Contactless Cards Will Be Displaced By NFC Mobile Phones

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Although there’s no official announcement, the road leads to using your mobile phones as your Identification, Access Control, and Payment is imminent.

I was a delegate to Cards and Payments Asia 2012 recently held in Singapore, and the conference is promoting awareness that NFC Mobile technology is on its way to the payment industry.

Below shows how contactless cards are used:

With the arrival of iOS and Android mobile operating systems, these payment cards will be in digital form and downloadable via AppStore...

...to your NFC-enabled mobile phone...

Proof

HID Global has recently piloted NFC mobile keys at Arizona State University, the first ever public trial where 32 participants are selected and given iPhones to be used for access control as key.  A video shows the HID Global’s pilot project:

NFC Mobile Is On Its Way

There is a number of NFC Android apps already developed and are downloadable via GooglePlay such as:

NFC Tag Writer by NXP

NFC TagInfo

NFC Reader

References:
http://www.nfcworld.com/
http://www.hidglobal.com/
http://www.terrapinn.com/exhibition/cards-asia/index.stm
http://nfcrumors.tumblr.com/post/6219698179/nfc-android-apps