Nokia is pushing for NFC (Near field communication) tech inside mobiles, hard. It wants to get you casually swiping your handset over a payment point, Oyster card style, to wirelessly pay for train trips, snacks and more, and now it says the kit will be standard by as soon as 2012.
Nokia needs to up its game in a big way next year, but one tech area it’s good to see Espoo leading the way in is mobile NFC tech, so you can use your phone as a wallet to buy small items quickly and easily. We’ve seen it built into Nokia handsets like the 6216 Classic, and it’s a major feature of the new Symbian, but now the Finnish phone giant is talking roll out times.
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According to Mobile Magazine, Nokia Industry Collaborations vice president Mark Selby has predicted that NFC devices will be the norm by 2012. “Our plan is to see NFC in lots of devices, not just smartphones,” he said.
As part of that roll out, Nokia will launch the kit across a range of its phones as soon as next year, a source told the publication. “In Q3 and Q4 of next year we will see Nokia going into NFC in a big way. They will be bringing forward a lot of phones with embedded NFC,” the source claimed.
This is the first we’ve heard about a timeline for Nokia’s NFC kit shipping across its whole line, but with a new look Symbian promised for around the same time, we’re hopeful it’s the start of a resurgence for the company, design wise.
Out TBC | £TBC | Nokia (Via Mobile Magazine)
