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Report: Apple testing RFID swipe support in iPhone prototypes
A site focused on Near Field Communications has reported that Apple has built new iPhone prototypes with hardware support for sensing RFID chips.
Apple testing RFID
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 ... (more) Apple testing RFID
iPhone 4G can be equipped with RFID reader
phonestechnology.blogspot.com — According to Near Field Communications World, the company Apple is working on several prototypes communicator iPhone, one feature of which is a built-in sensor radio frequency identification (RFID). The report of this came from some "very reliable source" in contact with Einar Rosenberg (Einar ... (more) iPhone 4G can be equipped with RFID reader
Apple Building iPhone Prototypes with RFID?
Apple Building iPhone Prototypes with RFID?
theiphoneblog.com — 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. ... (more) Apple Building iPhone Prototypes with RFID?
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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. ...

iPhone 4G Will Pack RFID Reader?
I4U News — ... Posted on Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:34:14 CST | by Robert Evans RFID technology has come a long way in the past few years. Chips are now individually very cheap, and thousands of uses for them have been devised by corporations and governments. Now it seems that Apple is looking to help make RFIDs something consumers make use of every day by adding a reader into the new iPhone. AppleInsider says that a site focusing on Near Field Communications has found evidence that Apple has built new iPhone prototypes that pack an RFID reader. An iPhone-mounted RFID reader could have a wide ...

iPhone 3GS follow-up to include RFID support?
Electricpig.co.uk - The UK's fastest-growing tech news site — ... RFID readers into the next generation iPhone would enable tons of new features from swipe payments to grabbing information from RFID enabled objects. Apple could also create a new payment system based on the current iTunes payment system. Imagine a world where you could buy your coffee by simply waving your iPhone in front of an RFID reader. We’d end up spending even more in Starbucks than we already do. TBA | £TBA | Apple (via AppleInsider) Related posts: Next-gen iPhone to include ...

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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Apple iPhone 2010: RFID App video demoPR News:
We know this video is around 6 months old, but we couldn’t resist giving you the chance to see it again following the recent news that Apple are moving forward with their release of new hardware support for RFID chips. If you read our earlier story , you’ll know that Apple ...