper-intuitive smartphones, high-speed wireless networks, geo-location services, multimedia content, downloadable applications and mobile commerce seamlessly converged to form a new […]
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