NFC Windows Phone 7 handsets coming this year already?

March 30, 2011 | By Surur

nfc1 According to Bloomberg and “people familiar with the plans” the next version of Windows Phone will support Near Field Communications, the technology that allows proximity payment on many public transit systems.

The “next version of Windows Phone” will presumably be Mango, as “the people familiar with the matter” said the NFC-enabled handsets may be released this year.

According to Bloomberg Microsoft holds 14 patents referencing NFC, most recent of them awarded on March 22.

The news follow earlier rumours that Microsoft is being pressured by OEMs to support the technology in their handsets, with Nokia, a major NFC proponent, expected to be in the forefront of this.

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Site Admin and Windows Phone enthusiast, he has been using Windows Mobile devices since before they were called PocketPC’s. He is currently sporting a HTC 7 Trophy.

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djguapo

Finally, a Bloomberg rumor to get excited about.
Bob

Good to see that the OEMs care enough about the platform to pressure Microsoft to add features.
http://www.ztitch.com Ztitch Developer

Awesome! That's one less thing to pack into the wallet.
bobk

This is good news. There are interesting things you can do with NFC technology, but I have a feeling that most companies will just try to sell or advertise more crap with NFC.

Here's a quote from Google's Eric Schmidt:

>>> Outlining his vision for how the technology would work in practice, he added: "I'm walking down the street and I need pants [trousers]. My phone has an NFC chip. It knows where I am. It tells me about two stores, one to the left with a 20% discount and one to the right with a 30% [discount].

"It is programmed to know I am a cheapskate so points me to the right and the store knows what pants I want.

"You don't think this is going to work, guys? Trust me, this is consumerism."<<<<

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