In all likelihood, your current mobile phone may not be having the latest NFC technology, unless of course you have a Google Nexus S. NFC, abbreviation for Near Field Communications, is expected to hit immensely in the future, though it is right now not a big thing. And Europe sees it coming much faster than the United States, as ABC News Ahead of the Curve reports it.
So what is NFC all about?
NFC refers to a technology which helps convert your cell phone into a wallet. The companies currently in the pipeline for launching NFC capabilities include the O2 (the mobile phone carrier), which will introduce this mobile wallet feature as early as the second half of this year. Molo Rewards, which is a start-up company, has jumped onto the bandwagon too. It is already offering rewards and mobile coupons for scanning the bar codes of one’s favourite items in shops that one visits.
Google Nexus S, undoubtedly, is the most well-known NFC enabled mobile so far in the market. However, it may change soon with not only Apple and RIM in the process of launching such phones, but even Google will be using NFC technology in a number of its Android 2.3 mobile phones. Apple is set to introduce the new NFC technology in its next generation iPhones as well as iPads and RIM, in its Torch 2, Curve and Dakota.
Who needs NFC? It may seem that you do not need this technology as of now, but for your next mobile, it certainly is worth having an NFC enabled phone for a simple reason that future is approaching much faster. And for your old phone, sellyourmobile.info will get you some extra bucks too.
