A new production process developed by a UK startup could reduce the cost of NFC tags to significantly under five cents a unit, making it practical for tags to be used in a wide array of new application areas. More
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Leading phone maker orders one million NFC tags from Identive
The tags are to be included in-box with each purchase of an NFC smartphone and are to be delivered to the handset manufacturer over the next six months. More
Apple gets patent for adding NFC to metal displays
Apple has been granted a patent covering the addition of an NFC antenna to electronic devices such as computer monitors where standard methods of integrating NFC may cause problems generating a sufficiently robust signal strength... More
HP seeks NFC design engineer
HP has a vacancy for an NFC design engineer, indicating an earlier report that the company plans to introduce NFC-enabled mobile phones and tablet computers under the Palm brand name is likely to be accurate... More
Isracard to test NFC payments
Israel’s largest credit card issuer, Isracard, is to run a mobile payments trial using NFC stickers, Globes reports: ... More
Nokia unveils N9 NFC phone
The new MeeGo-based smartphone features NFC, a one-piece polycarbonate body and a large curved Amoled screen, and will be available in stores later this year. More
Netcom unveils NFC microSD add-on
Chinese electronics manufacturer Netcom has demonstrated an NFC-enabled microSD card at the Computex 2011 show in Taipei... More
NFC news in brief • 23 May 2011
News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: Twitter and Docomo add ‘touch and follow’ • Doubletwist shares songs with NFC • Airtag offers P2P loyalty • Lifera and Taztag tie up • Lockitron opens doors with NFC • DPT unveils NFC-enabled car park pay machine • SK C&C USA rebrands as CorFire • Bayer puts antennas into decorative films • Mobey Forum expands • and much more… More
DeviceFidelity signs up first licensees for its In2Pay NFC microSD solution
DeviceFidelity has signed up the first licensees for its microSD format NFC solution, UK mobile payments provider Monitise and US mobile solutions provider Ecrio, and has announced version 2 of its In2Pay product, adding support for EMV compliant payment applications and for Mifare ticketing applications... More