Near field communications technology, the name certainly rings a bell for anyone who has been keeping tabs on the latest tech news. Apple was the first major company to jump into the bandwagon by acquiring an NFC specialist company earlier this year. While actually implementation and application of the technology has yet to pass, it is hard to deny the Cupertino based company’s knack for being one step ahead of innovative trends.
And they are most probably right on their hunch. Nokia has already installed NFC chips on some of their newer smart phones with hardware activation simply a matter of releasing an update to the OS. Samsung, currently one of the fastest growing companies in the mobile phone industry has also confirmed that they will be making use of NFC technology on their smart phones starting next year (which is less than a month away).
But is NFC what we really need? The most likely answer is yes. Despite some of the security concerns and other matters that people usually shrink away from, the fact that most of today’s smart phones today already contain so much sensitive and personal information means that the application of NFC technology will hardly be hindered by privacy concerns.
The applications will range in a wide variety of uses. The most often given examples include the use of smart phones for micro transactions –from banking to purchases, phones with NFC technology may be used in order to pay for a wide variety of goods or for transferring funds. Other applications include using the technology as an electronic lock opener, as an identification device and more.
Thanks to the advent of new encryption technology that allows NFC to be more secure and stable, the application of this new phone feature in our daily lives may expand to even more uses.
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