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Wireless Alliance Touts 'Magic Touch' RFID Tech

Posted by michael on from the magic-fingers-not-the-same-thing-at-all dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Nokia, Sony and Philips have launched a new wireless technology, called Near Field Communication, that could be a threat to Bluetooth. Based on RFID, they say it will enable electronic devices to interact -- for m-commerce, file-swapping or to download info from the Web -- when touched together."

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  1. magic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    post

  2. Wondertwin powers... activate! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Form of: a cell phone headset!
    Form of: a naked molerat!

  3. Prior Art... by Judg3 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    E.T. had this Magic Touch(R)(C) technology for over 12 years now - definitely old news!

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  4. Didn't the CueCat *already* suck at this? by teamhasnoi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And didn't people say, "Uh, no."? And didn't the company go under? And how would this be different?

  5. Re:advantage? by Threed · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Slashdot looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined

    Drop and give me twenty.