Near field communication

A summary of near-field communication Near field communication (NFC) is a set of ideas and technology that enables smartphones and other devices to establish radio communication with each other by touching the devices together or bringing them into proximity to a distance of typically 10 cm (3.9 in) or less. Early business models such as advertising and industrial applications were not successful, having been overtaken by alternative technologies such as barcodes or UHF tags, but what distinguishes NFC is that devices are often cloud connected. All NFC-enabled smartphones can be provided with dedicated apps including 'ticket' readers as opposed to the traditional dedicated infrastructure that specifies a particular (often proprietary) standard for stock ticket, access control and payment readers. Each full NFC device can work in three modes: NFC Target; NFC Initiator; and NFC peer-to-peer: History[edit] NFC traces its roots back to radio-frequency identification, or RFID. Design[edit]

List of NFC phones This is an exhaustive, comprehensive and accurate list of all the handsets that are available around the world. NFC World’s NFC phones list is mirrored all over the web but since it is a living document you should check this page for the latest information. NFC phones available today… Phones available to purchase today: Acer Cloud Mobile The Acer Cloud Mobile is a sleek, black Android touchscreen handset with a business-like design and a 4.3-inch screen, 1.5GHz dual-core processor and NFC. Acer E320 Liquid Express The Acer E320 Liquid Express is an entry-level Android smartphone and is the Taiwanese manufacturer’s first NFC handset. Acer Liquid Glow The Acer Liquid Glow is an Android 4 smartphone with a 3.7-inch screen and a 5-megapixel camera, and became available from Q2 2012. Adlink IMX-2000 The Adlink IMX-2000 is an “industrial mobile handheld device” aimed at automatic identification and data capture applications that includes NFC and a 1D laser or 2D camera-based barcode scanner.