Apple granted patent for NFC alternative

iDownload Blog
By Cody LeeOct 16, 2012, 2:49 pm875 pts
This year’s roundup of iPhone rumors, like many years before it, included chatter that the iPhone 5 would finally receive NFC technology. But as we found out in September, those reports were once again unfounded. Despite the fact that several Android handsets support the wireless connection, Apple has yet to…

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