By Mobile Burn
To add to the Apple iPhone 5 rumor train, carriers in the UK have stated that the next generation of Apple's iPhone will not have Near Field Communications support. Instead, they claim that the next generation after that, the iPhone 6 in 2012, will have support for the service.
These carrier sources also claim that Apple is working on its own version of NFC that would allow users to purchase goods with their iTunes accounts. This would be similar to what Apple did with FaceTime when it modified an existing protocol to fit its own infrastructure.
Apple's competitors are not waiting, however. Google released the Nexus S last year with NFC support and has made it a feature of its Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system so other manufacturers can offer it as well. RIM is also said to be making it a feature of upcoming BlackBerry handsets.
To add to the Apple iPhone 5 rumor train, carriers in the UK have stated that the next generation of Apple's iPhone will not have Near Field Communications support. Instead, they claim that the next generation after that, the iPhone 6 in 2012, will have support for the service.
These carrier sources also claim that Apple is working on its own version of NFC that would allow users to purchase goods with their iTunes accounts. This would be similar to what Apple did with FaceTime when it modified an existing protocol to fit its own infrastructure.
Apple's competitors are not waiting, however. Google released the Nexus S last year with NFC support and has made it a feature of its Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system so other manufacturers can offer it as well. RIM is also said to be making it a feature of upcoming BlackBerry handsets.
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