A new add-on for the iPhone has been released by Wireless Dynamics Inc. into the market with the launch of the iCarte 110, a NFC/RFID reader which you simply hook on to the bottom of your Apple device. With the device, you can turn your iPhone to a NFC and RFID Reader/Writer for making the usual mobile transactions such as contactless payments, transit payments and top-up prepaid credit among others. It can also be a handy add-on for people who need to manage their asset, document and security tracking needs on a commercial note. The iCarte works with iPhone 3G and 3GS with OS version 3.0 or higher and comes with a mini-USB connector that can double as a charger for the iPhone and sync your device with iTunes.

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Nokia has a new phone, the 6216 classic NFC phone. It’s the third phone that uses that NFC or Near Field Communications technology but it’s also the first one that will allow carriers to build NFC services straight into your SIM card. NFC technology will let devices transfer data between them by simply tapping them together. By data we mean image files, video files, contacts, music and everything else you can imagine.

Nokia’s head of NFC, Jeremy Belostock, had this to say about the phone:

The Nokia 6216 classic will be amongst the first commercial devices in the market complying with operator requirements using the SIM card in connection to secure transactions with Near Field Communications. With the Nokia 6216 classic in your pocket and the ticketing applications on the SIM you can replace the multitude of cards in your wallet. Having the applications on the SIM consumers can bring their secure applications to their next Nokia NFC enabled phone.

The phone itself will offer you quad-band GSM, dual-band 3G, a 2-inch QVGA display, a 2 megapixel camera, microSDHC support, Bluetooth and about 22MB of memory. The phone will be available later this year for around $195. Would you swap your smartphone with an NFC phone like the 6216?

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The much awaited Nokia 6212 classic, featuring Near-Field Communication (NFC) is finally here. It’s a 3G handset that not only lets you access web services and share content but also use the phone as your wallet - conduct payments and ticketing right from the device. Expect the device to ship in Q3 of 2008.

And it’s not just payments that you can use the phones for: two users can conveniently exchange business cards, calendar notes or what not by simply tapping their handsets together. Sure, you could do the same with Bluetooth, but that requires pairing the devices and so on. I don’t know what’s different with NFC, though - I guess I have to wait like everyone else for the phone to hit the markets.

You can also share photos and videos by tapping an NFC-capable phone and pairing with a Bluetooth NFC-enabled device. The new Nokia BH-210 headset with NFC also allows users to access all functions with a single multifunction key. Fitted with a 2-inch display, a 2 megapixel camera and stereo FM radio, it supports microSD memory cards for added memory.

Priced at €200 before taxes and subsidies, it will hit Europe and Asia by Q3 of ‘08.

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