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9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence: Apple testing RFID-equipped iPhone, expert claims
AppleInsider: Report: Apple testing RFID swipe support in iPhone prototypes
Cult of Mac: Why Rumors of Apple Adding RFID to the Next iPhone Is a Big Deal
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Yippee, #NFC is coming to the iPhone. Apple's patent "Touchscreen RFID Tag Reader" here: http://bit.ly/QmXZl. They heard my feature request. 10/31/2009 |
Apple testing RFID-equipped iPhone, expert claims
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
So what would you do with an RFID-equipped iPhone? Use it as a credit card, perhaps? As a driving license? A passport? As a way to find your iPhone, in conjunction with GPS? Well, if a report crossing our desk this afternoon has substance, Apple’s already exploring just what such a device could do, and has built prototype iPhones equipped with RFID chips. We’re not saying we’re 100 percent on the source - Near Field Communications - but we’ll relate what we’ve learned. Einar Rosenberg, who runs the Near Field Communications Group on Linkedin.com, claims as follows: “A highly reliable source has informed me that Apple has built some prototypes of the next gen iPhone with an RFID reader built in and they have seen it in action. So its ...
Report: Apple testing RFID swipe support in iPhone prototypes
AppleInsider —
... to available WiFi networks, and a touchscreen RFID tag reader . New RFID support in future iPhones could enable a variety of "touchless" technologies, ranging from swipe payments (where users could pay for items at a checkout, vending machine, or toll booth by swiping their phone near a payment pad), to swipe sensing of information kiosks, objects, or even animals. Very little data needs to be transmitted between the RFID chip and the device to do useful things; a payment would only need to present the user's account number. A kiosk could simply transmit a URL to allow ...
Why Rumors of Apple Adding RFID to the Next iPhone Is a Big Deal
Cult of Mac —
Why Rumors of Apple Adding RFID to the Next iPhone Is a Big Deal 3:28 pm, November 10th, 2009, Leander Kahney If rumors that Apple is adding an RFID reader to the iPhone are true, it’s huge! An RFID reader would turn the iPhone into an e-wallet — allowing you to pay for everything, from a cup of coffee to a subway ride. It could also turn the iPhone into an ID card, a security access system and an electronic ticketing device. It’s could also function as an easy and secure online shopping system that doesn’t require you to enter your credit card number. Your iPhone could unlock your car, pick up e-coupons at the local mall, and pay for all your supermarket groceries just by laying it on top of the checkout. Imagine if such a system was enabled on your iPhone. It ...
