iPhone 5 Launch Date, New iTunes, And NFC: This Week In Apple Rumors - Huffington Post
The Next iPhone Could Come Equipped With NFC, Act As Your Wallet
Several Android smartphones -- including the Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy S3 -- already have Near Field Communication (NFC) chips installed, allowing those phones to transfer content or pay bills just by tapping the phone against another NFC phone or an NFC-enabled surface. Windows Phone 8 -- the upcoming mobile OS from Microsoft -- will also support NFC, meaning some NFC-enabled Nokias and such are surely on their way this winter. Don't expect the next iPhone to be left out of that fun, <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2012/06/25/new-iphone-prototypes-have-nfc-chips-and-antenna/" target="_hplink">according to a report from 9to5Mac</a>. Seth Weintraub claims that, <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2012/06/25/new-iphone-prototypes-have-nfc-chips-and-antenna/" target="_hplink">based on a bit of code digging</a>, iPhone 5 prototypes appear to be eqiupped with NFC chips and antennas. (NOTE: This has nothing to do with the National Football Conference in the NFL. A complete explanation of what the non-pigskin NFC is, and how it works, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/10/engadget-primed-what-is-nfc-and-why-do-we-care/" target="_hplink">can be found right here</a>). Adding NFC to the next iPhone makes logical sense, what with the unveiling of <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/13/apples-passbook-could-be-a-platform-not-just-another-mobile-payments-rival/" target="_hplink">the coupon-managing PassBook application coming with iOS 6</a>. NFC would potentially add the capability to load your credit card information onto your iPhone (just like you would, say, your Twitter account) and then pay for food and groceries and whatnot by bumping your phone against a little pad at the register, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsaJMhcLm_A" target="_hplink">just as you would with Google Wallet</a>. Convenient! And, too, a bit disconcerting, thinking that your bank account could be stolen along with your smartphone. These are the wages of the comforts of technology, I suppose. Losing your iPhone is about to become a whole lot more stressful.
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