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2011-01-22 , 18:30
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Originally Posted by ericsson View Post
NFC requires a complete infrastructure to work in any meaningful way, not to mention all the legal implications. Japan is the only place on earth where this technology (and infrastructure) has been developed so that it actually can be used in a meaningful way. Japan is also one of the fastest growing markets for the iPhone, so NFC on the iPhone makes perfect sense in Japan.
Yeah, it needs support from:
- financial institutions
- approved by gov't as payment scheme (protected by law)
- accepted by the commercial entities (shops, etc)
- and most of all, accepted by the customers. they need to trust the thing and it has to be designed so it's easy (and beneficial) to be incorporated in to one's daily life.

you can't just spew out a new technology to the market, claim "first!", and expect a "win.".
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