Near Field Communications Handsets and Tags, NFC Pilots and Projects

Fonelabs launches low-cost NFC mobile phone

Monday, February 23, 2009

Malaysia-based Fonelabs has released its newest generation NFC handset that offers MIFARE compatibility. The low-cost phones can be used with most contactless transport applications and can support any financial application relying on smart cards. The X-series phones will be available next month.

The X-Series will also provide single wire protocol compatibility using an NXP Semiconductors NFC controller.

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