theiphoneblog.com - 11/6/2009
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According to AppleInsider , Near Field Communications reports that Apple has built iPhone prototypes equipped with RFID (Radio-Frequency IDentification).
For those unfamiliar, RFID is either super-convenient, terrifyingly insecure, or both. In a nutshell, it broadcasts a signal that can ...
nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com - 11/5/2009
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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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appleinsider.com - 11/6/2009
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Apple Building iPhone Prototypes with RFID?
The Free iPhone Blog —
According to AppleInsider, Near Field Communications reports that Apple has built iPhone prototypes equipped with RFID (Radio-Frequency IDentification). For those unfamiliar, RFID is either super-convenient, terrifyingly insecure, or both. In a nutshell, it broadcasts a signal that can be read from a short distance to process financial transactions (an easy-pay card), determine identity (some nations’ passports), and more futuristic concepts where devices can auto-discover and connect with each … Apple Building iPhone Prototypes with RFID? ...
iPhone RFID Prototypes being build by Apple
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... The word is Apple has constructed iPhone prototypes that are equipped with Radio Frequency IDentification or RFOID for short reports an article over on the iphone blog. ...
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The next gen iPhone could well help you checkout at retail stores, borrow books from a library or pay at a toll-booth. If rumors are to be believed, Apple could be deploying RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) sensors in future iPhones. We had reported a few months back about Apple having...
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RFID coming to iPhones? —
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Back in April 2009, TUAW's Dave Caolo posted a video showing off the potential (and some of the potential annoyances as well) and possibilities of an RFID-enabled iPhone world via an ...
Rumor: 4th-gen iPhone to be equipped with RFID reader —
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Apple Working on RFID iPhone? —
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Take this with a healthy dose of salt, but 9to5 Mac is reporting that Apple may be working on embedding RFID readers into the iPhone. So this won’t be constantly and insecurely transmitting data, which is one of the worries in the current generation of RFID transmitter equipped cards and ...
iPhone 4G Will Pack RFID Reader? —
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Word on the street has it that the rumored fourth generation iPhone from Apple will come with an RFID reader. This could very well be true since Apple has already submitted several patents involving iPhone RFID. The patents also describe technology which sees an RFID reader embedded within a ...
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According to Einar Rosenberg, Apple has begun experimenting with putting RFID chips with the possibility of a wide range of uses, such as doubling as a credit card, assisting in identifying lost or stolen devices, paying for mass transit, or possibly even using it to sync with a Mac. The source ...
Apple Testing RFID Technology In Prototype iPhones? —
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According to Einar Rosenberg, Apple has begun experimenting with putting RFID chips with the possibility of a wide range of uses, such as doubling as a credit card, assisting in identifying lost or stolen devices, paying for mass transit, or possibly even using it to sync with a Mac. The source ...
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