• First up, Touchanote works together with mobile app Evernote to enable users to store links to existing Evernote content on NFC tags. After writing a link to an NFC tag, the note can be opened by simply touching the tag with an NFC Andriod phone.

• Narian Technologies will demonstrate an NFC application designed to improve customer service for retailers. According to NXP, the app enables customers requiring assistance to request and verify the arrival of an employee and then enter and manage their positions in the queue.

• Foursquare which now boasts nearly 15 million users and more than 1.5 billion check ins, will demonstrate how NFC support in their Android application enables users to immediately check in by tapping an NFC-enabled badge with a mobile phone.

• OpenWays, a provider of mobile key solutions for hotels, will demonstrate its NFC-enabled door lock, which enables guests to access their rooms with a tap of a mobile phone.

• PayByPhone will demonstrate a parking meter application that enables users to tap an NFC tag on the meter to register and pay for the exact amount of time parked.

• Finally, DeviceFidelity will showcase its In2Pay microSD and In2Pay iCaisse solutions, which add NFC payment functionality to exisiting mobile phones.

The 2012 Mobile World Congress will be held February 27 to March 1 at Fira Montjuïc in Barcelona, Spain.