NFC in smartphone cases. ... The company this month announced the In2Pay iCaisse4X NFC, which is a protective case and battery pack with an NFC antenna.

Since the read distance is so small, the creator of the NFC Ring recommends placing a sticker on your smartphone to indicate the closest point to the NFC antenna. In addition, some smartphones ...

The Infineon NAC1080 is almost an all-in-one solution, with an integrated ARM Cortex-M0 processor, 128-bit AES encryption, and NFC hardware to both recognize a smartphone and harvest energy from ...

We have previously been able to pull data from PreEVT iPhone 5,1 and iPhone 5,2 prototypes codenamed “N41AP (5,1)” and “N42AP (5,2)”, which lead us to believe that the new iPhone will have ...

This first so-called NFC Stamp Antenna supports the Euro-friendly 850, 900, 1800, 1900 GSM/EDGE bands together with 2100 WCDMA, though we'd imagine they'll be making a North American version as ...

Apple and Microsoft may both begin shipping NFC-capable phones beginning in 2012, according to the occasionally accurate Digitimes. A number of Apple patents relating to NFC and mobile payments ...

This year, new Hyundai vehicle owners will be able to use Near Field Communication (NFC) and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) functionality in their smartphones to access and start their cars. The new ...

Many interesting innovations involve smartphone NFC tech, but it’s not all for good. The United Arab Emirates plans to incorporate NFC into its newish National ID card scheme.

t might soon be much easier to buy a smartphone that can charge small devices like earbuds or smartwatches. The NFC Forum, responsible for near-field communications tech, has unveiled the Wireless ...

However, the NFC Forum wants to extend this distance by four to six times. Not only would this allow contactless payments to become truly contactless, but it would also make transactions faster ...

In a similar vein, the Haloband is designed to put the convenience of technology within arms reach, but does so by extending the functionality of a smartphone to your wrist. SUBSCRIBE LOG IN ...