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No Contactless Payment System In Next iPhone

Posted by timothy on from the we-want-you-to-touch dept.

RedEaredSlider writes "Citing fears over a lack of an industry standard, Apple has ditched plans to include near field communication technology in its next iPhone, The Independent reports. The technology, which allows users to make payments simply by waving their devices over special readers, is widely believed to be the next major step in both cell phone and payment technologies. Apple's decision to avoid it is a significant blow to its adoption."

2 of 239 comments (clear)

  1. Has slashdot degenerated (further) by line-bundle · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Has this become the official iPhone gossip site?

    Every too often an article like this comes which has no substance. It's not news for nerds, it doesn't matter.

  2. Re:Most Likely Reason by Goaway · · Score: 5, Informative

    Apple is the main patent holder in the MPEGLA group

    Wow, that's the most hilarious thing I've read all day.

    They hold ONE patent in the h.264 pool. Out of several hundred.

    Yup, that's a "main patent holder" all right.