Rumor: 4th-gen iPhone to be equipped with RFID reader
Apple is supposedly working on several iPhone prototypes to integrate RFID readers, the world to Near Field Communications. The report from a “very reliable source” that Einar Rosenberg, CTO of doctor contacted Technologies emerged. Although a number of patents issued for Apple iPhone with RFID, has claimed the report, the technology is likely to be used in the next generation of mobile phones.
Apple patents describe, that would be an RFID reader into a touchscreen device embedded location. Users would be able to scan a tag, simply by the receiver in the vicinity of the object. The patent claims include methods to ensure that the iPhone or iPod to work as a day and provides authentication with other devices.
The source said, the prototype iPhones take the reader for service discovery, which concerns a patent that surfaced several years ago the Apple RFID. The filing describes methods to configure Wi-Fi and network settings using the tag information. After the iPhone brings close to a Mac AirPort base station or the handset could scan the tags and automatically configure the network and authentication settings without manual input by the user.
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