About NFC
NFC, or Near Field Communication is set to become an integral part of our daily lives. NFC hardware is being used to develop next generation payment systems and the 'mobile wallet', among a heap of other things, such as unlocking your car with your phone and paying for your groceries. There is more on NFC on our blog, here we will track developments in the world of NFC - in the meantime, here are some great resources following the latest developments in NFC:
NFC World
NFC News
NFC Rumours
Here are some videos of NFC deployments from around the globe:
X-Men
Basketball Wives
Bus shelter display
Here some ideas we have put together and aggregated on various (mostly) non-payment related applications for NFC.
To get started with NFC we advise you get a NFC enabled handset. We recommend the latest Galaxy Nexus.
Here is a run down of the latest NFC enabled handsets, which seems pretty up to date.
Check out our blog post, NFC in 5 easy steps.
The best Android App. we know of for formatting, writing and getting started with NFC is "NFC Task Launcher", well worth $1.99, this app. is ideal if you have just bought some of our blank NFC stickers and want to get a feel for the technology.
When writing URL's to tags, open up this application, first format the tags and then write URL's to them.
You can download the app here or scan this QR code to navigate to it on your mobile.
More NFC resources: