Its been exactly one year since I started my blog.. Before I created it, I used to write about these topics and send them as emails to my friends and contacts who were interested in technology. Then the idea of putting it all in a blog and sharing it with everyone came out and I am so glad I did. I love wireless technology, I love telecommunications and being able to share and write about it is now something I love to do.
I’d like to thank those who gave me this great idea of having my own blog and would like to thank all my readers.. Always stay in the look out for the next post 
The Wireless Corner… Happy One Year!
Tara
Instead of waiting in line to buy a bus ticket, a movie ticket, pay for groceries.. ect, just tap your cellphone on a smart tag and your payment is done. While wondering which movie to watch at the movies just tap your phone on the tag of the movie’s smart poster ad and you’ll recieve the information you need about the movie. Touch another NFC enabled cellphone and share music, business cards and photos. All that is going to be possible using a technology called Near Field Communication or simply, NFC. (I talked about it briefly in a previous post).
NFC – Near Field Communication is a wireless technology that operates in the range of 4 cm on an unlicensed frequency band with data rates around 300- 400 kbps (about half the speed of bluetooth). The cool thing is that it works by tapping the mobile device with another NFC enabled device or smart tag and a connection is established immediately (in about less than 0.1 sec) to share data, access information, make payments.. ect. Due to its small range its rather secure and for making large payments the user should enter a password for authentication before the transaction occurs. This video on YouTube demonstrates some examples on what this technology can do. NFC is still being tried in many countries and devices that are NFC- enabled are expected to increase in the next couple of years. (Nokia recently announced the Nokia 6212 NFC cellphone).
So the next time you’re at a vending machine and don’t have coins in your pocket for that candy bar, just take out your cellphone..
