Apple has filed a patent for the integration of an RFID reader within touch screens his phone. This confirms the popularity of the firm for the NFC. According to the patent, the transparent panel containing the metal lines that detect finger movements can also be used to read RFID tags. For this, it would just create a loop around said lines using the same material that would not detect the presence of fingers, but those of RFID transmitters.
Such a system would thus avoid having to add an RFID antenna, with a grain of space. It is unclear whether this technology is mature enough to be marketed, but it shows that the firm thinks seriously about the NFC, as suggested by the rumors of last month (see "The Mac in its iPhone thanks to NFC). 
Such a system would thus avoid having to add an RFID antenna, with a grain of space. It is unclear whether this technology is mature enough to be marketed, but it shows that the firm thinks seriously about the NFC, as suggested by the rumors of last month (see "The Mac in its iPhone thanks to NFC).
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