appleinsider.com - 19 days ago
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A site focused on Near Field Communications has reported that Apple has built new iPhone prototypes with hardware support for sensing RFID chips.
nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com - 19 days ago
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nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com —
Einar Rosenberg, who runs the Near Field Communications
Group on Linkedin.com, has reported the following: Had to...
share this news. A highly reliable source has informed me that Apple has built some prototypes of the next gen iPhone with an RFID reader ...
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Apple testing RFID
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techcrunch.com - 26 days ago
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It isn’t the first , and I assume
it’s not going to be the last either. Apple...
and AT&T are facing a new putative class action from an iPhone user in Alabama who alleges that the companies misrepresented the phone’s MMS ...
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Apple, AT&T Hit With Another iPhone MMS Class Action
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Apple iPhone 2010: New protoypes with RFID chip support is the future
PR News: —
... As reported from Apple Insider, this means that Apple will be able to make use of RFID (Radio-Frequency IDentification) support to introduce new features to their iPhone such as touchless technologies and swipe payments using the iPhone - to which Apple has already explored via recent patent filings. ...
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Cult of Mac —
... would seem to defy Apple’s usual practice of unveiling new iPhones in the summer. In related news, Apple reportedly is testing iPhones that support RFID, allowing the handsets to connect to make payments or use the technology to gather product data. The report follows previous Apple forays into RFID for the iPhone. One Apple patent involved a touchscreen RFID sensor, while other work centered on using RFID to find and connect to Wi-Fi networks. [Via BGR , Gizmodo and AppleInsider ] Posted by Ed Sutherland in News | Comment on this ...
Apple Building iPhone Prototypes with RFID?
The iPhone Blog —
... According to AppleInsider, Near Field Communications reports that Apple has built iPhone prototypes equipped with RFID (Radio-Frequency IDentification). ...
Rumor Has It: 8GB 3GS, RFID-Capable iPhones on the Way?
TheAppleBlog —
... AppleInsider reports that Apple is looking into integrating RFID swipe support into new iPhone prototypes, according to a report by a site devoted to near field communications. iPhones boasting RFID capabilities could allow for things like making swipe payments, proximity alerts, and getting information and data from swiping RFID-embedded objects or even animals. ...
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According to AppleInsider , Near Field Communications reports that Apple has built iPhone prototypes equipped with RFID (Radio-Frequency IDentification).
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intomobile.com 18 days ago — Chalk this one up as a highly suspicious piece of information, but Einar Rosenberg, who is in charge of the Near Field Communications group on LinkedIn, a social network no one really uses anymore except those trying to find a higher paying job and ...
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