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NFC handsets missing ? Where is the problem ?
2 years ago
In the last GSMA myself almost 400 trialists experienced a good representation of ecosystem, it was possible to buy any good (full coverage here).
The follow pictures show the device used during the trial made by Samsung; it is very impressive how Samsung (and LG) are recovering time lost during last couple of years.
Trial NFC Package
The above package is what the trailist received the follow picture shown what is in the box.
Box Content 1/2
Box Content 2/2
This is how the handset appears on the back.
Under the cover
And this is the front view.
Handset Front
The following photo shows instead the receipt after my purchase. A good video here for a real shop experience in Barcelona during last GSMA.
Shop receipt
Nokia NFC ?
Trying to find Nokia handset pavillion to ask them their position on the NFC has been very hard during the conference, since it was outside; according to NFC Times Nokia has quietly pulled the plug on its 6216 NFC phone, which was to be its first commercial model supporting a standard connection to the SIM card for storing payment and ticketing applications.
Nokia, which had still been promising the NFC handset late last year, notified some operators and development partners within the past few weeks that it would not put the phone into production, sources told NFC Times.
The 6216 had originally been promised in the third quarter of 2009, but delays had set back the commercial launch to early 2010. But by that time, demand had dried up from mobile operators, which had turned their attention to more stylish NFC models supporting the single-wire protocol connection to the SIM, such as the Samsung S5230. The NFC version of the touch-screen S5230, known as the Star or Player One in some markets, is due out this spring.
Operators in France, Spain and Italy, among others, passed on the Nokia 6216 for their trials or other commercial projects planned for the first or second quarters of this year. The 6216, a mid-tier 3G feature phone, fared no better in Asia.
But Nokia is not anymore alone, in fact here a couple of phones ready to NFC transactions, LG and Samsung phone at G&D booth.
Two asian brothers ...
If you are not so lucky to find an handset to interact with NFC devices, you can still use a sticker, there are two kind of NFC stickers available on the market nowadays:
- dumb stickers – they don’t interact with the handset, they are all in all a plastic ISO card in a small dimension (G&D and several Card produce it).
- smart stickers – they interact with handset through bluetooth, so a Telco Operator or any application provider could provision application via OTA and then via bluetooth could reach Secure Element within the sticker. During the interaction bluetooth need to be switched on both device (sticker and handset).
Sagem Orga NFC Bluetooth sticker
A lot of RF-SIM and RF-MicroSD has been presented during the show, unfortunately even if a lot of MicroSD are on the side of the handset (such as BlackBerries, Nokia, …) SIM cards are often under the battery, so any magnetic field hardly reach them. To eliminate this inconvenient SIM Card and microSD providers found the solution, available for almost any handset; it is a micro film containing antenna and NFC radio Chip.
Located over the battery and under the cover it interacts well with external devices and talks with the secure element in the SIM or in the microSD. We see in the picture below a Blackberry with a special microSD radio extension and right-below a microSD equipped with NFC radio chip and antenna.
Microfilm expanding microSD NFC field in a BlackBerry
The next photo shows a microfilm presented by Motorola, it expands the SIM scope, transforming a normal clamshell phone to a real NFC phone, the film is inserted between the SIM Card and the SIM card connector in the handset, it intercepts any message to a from the SIM and manage communications on the special C6 contact (SWP). All the part needed by an headset manufacturer to transform its phone in an NFC one are present in the film.
Motorola microfilm for a clamshell headset
GSMA Announces New Developments for App Planet at 2010 Mobile World Congress
28 January 2010, Barcelona: The GSMA today revealed exciting new developments in its inaugural App Planet event being held at the 2010 Mobile World Congress. The GSMA announced that Google and Motorola will each hold application developer conferences (ADC) within App Planet, bringing the total number of individual ADCs at Mobile World Congress to six. The GSMA also announced that it is partnering with Berkeley Mobile International Collaborative to launch the global “University Mobile Challenge”, a competition designed to spur mobile application development and innovation at the university level. Additionally, the International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) announced finalists for the 6th edition of the gaming awards and will name the eight award winners at the IMGA ceremony on Monday, 15 February at App Planet.
“Solely focused on the rapidly growing application developer community, App Planet will bring together the many critical elements of the broad mobile application ecosystem together in one location,” said Michael O’Hara, chief marketing officer for the GSMA. “Application development is one of the most vibrant, innovative areas within mobile today, and we’re thrilled with the early response to App Planet.”
Leading Platform Dev Conferences under One Roof at App Planet
Google will host an Android Developer Lab at App Planet on Wednesday, 17 February. The full-day session is targeted towards current Android developers as well as those who are interested in learning more about the platform. Participants will have the opportunity to attend a technical session, talk to the Android developer relations team, and meet other members of the growing Android developer community.
MOTODEV, Motorola’s developer network, will host a Developer Day on Monday, 15 February. In this half-day event, MOTODEV will give developers an opportunity to spend the day getting tools, guidance, go-to-market knowledge and community support they need to create a whole new generation of phenomenal user experiences on Motorola’s Android-based devices. Developers will get access to the latest Android devices from Motorola, meet with MOTODEV experts and learn how to capitalise on the worldwide mobile market opportunity. Motorola is also a sponsor of the IMGA awards at App Planet.
The full schedule of App Planet ADCs is:
- Monday, 15 February – Vodafone 360 Developer Conference
- Monday, 15 February – Developer Day hosted by MOTODEV
- Tuesday, 16 February – BlackBerry Developer Day by RIM
- Wednesday, 17 February – Sony Ericsson Creation Day
- Wednesday, 17 February – Google Android Developer Lab
- Thursday, 18 February – WIPJam Application Developer Conference
GSMA and BMIC Launch App Dev Challenge for University Students
The GSMA has teamed with Berkeley Mobile International Collaborative (BMIC), a non-profit organisation focused on bringing innovative, real-world educational and entrepreneurial opportunities and experiences to college students throughout the world, to create the global University Mobile Challenge. The University Mobile Challenge will bring together teams of students from universities that offer courses in mobile app development and entrepreneurship.
Groups of students form start-up teams to create an original mobile application in a category of their choice (personal utility, game, service, entertainment, location service, etc.), Students must take the application from an abstract idea to a working model along with a business plan. In the final exams for the project, the competing teams will present to a panel of judges as well as their classmates, and will publicly demonstrate their respective mobile apps, including outlining the market value, the business plan and go-to-market strategy. The winning team with the combination of the strongest mobile application concept and business plan from each university will be invited to a regional competition at a country level. Each national winning university team will be sponsored to go on to compete in the global final competition, the first of which will be held at the 2011 Mobile World Congress. More information on the University Mobile Challenge can be found at http://bmic.org/.
IMGA to Hold 6th Annual Awards at App Planet
An international judging panel of 20 specialists have selected the 25 best new games for mobile phones in the 6th edition of the International Mobile Gaming Awards. The selection was made from more than 150 entries coming from 36 countries including China, France, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United States. According to the IMGA, 60% of all award entries were iPhone applications, versus just 16% last year. In addition to the iPhone entries, nominations covered all platforms including Java, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Android, Maemo and Linux. The IMGA will announce the eight award winners at an invitation-only ceremony being held at App Planet at the Mobile World Congress on 15 February. For more information on the International Mobile Gaming Awards, please visit www.imgawards.com.
About App Planet at the GSMA Mobile World Congress
The inaugural App Planet event will feature application developer conferences; an interactive exhibition; the App Lounge for networking and business development activities; a dedicated, day-long conference programme on industry trends in mobile applications; and the App Garage, which will showcase cutting-edge GSMA initiatives in the mobile applications space. App Planet will host more than 120 exhibiting companies and the GSMA expects between 3,000 and 5,000 mobile application developers to visit App Planet over four days.
Full information on App Planet is available here.
Sponsors for the 2010 Mobile World Congress include LG Electronics as Platinum Sponsor and Generalitat de Catalunya as Mobile Innovations Platinum Sponsor. For more information on the 2010 Mobile World Congress, please visit www.mobileworldcongress.com.
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About the GSMA
The GSMA represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry. Spanning 219 countries, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world’s mobile operators, as well as more than 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset makers, software companies, equipment providers, Internet companies, and media and entertainment organisations. The GSMA is focused on innovating, incubating and creating new opportunities for its membership, all with the end goal of driving the growth of the mobile communications industry.
For more information, please visit Mobile World Live, the new online portal for the mobile communications industry, at www.mobileworldlive.com or the GSMA corporate website at www.gsmworld.com.
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