At last Nokia appear to be launching their first NFC handset today in the UK. You can be fairly certian that NFC is going to take off big time in the next couple of years and could be the start of a decline in the usage of cash, especially for the younger generations who will start to grow up with NFC in their mobile devices.

 

Nokia has been weathering a series of glitches around the launch of its Lumia range of Windows Phone devices — the most recent of which saw the company issue credits to users affected by data connection issues on the new Lumia 900. It is pressing on with new devices, though, and we have confirmed with sources close to the company that it will be launching its first NFC-enabled Windows Phone in Europe, a version of the Lumia 610, at 1pm UK time today — along with a partnership with a European operator, France Telecom’s Orange, to launch the device “across Europe.”

…Read the full article by Ingrid Luden here: Nokia Is Launching Its First Windows-Based NFC Phone At 1pm UK Time Today

Let’s just hope the Apple decide to include NFC in the next iPhone that is released later in the year, it coud quickly turn frustrating for iPhone users as NFC is expected to spread across europe over the coming months, so to have the leading smartphone without such a feature would be disappointing to many Apple followers.

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